In the Juniper Apstra UI, the Resources menu allows you to create and manage global and local resources that are used for various elements of the network design and configuration. The Resources menu includes the following three types of resources that can be assigned to the network devices and virtual networks:
* ASN pools: These are pools of autonomous system numbers (ASNs) that are used for the underlay routing protocol (EBGP) between the leaf and spine devices. You can create ASN pools with either
2-byte or 4-byte ASNs, and assign them to the logical devices in the blueprint.
* VNI pools: These are pools of virtual network identifiers (VNIs) that are used for the overlay network (VXLAN) between the end hosts. You can create VNI pools with a range of VNIs, and assign them to the virtual networks in the blueprint.
* IP address pools: These are pools of IPv4 or IPv6 addresses that are used for various purposes in the network, such as the loopback addresses for the devices, the IP prefixes for the virtual networks, the host
* IP addresses for the end hosts, and the gateway IP addresses for the IRB interfaces. You can create IP address pools with a range of IP addresses, and assign them to the logical devices and virtual networks in the blueprint.
The following two types of resources are not assigned under the Resources menu:
* VTEP pools: These are not resources that can be created or assigned by the user. VTEPs are VXLAN tunnel endpoints that are automatically generated by the Apstra server based on the loopback IP addresses of the devices. VTEPs are used as the source and destination IP addresses for the VXLAN tunnels in the overlay network.
* Logical device pools: These are not resources that can be created or assigned by the user. Logical device pools are groups of logical devices that share the same role, interface map, and resource assignments in the blueprint. Logical device pools are used to simplify the network design and configuration by applying the same settings to multiple devices.
References:
* Resources Introduction
* ASN Pools (Resources)
* VNI Pools (Resources)
* IP Address Pools (Resources)