Description of ML2 Cisco mechanism driver configuration options

Configuration option = Default value	Description
[DEFAULT]
apic_system_id = openstack	(StrOpt) Prefix for APIC domain/names/profiles created
[ml2_cisco]
host_key_checks = False	(BoolOpt) Enable strict host key checks when connecting to Nexus switches
managed_physical_network = None	(StrOpt) The physical network managed by the switches.
never_cache_ssh_connection = False	(BoolOpt) Prevent caching ssh connections to Nexus device
persistent_switch_config = False	(BoolOpt) To make Nexus configuration persistent
provider_vlan_auto_create = True	(BoolOpt) Provider VLANs are automatically created as needed on the Nexus switch
provider_vlan_auto_trunk = True	(BoolOpt) Provider VLANs are automatically trunked as needed on the ports of the Nexus switch
provider_vlan_name_prefix = p-	(StrOpt) VLAN Name prefix for provider vlans
svi_round_robin = False	(BoolOpt) Distribute SVI interfaces over all switches
switch_heartbeat_time = 0	(IntOpt) Periodic time to check switch connection. (0=disabled)
vlan_name_prefix = q-	(StrOpt) VLAN Name prefix
vxlan_global_config = False	(BoolOpt) Create and delete Nexus switch VXLAN global settings; feature nv overlay, feature vn-segment-vlan-based, interface nve + source-interface loopback
[ml2_cisco_apic]
apic_agent_poll_interval = 2	(FloatOpt) Interval between agent poll for topology (in sec)
apic_agent_report_interval = 30	(FloatOpt) Interval between agent status updates (in sec)
apic_app_profile_name = ${apic_system_id}_app	(StrOpt) Name for the app profile used for Openstack
apic_domain_name = ${apic_system_id}	(StrOpt) Name for the domain created on APIC
apic_entity_profile = ${apic_system_id}_entity_profile	(StrOpt) Name of the entity profile to be created
apic_function_profile = ${apic_system_id}_function_profile	(StrOpt) Name of the function profile to be created
apic_host_uplink_ports =	(ListOpt) The uplink ports to check for ACI connectivity
apic_hosts =	(ListOpt) An ordered list of host names or IP addresses of the APIC controller(s).
apic_lacp_profile = ${apic_system_id}_lacp_profile	(StrOpt) Name of the LACP profile to be created
apic_name_mapping = use_name	(StrOpt) Name mapping strategy to use: use_uuid | use_name
apic_node_profile = ${apic_system_id}_node_profile	(StrOpt) Name of the node profile to be created
apic_password = None	(StrOpt) Password for the APIC controller
apic_sync_interval = 0	(IntOpt) Synchronization interval in seconds
apic_use_ssl = True	(BoolOpt) Use SSL to connect to the APIC controller
apic_username = None	(StrOpt) Username for the APIC controller
apic_vlan_ns_name = ${apic_system_id}_vlan_ns	(StrOpt) Name for the vlan namespace to be used for Openstack
apic_vlan_range = 2:4093	(StrOpt) Range of VLAN's to be used for Openstack
apic_vpc_pairs =	(ListOpt) The switch pairs for VPC connectivity
[ml2_cisco_n1kv]
default_policy_profile = default-pp	(StrOpt) Cisco Nexus1000V default policy profile.
http_pool_size = 4	(IntOpt) Number of threads to use to make HTTP requests.
http_timeout = 15	(IntOpt) HTTP timeout, in seconds, for connections to the Cisco Nexus1000V VSMs.
n1kv_vsm_ips = None	(ListOpt) Comma Separated IP Addresses of the Cisco Nexus1000V VSMs.
password = None	(StrOpt) Password for all configured Cisco Nexus1000V VSMs.
poll_duration = 60	(IntOpt) Cisco Nexus1000V policy profile polling duration in seconds.
restrict_network_profiles = False	(BoolOpt) Restrict the visibility of network profiles to the tenants.
restrict_policy_profiles = False	(BoolOpt) Restrict the visibility of policy profiles to the tenants.
sync_interval = 300	(IntOpt) Time interval between consecutive neutron-VSM syncs.
username = None	(StrOpt) Username for all configured Cisco Nexus1000V VSMs.
[ml2_cisco_ucsm]
supported_pci_devs = 1137:0071, 8086:10c9	(ListOpt) List of comma separated vendor_id:product_id of SR_IOV capable devices supported by this MD. This MD supports both VM-FEX and SR-IOV devices.
ucsm_host_list = None	(ListOpt) List of comma separated Host:Service Profile tuples providing the Service Profile associated with each Host to be supported by this MD.
ucsm_ip = None	(StrOpt) Cisco UCS Manager IP address. This is a required field to communicate with a Cisco UCS Manager.
ucsm_password = None	(StrOpt) Password for UCS Manager. This is a required field to communicate with a Cisco UCS Manager.
ucsm_username = None	(StrOpt) Username for UCS Manager. This is a required field to communicate with a Cisco UCS Manager.
[ml2_type_nexus_vxlan]
mcast_ranges =	(ListOpt) List of multicast groups to be used for global VNIDsin the format - a:b,c,e:f.
vni_ranges =	(ListOpt) List of global VNID ranges in the format - a:b, c:d.Multiple ranges can be separated by a comma