Step 1 - Execute Ansible Playbook

Up to this point, all of the Switch, Interface, VRF, and Network configurations have been pushed to ND. However, their Config Status shows as Pending since you have not yet deployed this configuration. In this step, you will deploy the fabric configuration from the ND controller to the devices in the fabric.

Make sure you are in your root Ansible directory.

cd ~/workspace/ndlab/nac

From the root Ansible project directory, execute the following command:

ansible-playbook -i hosts.site1.yml vxlan.yml -t role_deploy

Upon a successful run of the playbook your output should look as follows:

  <... SNIP ...>

  PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
  site1-fabric               : ok=41   changed=3    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=16   rescued=0    ignored=0


  PLAYBOOK RECAP ******************************************************************************************
  Playbook run took 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes, 30 seconds


  TASKS RECAP *********************************************************************************************
  Tuesday 02 June 2026  22:05:27 +0000 (0:00:00.073)       0:03:30.638 ********** 
  =============================================================================== 
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.deploy : Execute Deploy of Resources ---------------------------------------- 194.58s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.common : Build Resources ------------------------------------------------------ 3.50s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.connectivity_check : Get Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Version ------ 1.68s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.deploy : Execute Deploy of Resources ------------------------------------------ 1.32s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.validate : Copy Service Model Data to Host ------------------------------------ 0.78s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.connectivity_check : Verify Authorization to Nexus Dashboard ------------------ 0.71s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.validate : Copy Extended Service Model Data to Host --------------------------- 0.60s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.connectivity_check : Verify Connection to Nexus Dashboard --------------------- 0.54s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.validate : Stat Factory Defaults ---------------------------------------------- 0.51s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.validate : Move Golden Service Model Data Previous ---------------------------- 0.49s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.connectivity_check : Get Cisco Nexus Dashboard Version ------------------------ 0.43s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.validate : Stat the Extended Service Model Data ------------------------------- 0.36s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.validate : Move Extended Service Model Data Previous -------------------------- 0.35s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.validate : Stat the Golden Service Model Data --------------------------------- 0.35s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.common : Display Change Flag Values ------------------------------------------- 0.28s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.common : Display Resource Build Summary --------------------------------------- 0.23s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.common : Create Fact To Store Common Role Path -------------------------------- 0.21s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.validate : Prepare Service Model ---------------------------------------------- 0.21s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.validate : Role Entry Point - [cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.validate] ------------------- 0.21s
  cisco.nac_dc_vxlan.connectivity_check : Set Cisco Nexus Dashboard Version Var -------------------- 0.21s

  ROLES RECAP *********************************************************************************************
  Tuesday 02 June 2026  22:05:27 +0000 (0:00:00.073)       0:03:30.637 ********** 
  =============================================================================== 
  deploy ---------------------------------------------------------------- 196.04s
  validate ---------------------------------------------------------------- 6.12s
  common ------------------------------------------------------------------ 4.35s
  connectivity_check ------------------------------------------------------ 3.77s
  common_global ----------------------------------------------------------- 0.05s
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
  total ----------------------------------------------------------------- 210.33s

Step 2 - Return to ND & Verify Deployment

Return to your ND browser window and verify the deployment of the fabric configuration.

1. Click the Inventory tab in the top navigation bar
2. Click the Switches tab in the sub-navigation bar
3. Verify you see your switches in the Config Status as In-Sync. If not, please click the Refresh button near the Actions button.

   Note

   site1-bl1 still has not performed POAP; therefore, its config status will not be In-Sync yet.




4. Scroll to the right and verify the vPC relationship




5. Click the Connectivity tab in the top navigation bar
6. Click Interfaces in the sub-navigation bar
7. There will be many interfaces, but you should now be able to confirm interface configurations on your switches

   Note

   site1-bl1 still has not performed POAP; therefore, its interfaces will not be discovered or configured yet




8. Click the Segmentation and security tab in the top navigation bar
9. Click the Networks tab in the sub-navigation bar
10. Verify you see the Networks NaC-Net01 and NaC-Net02 now Deployed.
11. Click NaC-Net02 to review the Network details




12. Click Network Attachments
13. Confirm NaC-Net02 is now Deployed and Attached to your switches




14. Click VRF
15. Confirm NaC-VRF01 is associated with NaC-Net02 and Deployed to your switches
16. Click the close (X) button in the top right corner of the window




17. Click the VRFs tab in the sub-navigation bar
18. Verify you see the VRF NaC-VRF01 now with a Deployed status
19. Click NaC-VRF01 to review the VRF details




20. Click VRF Attachments
21. Confirm NaC-VRF01 is now Deployed and Attached to your switches




22. Click Networks
23. Confirm NaC-Net01 and NaC-Net02 are associated with NaC-VRF01 and Deployed to your switches
24. Click the close (X) button in the top right corner of the window




25. Click the Overview tab in the top navigation bar
26. Verify your overall fabric deployment status

Continue to the next section to trigger POAP on your pre-provisioned border leaf.