Course
Outline
1. Quick Overview – ACI
- Product
Portfolio – Nexus 9000 in ACI Mode
- Describing the
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switch in ACI Mode
- ACI concepts and
principles
- Exploring and
understanding APIC Dashboard
- Describing the
ACI Fabric Topology
- ACI Policy Model
2. Fabric Provisioning – an overview
- Understand
Start-up discovery and configuration
- Describe fabric
policy
- Describe
provisioning
- Describe access
policies
3. F5 Synthesis Overview
- Understand F5
Synthesis
- In-depth
understanding about Layer 4 through Layer 7 Services with F5 device
package
- Describe service
insertion and redirection
- Implement
service graphs
- Configure
application profiles specific to Layer 4 to Layer 7 services
- Describe device
packages
- Describe OpFlex
3. Security and Management capabilities
4. Programmability and Automation
- REST API Support
- ACI toolkit
- Cobra
- Ansible
5. Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Understanding
Faults and health scores
- Understanding
Events
- API Inspector
- Audit Logs
6. Best practices
- AAA RBAC and
Roles
- Guidelines and
limitations for Device Packages
- Understanding
APIC Access Methods – GUI, API and CLI
- Understanding
Packet flow through an ACI Fabric
7. ACI Multi-site Architecture Overview
- Cisco ACI
Multi-site orchestrator
- Intersite
Control Plane
- Intersite Data
Plane
- ACI Multi-site
Use cases
- Integration of
ACI Multi-pod and Multi-site
- Migration
Scenarios
- Deployment Best
practices