DCACI – Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure v1.0

Course Duration

5 days

Audience

Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites required.

Course Description

This course gives you the knowledge and skills to deploy, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) mode, to connect the Cisco ACI fabric to external networks and services, and the fundamentals of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) integration. You will gain hands-on practice implementing key capabilities such as fabric discovery, policies, connectivity, VMM integration, and more. The DCACI – Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure v1.0 course helps you prepare to take the Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (300-620 DCACI) exam, which leads to CCNP Data Center and Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center ACI Implementation certifications.

Course Outline

• Introducing Cisco ACI Fabric Infrastructure and Basic Concepts What Is Cisco ACI?
• Cisco ACI Topology and Hardware
• Cisco ACI Object Model
• Faults, Event Record, and Audit Log
• Cisco ACI Fabric Discovery
• Cisco ACI Access Policies
• Describing Cisco ACI Policy Model Logical Constructs Cisco ACI Logical Constructs
• Tenant
• Virtual Routing and Forwarding
• Bridge Domain
• Endpoint Group
• Application Profile
• Tenant Components Review
• Adding Bare-Metal Servers to Endpoint Groups
• Contracts
• Describing Cisco ACI Basic Packet Forwarding Endpoint Learning
• Basic Bridge Domain Configuration ****
• Introducing External Network Connectivity Cisco ACI External Connectivity Options
• External Layer 2 Network Connectivity
• External Layer 3 Network Connectivity
• Introducing VMM Integration VMware vCenter VDS Integration
• Resolution Immediacy in VMM
• Alternative VMM Integrations
• Describing Layer 4 to Layer 7 Integrations Service Appliance Insertion Without ACI L4-L7 Service Graph
• Service Appliance Insertion via ACI L4-L7 Service Graph
• Service Graph Configuration Workflow
• Service Graph PBR Introduction
• Explaining Cisco ACI Management Out-of-Band Management
• In-Band Management
• Syslog