CiscoACI integration metrics

The official Datadog integration for monitoring CiscoACI. It collects 161 metrics.

Definitions as of 2026-10-01

Official summary

Track Cisco ACI performance and usage.

Metric types

gauge (value at a point in time): 161

Metrics

Descriptions are the official definitions, unedited.

Metric	Type	Unit
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.azure_domain.endpoint_group.limit`the limit on the number of azure domain endpoint groups the apic can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.azure_domain.limit`the limit on the number of azure domains the apic can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.bridge_domain.limit`the limit on the number of bridge domains the apic can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.bridge_domain.utilized`the bridge domains the apic is utilizing	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.contract.limit`the limit on the number of contracts the apic can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.endpoint.limit`the limit on the number of endpoints the apic can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.endpoint.utilized`the endpoints the apic is utilizing	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.endpoint_group.limit`the limit on the number of endpoint groups the apic can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.endpoint_group.utilized`the endpoint groups the apic is utilizing	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.fabric_node.limit`the limit on the number of fabric nodes the apic can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.fabric_node.utilized`the number of fabric nodes the apic is using	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.private_network.limit`the limit on the number of fabric nodes the apic can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.private_network.utilized`the number of private networks the apic is using	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.service_graph.limit`the limit on the number of service graphs the apic can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.tenant.limit`the limit on the number of tenants the apic can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.tenant.utilized`the number of tenants the apic is using	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.vmware_domain.endpoint_group.limit`the limit on the number of azure domain endpoint groups the apic can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.apic.vmware_domain.limit`the limit on number of vmware domains the apic can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.bridge_domain.limit`the limit on the number of bridge domains the leaf can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.bridge_domain.utilized`the number of bridge domains the leaf is using	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.endpoint_group.limit`the limit on number of endpoint groups the leaf can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.endpoint_group.utilized`the number of endpoint groups the leaf is using	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.ipv4_endpoint.limit`the limit on the number of ipv4 addresses for the leaf. Requires version 3.1+	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.ipv4_endpoint.utilized`the number of ipv4 addresses the leaf is utilizing. Requires version 3.1+	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.ipv6_endpoint.limit`the limit on the number of ipv6 addresses for the leaf. Requires version 3.1+	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.ipv6_endpoint.utilized`the number of ipv6 addresses the leaf is utilizing. Requires version 3.1+	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.multicast.limit`the multicast endpoint capacity of the leaf	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.multicast.utilized`the multicast endpoint capacity utilized by the leaf	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.policy_cam.limit`the limit on the number of policies in the policy cam	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.policy_cam.utilized`the number of policies the policy cam is utilizing	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.vlan.limit`the limit on the number of vlans for the leaf	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.vlan.utilized`the number of vlan the leaf is utilizing	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.vrf.limit`the limit on the number of vrfs the leaf can use	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.capacity.leaf.vrf.utilized`the number of vrfs the leaf is using	gauge	item
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.cpu.avg`average cpu usage of the node	gauge	percent
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.cpu.idle.avg`average idle cpu of the node	gauge	percent
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.cpu.idle.max`max idle cpu of the node	gauge	percent
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.cpu.idle.min`minimum idle cpu of the node	gauge	percent
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.cpu.max`max cpu usage of the node	gauge	percent
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.cpu.min`minimum cpu usage of the node	gauge	percent
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_bytes.flood`Egress flood packets	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_bytes.flood.cum`the cumulative flood packets sent from the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_bytes.multicast`the number of multicast bytes coming from the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_bytes.multicast.cum`the cumulative multicast bytes sent from the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_bytes.unicast`the number of unicast bytes coming from the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_bytes.unicast.cum`the cumulative bytes sent from the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_drop_pkts.buffer`the packets dropped because the buffer is full	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_drop_pkts.buffer.cum`the cumulative packets dropped because the buffer is full	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_drop_pkts.errors`the packets dropped because of errors	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_total.bytes.cum`the cumulative bytes sent from the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_total.bytes.rate`the bytes per second sent from the node	gauge	byte/second
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_total.pkts`the packets sent from the node	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.egr_total.pkts.rate`the packets per second sent from the node	gauge	packet/second
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.fault_counter.crit`the number of critical faults on the node	gauge	fault
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.fault_counter.warn`the number of warnings on the node	gauge	fault
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.health.cur`the current health of the node	gauge	-
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.health.max`The max health of the node	gauge	-
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.health.min`the minimum health of the node	gauge	-
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.ingr_bytes.flood`Ingress flood packets	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.ingr_bytes.flood.cum`the cumulative flood packets sent to the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.ingr_bytes.multicast`the number of multicast bytes coming into the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.ingr_bytes.multicast.cum`the cumulative multicast bytes sent to the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.ingr_bytes.unicast`the number of unicast bytes coming into the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.ingr_bytes.unicast.cum`the cumulative bytes sent to the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.ingr_total.bytes.cum`the cumulative bytes sent to the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.ingr_total.bytes.rate`the bytes per second sent to the node	gauge	byte/second
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.ingr_total.pkts`the packets sent to the node	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.ingr_total.pkts.rate`the packets per second sent to the node	gauge	packet/second
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.mem.avg`average memory usage of the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.mem.free.avg`average free memory of the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.mem.free.max`max free memory of the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.mem.free.min`minimum free memory of the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.mem.max`max memory usage of the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.node.mem.min`minimum memory usage of the node	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_bytes.flood`Egress flood packets	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_bytes.flood.cum`the cumulative flood packets sent from the pod	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_bytes.multicast`the number of multicast bytes coming from the pod	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_bytes.multicast.cum`the cumulative multicast bytes sent from the pod	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_bytes.unicast`the number of unicast bytes coming from the pod	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_bytes.unicast.cum`the cumulative bytes sent from the pod	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_drop_pkts.buffer`the packets dropped because the buffer is full	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_drop_pkts.buffer.cum`the cumulative packets dropped because the buffer is full	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_drop_pkts.errors`the packets dropped because of errors	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_total.bytes.cum`the cumulative bytes sent from the pod	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_total.bytes.rate`the bytes per second sent from the pod	gauge	byte/second
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_total.pkts`the packets sent from the pod	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.egr_total.pkts.rate`the packets per second sent from the pod	gauge	packet/second
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.fault_counter.crit`the number of critical faults on the pod	gauge	fault
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.fault_counter.warn`the number of warnings on the pod	gauge	fault
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.health.cur`the current health of the pod	gauge	-
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.health.max`the maximum health of the pod	gauge	-
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.health.min`the minimum health of the pod	gauge	-
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.ingr_bytes.flood`Ingress flood packets	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.ingr_bytes.flood.cum`the cumulative flood packets sent to the pod	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.ingr_bytes.multicast`the number of multicast bytes coming into the pod	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.ingr_bytes.multicast.cum`the cumulative multicast bytes sent to the pod	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.ingr_bytes.unicast`the number of unicast bytes coming into the pod	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.ingr_bytes.unicast.cum`the cumulative bytes sent to the pod	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.ingr_total.bytes.cum`the cumulative bytes sent to the pod	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.ingr_total.bytes.rate`the bytes per second sent to the pod	gauge	byte/second
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.ingr_total.pkts`the packets sent to the pod	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.pod.ingr_total.pkts.rate`the packets per second sent to the pod	gauge	packet/second
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_bytes.flood`Egress flood packets	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_bytes.flood.cum`the cumulative flood packets sent from the port	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_bytes.multicast`the number of multicast bytes coming from the port	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_bytes.multicast.cum`the cumulative multicast bytes sent from the port	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_bytes.unicast`the number of unicast bytes coming from the port	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_bytes.unicast.cum`the cumulative bytes sent from the port	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_drop_pkts.buffer`the packets dropped because the buffer is full	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_drop_pkts.buffer.cum`the cumulative packets dropped because the buffer is full	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_drop_pkts.errors`the packets dropped because of errors	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_total.bytes.cum`the cumulative bytes sent from the port	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_total.bytes.rate`the bytes per second sent from the port	gauge	byte/second
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_total.pkts`the packets sent from the port	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.egr_total.pkts.rate`the packets per second sent from the port	gauge	packet/second
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.fault_counter.crit`the number of critical faults on the port	gauge	fault
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.fault_counter.warn`the number of warnings on the port	gauge	fault
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.ingr_bytes.flood`Ingress flood packets	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.ingr_bytes.flood.cum`the cumulative flood packets sent to the port	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.ingr_bytes.multicast`the number of multicast bytes coming into the port	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.ingr_bytes.multicast.cum`the cumulative multicast bytes sent to the port	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.ingr_bytes.unicast`the number of unicast bytes coming into the port	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.ingr_bytes.unicast.cum`the cumulative bytes sent to the port	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.ingr_total.bytes.cum`the cumulative bytes sent to the port	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.ingr_total.bytes.rate`the bytes per second sent to the port	gauge	byte/second
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.ingr_total.pkts`the packets sent to the port	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.ingr_total.pkts.rate`the packets per second sent to the port	gauge	packet/second
`cisco_aci.fabric.port.status`For each interface of each monitored Cisco ACI device, this metric reports always 1 with the status a tag, as long as a 'combined' status that can be used for monitors.	gauge	-
`cisco_aci.tenant.application.endpoint.fault_counter`represents the warning Fault. This is the average value read by the counter during the collection interval. Note that this value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval	gauge	fault
`cisco_aci.tenant.application.endpoint.health`represents the most current statistics for the endpoint health	gauge	percent
`cisco_aci.tenant.application.endpoint.overall_health`represents the statistics for the overall endpoint health	gauge	percent
`cisco_aci.tenant.application.fault_counter`represents the warning Fault. This is the average value read by the counter during the collection interval. Note that this value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval	gauge	fault
`cisco_aci.tenant.application.health`represents the most current statistics for the application health	gauge	percent
`cisco_aci.tenant.application.overall_health`represents the statistics for the overall application health	gauge	percent
`cisco_aci.tenant.egress_bytes.drop.cum`represents the Egress drop bytes. The total sum of the values read. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.tenant.egress_bytes.flood.cum`represents the Egress flood bytes. The total sum of the values read. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.tenant.egress_bytes.multicast.cum`represents the sum total of values read by the multicast counter. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.tenant.egress_bytes.multicast.rate`represents the rate of the egress multicast counter readings in an interval. The rate is calculated by dividing the periodic value by the length of the interval. This value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.tenant.egress_bytes.unicast.cum`represents the sum total of values read by the unicast counter. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.tenant.egress_bytes.unicast.rate`represents the rate of the egress unicast counter readings in an interval. The rate is calculated by dividing the periodic value by the length of the interval. This value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.tenant.egress_pkts.drop.cum`represents the Egress drop packets. The total sum of the values read. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.tenant.egress_pkts.flood.cum`represents the Egress flood packets. The total sum of the values read. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.tenant.egress_pkts.multicast.cum`represents the sum total of values read by the multicast counter. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero.	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.tenant.egress_pkts.multicast.rate`represents the rate of the ingress multicast counter readings in an interval. The rate is calculated by dividing the periodic value by the length of the interval. This value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.tenant.egress_pkts.unicast.cum`represents the sum total of values read by the unicast counter. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.tenant.egress_pkts.unicast.rate`represents the rate of the ingress unicast counter readings in an interval. The rate is calculated by dividing the periodic value by the length of the interval. This value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.tenant.fault_counter`represents the warning Fault. This is the average value read by the counter during the collection interval. Note that this value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval	gauge	fault
`cisco_aci.tenant.health`represents the most current statistics for the tenant health	gauge	percent
`cisco_aci.tenant.ingress_bytes.drop.cum`represents the Ingress drop bytes. The total sum of the values read. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.tenant.ingress_bytes.flood.cum`represents the Ingress flood bytes. The total sum of the values read. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.tenant.ingress_bytes.multicast.cum`represents the Ingress multicast bytes. The total sum of the values read. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.tenant.ingress_bytes.multicast.rate`represents the Ingress multicast bytes. This is the rate of the counter during the collection interval. The rate is calculated by dividing the periodic value by the length of the collection interval. Note that this value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval.	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.tenant.ingress_bytes.unicast.cum`represents the Ingress unicast bytes. The total sum of the values read. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.tenant.ingress_bytes.unicast.rate`represents the Ingress unicast bytes. This is the rate of the counter during the collection interval. The rate is calculated by dividing the periodic value by the length of the collection interval. Note that this value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval	gauge	byte
`cisco_aci.tenant.ingress_pkts.drop.cum`represents the Ingress drop packets. The total sum of the values read. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.tenant.ingress_pkts.flood.cum`represents the Ingress flood packets. The total sum of the values read. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.tenant.ingress_pkts.multicast.cum`represents the Ingress multicast packets. The total sum of the values read. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.tenant.ingress_pkts.multicast.rate`represents the Ingress multicast packets. This is the rate of the counter during the collection interval. The rate is calculated by dividing the periodic value by the length of the collection interval. Note that this value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.tenant.ingress_pkts.unicast.cum`represents the Ingress unicast packets. The total sum of the values read. Note that this value continues through each interval without resetting to zero	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.tenant.ingress_pkts.unicast.rate`represents the Ingress unicast packets. This is the rate of the counter during the collection interval. The rate is calculated by dividing the periodic value by the length of the collection interval. Note that this value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval	gauge	packet
`cisco_aci.tenant.overall_health`represents the statistics for overall tenant health	gauge	percent

Official documentation

Official documentation for the CiscoACI integration

Metric names and descriptions are the official Datadog integration definitions (Copyright Datadog, Inc., BSD-3-Clause), reproduced unedited. The full license terms are on the About page.

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