Cisco ACI Course Outline
Cisco ACI is an application-centric infrastructure that enables you to build your data center network around the needs of your applications. ACI uses a centralized policy model to automate and simplify network configuration, deployment, and management.
Module1
- Introduction to ACI
- ACI Architecture
- Nexus 9000 ACI Switches
Module2
- Introduction to APIC Controllers
- Understanding ACI Fabric Infrastructure
- APIC GUI
- Understanding Fabric Discovery
- ACI Nodes
- Understanding VxLAN in ACI
- Fabric Access Policy
Module3
- Understanding vPC (Virtual Port Channel)
- Tenants Overview
- Understanding Tenants Hierarchy
- Understanding ACI Logical constructs
- EPG (End Point Groups)
- Profiles
- Inter EPG Communication
Module4
- VMM Overview (Virtual Machine Managers)
- ACI VMM Integration
Module5
- Understanding ACI Objects
- ACI Packet Forwarding
- Local and Remote endpoint learning
Module6
- Spanning Tree and Layer2 Out (L2Out)
- Bridge Domains
- Inter EPG communication with L2Out
- External Routing in ACI
- Connecting to Layer 3 Networks (L3 Out)
Module7
- L4L7 Services in ACI
- Service Graph
Module8
- Understanding the API
- Creating the ACI constructs using API
- Integrating with Cisco ACI Inspector
Module9
- Introduction to Cisco AVE
- Deploying Cisco AVE in ESXi
- Associating EPGs with AVE
Module10
- ACI Management
- Syslog
- SNMP Server
- Software upgrade process
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