Description

Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) v5

What about this course?
Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) v5 is designed to equip participants with extensive knowledge and hands-on skills in designing, deploying, and managing ACI, Cisco’s cutting-edge Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solution for Data Centers. This course uses a hands-on approach to delve deep into the core design and implementation details of Cisco ACI, focusing on how it uses centralized management, automation, and a policy-driven application networking approach, as opposed to traditional Ethernet Switches & IP Routers that are controlled individually through a Command-Line Interface (CLI).

This course starts from the ground up with ACI System Initialization and Fabric Discovery & Management, then walks you through the ACI object model used in Fabric Policies & Tenant Policies. Core ACI features such as traffic filtering with Endpoint Groups (EPGs), migration of existing L2 networks into ACI, Layer 3 external routing, virtual machine integration, and seamless incorporation of firewalls and load balancers are covered both from a design point of view, and through hands-on implementation examples.

New features in ACI v5.x are highlighted, such as Endpoint Security Groups (ESGs), as well as new enhancements for scaling fabrics in both ACI Multi-Pod & ACI Multi-Site designs, all with hands-on examples including using the Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO) to manage ACI Multi-Site.

With the main focus on the practical application of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), as well as a blend of detailed behind-the-scenes concepts, this course will empower you to harness the full potential of Cisco ACI for optimizing data center networking operations.

This course is composed by the following modules
module-line
MODULE 1
Introduction
Course Introduction

MODULE 2
ACI Overview
What’s new in ACI v5

ACI System Overview

ACI Initialization & Fabric Discovery

ACI Fabric Management

Managing ACI Configurations

MODULE 3
ACI Object Model
Understanding the ACI Object Model

Implementing ACI Fabric Policies & Access Policies

Implementing ACI Tenant Policies

Implementing Virtual Port Channels (vPC) on ACI

MODULE 4
Automating ACI
Automating ACI with Postman & APIC APIs

MODULE 5
Filtering Traffic in ACI
Implementing ACI Contracts

Implementing ACI Taboo Contracts

Implementing the ACI VZAny EPG

Implementing ACI Preferred Group Members

Modifying ACI VRF Policy Enforcement

ACI Endpoint Security Groups (ESGs)

MODULE 6
ACI External Connectivity
Connecting ACI to External Layer 2 Networks

Connecting ACI to External Layer 3 Networks

Using EIGRP to connect to External Layer 3 Networks in ACI

Using OSPF to connect to External Layer 3 Networks in ACI

Using BGP to connect to External Layer 3 Networks in ACI

Using OSPF & BGP for High Availability in ACI

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) on Cisco ACI

MODULE 7
ACI Integrations
ACI Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Integration

Service Insertion with ACI Service Graphs

MODULE 8
ACI Multi-Pod & Multi-Site