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Managed Devices

HPE Networking Data Center Director software uses device system agents to manage devices. These agents manage configuration, device-to-device communication and telemetry collection. You can use Apstra Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) to install agents and bring devices under Apstra DC Director management or you can use the device installer.

CAUTION:

A good understanding of the Apstra device configuration lifecycle is essential. Before working with devices in the Apstra DC Director environment, we strongly recommend that you fully understand how devices are configured from the moment they are on-boarded to the moment they are decommissioned.

From the left navigation menu in the Apstra DC Director GUI, navigate to Devices > Managed Devices to go to the table of those devices with installed agents.

Juniper Apstra Managed Devices UI showing device management options and details like IP, hostname, state, and OS version.

The Managed Devices page is the hub for many device-related tasks, described in later sections. Managed Devices interface showing action buttons for device management, a device info table with details like IP and OS version, and navigation options.

Starting in Apstra DC Director 6.1, you can enable IPv6-based management for your devices. For more information, see Enabling IPv6-Based Management of the HPE Networking Apstra Data Center Director Cluster and Devices.

User interface of a network management system showing a table with device details including IP address, hostname, state, OS, and communication status, with options for managing agents and advanced settings.

Click a management IP to go to details for its device, agent, pristine config and telemetry as shown below.

Device

The device detail view shows the user config, the device status and other facts about the device. From the device detail page you can edit and delete the device. You can also edit or delete a device from the table view or any of the other detail views (Agent, Pristine Config, Telemetry).

Here's an example of a managed NVIDIA GPU Server. Device management interface screenshot showing detailed information about a managed device. Sections include User Config with Active Device Profile Nvidia_DGXH100_BRU_B4-000 and Admin State Normal; Status with State IS-READY and online status Yes; and Facts with Serial Number 525400A4A271, Management IP 10.29.51.18, Vendor NVIDIA, Hardware Model DGXH100, OS Family Ubuntu GNU/Linux, and OS Variant 18.04 LTS.

Agent

Apstra DC Director device system agents handle configuration management, device-to-server communication, and telemetry collection. If you're not using Apstra ZTP to bootstrap your devices (or if you have a one-off installation) you can use this device installer to automatically install and verify devices. Depending on the device NOS, you can install device agents onbox (agent is installed on the device) or offbox (agent is installed on the Apstra DC Director server and communicates with devices via API). For support information, see the Device Management section of the Apstra 5.1.0 Feature Matrix.

The device agent view shows the agent config, agent status, last job status, jobs history and telemetry status. From the agent detail page you can perform various tasks similar to tasks in the table view. For example, you can restore a device's pristine configuration by clicking the Revert to Pristine Config button (as of Apstra DC Director version 4.0.1) as long as the device is not assigned to a blueprint.

Network management interface showing device IP 10.29.61.11, agent type OFFBOX, connected state, last job INSTALL success, and Junos platform running version re0: 21.4R3.15.

The device agent view shows the agent config, agent status, last job status, jobs history and telemetry status. From the agent detail page you can perform various tasks similar to tasks in the table view. For example, you can restore a device's pristine configuration by clicking the Revert to Pristine Config button (as of Apstra DC Director version 4.0.1) as long as the device is not assigned to a blueprint.

Web interface screenshot showing device configuration with tabs for Device, Agent, and Telemetry. Displays device address 10.29.51.18, profile Nvidia GPU Server_Profile, operation mode Telemetry Only, and status info like System ID 525400AA0271, Aptron Version 4.00.152, state SUCCESS, and platform ubuntu 18.04. Includes job history with Job ID 1 and state SUCCESS.

GPU Agents

Apstra DC Director 6.1 now shows which managed devices contain GPUs, how many GPUs are present in a device, and vendor information. 6.1 displays GPU details in managed device details for GPU hosts.

GPU count and vendor information is displayed under Facts.

System information table displaying device details including serial number, management IP, Nvidia H100 profile, Apstra server and version, vendor NVIDIA, hardware model H100-DGXH100, Ubuntu OS version 22.04 LTS, and GPU count 8.

Table listing GPU devices with IDs 0 to 7 and all named NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3.
You can also add the Device Information: GPU Count column to the Managed Devices table. Click the button with three dots (Table settings) and select the box for Device Information : GPU Count.

View Options menu with Page Size dropdown set to 25, checkboxes for selecting columns including Device Information Comms, Acknowledged, GPU Count, and Blueprint checked, others like Location and FIPS Level unchecked, and close button in top-right corner.

Table showing device information with GPU Count column highlighted in red, indicating 8 GPUs. Operational Mode is Telemetry Only, and OS is Ubuntu GNU/Linux 22.04 LTS.

Pristine Config

The pristine config view shows the pre-Apstra DC Director configuration on the device. You can edit the pristine config manually or update it directly from the device. You can edit and delete the device. You can also edit or delete the device from the table view or any of the other detail views (Device, Agent, Telemetry).

Configuration interface for a network device showing tabs like Device, Agent, Pristine Config, and Telemetry. Pristine Config tab selected with a configuration file for version 21.4R3.15. Buttons labeled Revert to Pristine and Update From Device suggest managing the configuration. Tooltip visible for editing pristine config.

Telemetry

The telemetry view shows telemetry for the device. For more information, see Telemetry Services. Network management interface showing telemetry data for device IP 10.28.52.15; all tabs have green checkmarks; no issues detected.

This telemetery view shows telemetry for the GPU server, Telemetry interface for device IP 10.29.51.18. Anomalies tab shows no anomalies detected. Tabs: Interface, LLDP, Hostname, Counters, Utilization, Collection Statistics.