Course Overview
The Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure with emphasis on Operations is a 5-day course which shows you how to configure, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches. Through expert instruction and hands-on practice, you will learn about operational tools, best practices, caveats, and practice troubleshooting common issues on a live fabric. Based on lessons learned in wide range of production deployments, this course gives you the real-world knowledge and skills to boost operational efficiencies in your own deployment.
Who should attend
- Network Engineers
- Data Center Engineers
- System Engineers
- Technical Solution Architect
- Server Administrator
- Network Operations
Outline: Cisco ACI with emphasis on Operations (CACIO)
1. Introducing Cisco ACI Fabric Infrastructure and Basic Concepts
- What Is Cisco ACI?
- Resolving Challenges of Traditional Networks with ACI
- Cisco ACI Topology and Hardware
- Spine-Leaf Topology Benefits
- IS-IS Fabric Infrastructure
- Endpoint Forwarding Across Leaf Switches
2. Describing Cisco ACI Policy Model Logical Constructs
- Cisco ACI Logical Constructs
- Tenant, EPG, Application Profile, Bridge Domain, VRF
3. Describing Cisco ACI Basic Packet Forwarding
- Endpoint Learning
- Bridge Domain Configuration
- Basic Bridge Domain Configuration Knob
- Cisco ACI Layer 2 Forwarding
4. Introducing External Network Connectivity
- Cisco ACI External Connectivity Options
- External Layer 3 and 2 Network Connectivity
- Layer 2 Extension of an EPG
- Layer 3 Out
5. Describing Cisco ACI Multisite Deployment
- Cisco ACI Multisite Overview
- Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator
- OSPF Support
- ISN
- Multi-Site vs Multi-Pod
6. Describing Cisco ACI monitoring
- Describing Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tools
- ACI iping Command
- Describing Health Scores
- CLI Troubleshooting Commands
- ACI GUI Troubleshooting Tools
- Describing ELAM Assistant
- ACI SPAN
- MOquery