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Overview of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Course

This course contains topics covered in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI).

Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) is a software-defined networking (SDN) solution providing a holistic data center management approach. It aims to simplify network provisioning and management, improve security, and enhance application performance by automating network infrastructure and policy deployment.

ACI enables administrators to manage network resources through a centralized dashboard, reducing the complexity of configuring multiple switches and routers. It also provides granular visibility into network traffic, allowing administrators to identify and address performance issues quickly.

Overall, Cisco ACI is designed to streamline data center operations, reduce costs, and improve agility.

Topics Covered in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Course

Introduction to Datacenter Design Models
ACI Hardware and Software Requirements
Fabric Initialization
Switch Discovery Process
Primary Tasks after Fabric Initialization
Management Information Tree
Fault Management and Health Monitoring
Tenants (Built-in and Custom Tenants)
Fabric Policies and Access Policies
Connecting External Networks to Cisco ACI Fabric
Virtualization in Cisco ACI
Service Integration (Service Insertion)
Upgrade – Backup, and Restore

Requirements for Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Course

Basic knowledge of datacenter operations
Basic knowledge of Cisco IOS CLI

Modules

75 Lessons 12:03:20 Hours

Introduction to Datacenter Design Models

5 Lessons 00:55:04 Hours

Intro
00:08:56
Traditional Datacenter Design Issues
00:10:03
Spine and Leaf Datacenter Design
00:09:35
ACI Benefits
00:16:05
ACI Topologies
00:10:25

ACI Hardware and Software Requirements

2 Lessons 00:17:38 Hours

ACI Hardware
00:10:29
ACI APIC and Switches
00:07:09

Fabric Initialization

4 Lessons 00:44:22 Hours

Fabric Initialization and Discovery
00:14:46
Switch Discovery States
00:09:19
APIC Initialization
00:10:59
GUI Overview
00:09:18

Switch Discovery Process

7 Lessons 00:47:55 Hours

Switch Discovery Process
00:09:25
Pre-staging a Switch
00:02:24
Changing APIC Cluster Target Size
00:02:36
Adding OOB Addresses to Fabric Devices
00:08:43
Fabric Upgrade
00:08:24
Exporting Configuration
00:10:49
Importing Configuration
00:05:34

Primary Tasks after Fabric Initialization

5 Lessons 00:29:03 Hours

Configuring NTP
00:06:39
Configuring DNS
00:04:48
Configuring COOP
00:01:45
Converting Port Roles
00:07:35
Login Domains
00:08:16

Management Information Tree

1 Lessons 00:10:12 Hours

A Brief Explanation of Management Information Tree and Object Model
00:10:12

Fault Management

2 Lessons 00:27:04 Hours

Lifecycle of a Fault
00:13:28
Monitoring - Health Score - Audit Logs
00:13:36

Tenants

6 Lessons 01:10:56 Hours

Introduction to Tenant Design in ACI
00:11:51
Bridge Domain and VRF
00:16:19
EPG Overview
00:13:02
Contract Overview
00:18:41
Objects Under Tenants
00:05:21
Viewing the Relations of Objects Under Tenants
00:05:42

Policies

5 Lessons 01:03:59 Hours

Creating VLAN Pools and Domains
00:19:45
Understanding AAEPs
00:06:03
Overview of Policies
00:13:37
Creating Interface Policy Groups
00:19:47
Assigning Static Ports to Tenants
00:04:47

Advanced Policies

7 Lessons 01:22:36 Hours

Creating a Port-Channel
00:09:10
Configuring a Virtual Port-Cahnnel
00:12:01
Configuring FEXes
00:11:05
Breakout Cable Policy
00:07:21
Process of Endpoint Learning
00:16:36
Creating New Application Profile for Critical Network Services
00:15:12
Creating Templatized AAEPs
00:11:11

External Networks

18 Lessons 02:37:43 Hours

External Networking Overview
00:08:06
Creating L3Out
00:19:50
Assigning a Route-Map to Subnets
00:05:09
Creating L3-Out Using OSPF
00:18:23
What is a Preffered Group Member
00:04:34
Assigning a Route-map -- Creating Static Route
00:08:36
Creating OSPFv3 Adjacency
00:07:21
Creating L3-Out using BGP
00:12:09
BGP Adjacency Using Loopback Interface -- Local AS Number
00:05:07
Implementing BFD
00:07:13
Adding Communities
00:09:00
Filtering Routes Inbound and Outbound
00:09:13
Advertising a Default Route
00:03:25
ACI Interoperability with Spanning Tree Protocol
00:04:24
ACI Centric vs Network Centric Design
00:10:28
Entending EPG vs Extending Bridge Domain
00:05:39
Creating L2Outs
00:13:38
Creating EPGs
00:05:28

Virtualization in Cisco ACI

5 Lessons 00:48:08 Hours

Introduction to Virtualization
00:15:44
ACI Interaction with vCenter
00:09:52
VMM Integration
00:11:34
Creating Port Groups
00:07:10
Configuring vSwitch Policies
00:03:48

Service Integration (Service Insertion)

3 Lessons 00:30:27 Hours

Introduction to L4-L7 Service Insertion
00:10:40
Firewall Placement Modes
00:03:58
Configuring Unmanaged Firewall
00:15:49

Upgrade – Backup, and Restore

3 Lessons 00:38:13 Hours

Security Features
00:15:44
Firmware Upgrade
00:08:55
Configuration Import and Export
00:13:34

Cisco ACI Workbook and Topology

2 Lessons 00:00:00 Hours

Cisco ACI Workbook and Topology 1
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Cisco ACI Workbook and Topology 2
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