Viewing a workload intent

  1. Click to open the main menu.
  2. From the menu, select Workload VPN Intents.
    The Workload VPN Intents page displays, showing a list of already-created workload intents in the system.
  3. To open a specific workload intent from the list, do one of the following:
    1. Double-click the row for that workload intent.
    2. Select a row, click the icon at the right edge of that row, and select Open from the displayed action list.

Viewing a workload intent

Figure 1. Workload intent Design view
Table 1. Elements of workload VPN intent Design view

Property

Description

1

Basic workload VPN intent parameters

Basic parameters include the VPN version number and state, as well as its name and a description.

2

List of participating fabric intents

This list shows the set of fabric intents over which the workload intent can distribute traffic.

3

Workload views

The View drop-down provides access to the different views necessary to see and design a workload VPN intent, its subnets, and its sub-interfaces. The Routing view allows you to configure BGP settings.

4

Actions available from menu

From the actions menu you can manage deployment, create a new version of the intent, or view the intent's event log.

5

Display controls

These controls allow you to modify the way the system displays the workload intent.
Figure 2. Workload VPN intent map objects

On the map display for workload VPN intents, you can expand backbone clusters to show the participating backbone nodes, and leaf clusters to show participating leaf nodes.

You can also right-click a leaf node and select Open Edge Links to open an overlay listing all of the edge links for the selected node.

Viewing a workload intent as code

You can view the detailed configuration code that the system has generated to represent the current workload intent. This can be helpful for verifying the design in detail, and possibly revising the workload intent design if needed.
  1. Open a workload intent as described in Viewing a workload intent.
  2. Click to open the code view.
  3. Optionally, do any of the following:
    • To save the workload intent code in a local file, click and choose a location and name for the file.
    • To copy a portion of the code, select the code and click . The system adds the selection to your clipboard.
    • To find a particular string of text within the workload intent code, click and enter the text string. The first instance is highlighted; use the arrows to navigate forward or backward to additional instances, or click ALL to highlight all instances simultaneously.
  4. Click at the upper right of the overlay to return to the Workload Design view.

Viewing the event log

The event log retains a detailed history of all registered events that have occurred with respect to the current workload intent. This can be useful when troubleshooting workload intent issues, or just to verify that the workload history matches expectations.
Figure 3. The workload VPN intent event log

The More actions ( ) menu at the upper right provides access to the usual list management controls, as described in Lists.

To view the workload intent event log:

  1. Open a workload intent as described in Viewing a workload intent.
  2. Click the More actions icon () to open the actions list.
  3. Select Event Log from the drop-down menu.
  4. Click at the upper right of the overlay, or the CLOSE button, to return to the Workload Design view.