CCNP DCACI 300-620 Implementing Cisco ACI

What you'll learn
Describe Cisco ACI Fabric Infrastructure and basic Cisco ACI concepts
Describe Cisco ACI policy model logical constructs
Describe Cisco ACI basic packet forwarding
Describe external network connectivity
Describe VMM Integration
Describe Layer 4 to Layer 7 integrations
Explain Cisco ACI management features
Requirements
Understanding of networking protocols, routing, and switching
Familiarity with Cisco Ethernet switching products
Understanding of Cisco data center architecture
Familiarity with virtualization fundamentals
Description
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 Knob
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
Simple Network Management Protocol
Configuration Backup
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
Role-Based Access Control
Cisco ACI Upgrade
Collect Tech Support
Why Cisco ACI?
Automation and consistency
Achieve resource elasticity with automation through common policies for data center operations.
Multicloud acceleration
Extend consistent policy management across multiple on-premises and cloud instances for security, governance, and compliance.
Protect your network with zero-trust
Get business continuity, disaster recovery, and highly secure networking with a zero-trust security model.
Assurance and insights
Transform Day 2 operations to a more proactive model and automate troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and remediation.
What is Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure ACI ?
It is SDN solution from Cisco for Data Centers, simply ACI is a Network policy based automation model
The end goal of this solution is about enabling software control of the network and how it operates, so that software can automate and change the network based on current conditions in the network.
ACI uses a concept of endpoints and policies. The endpoints are the VMs (or even traditional servers with the OS running directly on the hardware). Because several endpoints have the same needs, you group them together into aptly named endpoint groups. Then policies can be defined about which endpoint groups can communicate with whom-for instance, a group of web servers may need to communicate with a group of application servers. The policy also defines other key parameters, like which endpoint groups can access each other (or not), as well as QoS parameters and other services.
ACI uses a centralized controller called the Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC),It is the controller that creates application policies for the data center infrastructure...this is your SDN controller for Data Center.
ACI uses a partially centralized control plane, RESTful and native APIs, and OpFlex as an SBI. The NBIs allow software control from outside the controller. The controller communicates with the switches connected to the endpoints, and asks those switches to then create the correct flows to be added to the switches. Interestingly.
ACI has three main components: Nexus 9000 switches, APIC and ecosystem
Who this course is for
Network Designers
Network Engineers
Data Center Engineers
Consulting Systems Engineers
Technical Solutions Architects
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