The course is presented by Ammar Ahmadi, who has been working with ACI fabrics for almost a decade. Ammar provides demonstrations and walk-throughs while imparting all information necessary for exam success.
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Ammar also owns and operates Networks Reimagined LLC, which focuses on SDN enablement and training. He can be reached at ammar.ahmadi@networksreimagined.com
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Skill Level
Beginner/Intermediate
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This Complete Video Course (CVC) serves as a comprehensive guide for individuals who are pursuing the Cisco CCNP Data Center certification with a focus on ACI. This CVC helps any network professionals who want to learn the skills necessary for designing, configuring, and troubleshooting data center networks using Cisco ACI.
Course Requirements
Module 1, “From Introduction to Initialization,” begins with the basics. It briefly discusses the state of the industry and some reasons for the immense popularity of ACI. It then moves on to prevalent ACI topologies and the hardware required to build an ACI fabric. The fabric initialization process and some of the tasks that are usually performed right after a fabric is initialized are also covered, as well as the ACI GUI, the CLI, and the ACI object hierarchy together.
Module 2, “ACI Fundamentals,” covers the most important objects within the ACI object hierarchy, starting with objects that form tenants. The module then dives in to access policies, configuring ports within ACI, and creating basic contracts for application whitelisting.
Module 3, “External Connectivity,” shifts focus to address connectivity from ACI to the outside world. First up is L3Outs, then some brownfield data center migrations into ACI.
Module 4, “Integrations,” delves into the integration versatility of ACI. ACI can integrate with a number of industry solutions by executing API calls against these solutions. The DCACI exam calls out two key areas of integrations: The first is integrations with VMWare vSphere, and the second is service graphs.
Module 5, “Management and Monitoring,” digs deeper into management by looking at inband management, Syslog, SNMP, and role-based access control.
Module 6, “ACI Anywhere,” discusses how ACI enables some pretty advanced architectures, including solutions involving ACI Multi-Pod and ACI Multi-Site.
Module 7, “Exam Preparation and Continuous Learning,” covers exam preparation and ACI readiness for the real world.
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Introduction
CCNP Data Center Application Centric Infrastructure 300-620 DCACI: Introduction
Module 1: From Introduction to Initialization
Module introduction
Lesson 1: The Big Picture of Why ACI
Learning objectives
1.1 Understanding the Shortcomings of Traditional Networks
1.2 Understanding the Benefits of ACI - Part 1
1.3 Understanding the Benefits of ACI - Part 2
Lesson 2: ACI Hardware and Topologies
Learning objectives
2.1 ACI Topologies
2.2 APIC Clusters
2.3 Spine Hardware Options
2.4 Leaf Hardware Options
Lesson 3: Initializing an ACI Fabric
Learning objectives
3.1 Planning Fabric Initialization
3.2 Switch Discovery Process
3.3 Fabric Discovery Phases
3.4 Switch Discovery States
3.5 Initializing an ACI Fabric - Part 1
3.6 Initializing an ACI Fabric - Part 2
3.7 Pre-Staging Switch Activation
3.8 Configuring Out-of-Band Management
3.9 Understanding Post-Initialization Connectivity
3.10 Upgrading an ACI Fabric
3.11 Performing Configuration Backups
3.12 Restoring Configurations from Backups
3.13 Configuring NTP
3.14 Configuring DNS Lookups
3.15 Taking a Look at COOP Configuration
3.16 Converting Fabric Ports to Access Ports
Lesson 4: Exploring ACI
Learning objectives
4.1 ACI Access Methods
4.2 The ACI Object Model
4.3 Understanding and Managing Faults
4.4 Monitoring Policies in ACI
4.5 Understanding Health Scores
4.6 Understanding and Managing Events
4.7 Understanding and Using Audit Logs
Module 2: ACI Fundamentals
Module introduction
Lesson 5: Understanding Tenant Objects
Learning objectives
5.1 The Challenge of Designing around Subnet Boundaries
5.2 Understanding the Basic Objects within Tenants
5.3 Classifying Endpoints into EPGs
5.4 Contract Security Enforcement Basics
5.5 Enabling L3 Connectivity Outside the Fabric
5.6 Tenant Hierarchy in Review
Lesson 6: Understanding Access Policies
Learning objectives
6.1 Understanding Pools
6.2 Understanding Domains
6.3 VLAN Pool and Domain Design Examples
6.4 Understanding AAEPs
6.5 Implementing Pools, Domains, and AAEPs
6.6 Understanding Interface Policies
6.7 Understanding Interface Policy Groups
6.8 Sample Interface Policies and Policy Groups
6.9 Implementing Interface Policies
6.10 Understanding Switch Policies
6.11 Understanding Switch Policy Groups
6.12 Mapping Interface Policy Groups to Ports
6.13 Sample Switch and Interface Profile Designs
6.14 Implementing Profiles and Selectors
6.15 Access Policies and Tenancy in Review
Lesson 7: Implementing Access Policies
Learning objectives
7.1 Configuring Individual Ports
7.2 Configuring Port-Channels
7.3 Configuring vPC Domains and vPCs
7.4 Configuring Fabric Extenders
7.5 Configuring Breakout Ports
7.6 Modifying QoS Settings
Lesson 8: Overlaying Tenant Policies onto Ports
Learning objectives
8.1 ACI Endpoint Learning and Forwarding
8.2 Implementing Basic Tenant Policies - Part 1
8.3 Implementing Basic Tenant Policies - Part 2
8.4 Deploying a 2-Tier Application - Part 1
8.5 Deploying a 2-Tier Application - Part 2
8.6 Deploying a 2-Tier Application - Part 3
8.7 Deploying a 2-Tier Application - Part 4
8.8 Configuring AAEP EPGs
8.9 Verifying Endpoint Learning and Forwarding
Module 3: External Connectivity
Module introduction
Lesson 9: L3Outs
Learning objectives
9.1 L3Out Fundamentals
9.2 MP-BGP Route Reflectors
9.3 Implementing an EIGRP L3Out
9.4 Tagging Routes
9.5 Implementing an OSPFv2 L3Out
9.6 Preferred Group Member Settings
9.7 Setting OSPF Metrics and Metric Types
9.8 Modifying an L3Out for Firewall Peering
9.9 Implementing OSPFv3 L3Outs
9.10 Implementing BGP L3Outs - Part 1
9.11 Implementing BGP L3Outs - Part 2
9.12 Implementing BGP L3Outs - Part 3
9.13 Implementing BFD on L3Outs
9.14 Implementing BGP Community Strings
9.15 Implementing Route Filtering
9.16 Advertising Default Routes via L3Outs
9.17 Granting Differing Access to External Users - Part 1
9.18 Granting Differing Access to External Users - Part 2
9.19 Granting Differing Access to External Users - Part 3
9.20 Granting Differing Access to External Users - Part 4
9.21 Using the Established Bit in Contracts
Lesson 10: Migrating Existing Networks into ACI
Learning objectives
10.1 Spanning-Tree and ACI
10.2 Understanding Network-Centric Deployments
10.3 Tenant Design Considerations for Migrations
10.4 ACI and STP TCNs
10.5 Comparing EPG Extensions and L2Outs
10.6 Implementing EPG Extension
10.7 Implementing Protections Against STP TCNs
10.8 Migrating Overlapping VLANs into ACI - Part 1
10.9 Migrating Overlapping VLANs into ACI - Part 2
10.10 Implementing L2Outs - Part 1
10.11 Implementing L2Outs - Part 2
10.12 Migrating Default Gateways into ACI
Module 4: Integrations
Module introduction
Lesson 11: VMWare vSphere Integration
Learning objectives
11.1 vSphere Networking Primer
11.2 Implementing Basic Connectivity to ESXi Servers - Part 1
11.3 Implementing Basic Connectivity to ESXi Servers - Part 2
11.4 Implementing Basic Connectivity to ESXi Servers - Part 3
11.5 Implementing VMM Integration - Part 1
11.6 Implementing VMM Integration - Part 2
11.7 Implementing vSwitch Policies
11.8 Pushing Port-Groups to vCenter - Part 1
11.9 Pushing Port-Groups to vCenter - Part 2
11.10 Integrating a VDS into Dual-port Servers - Part 1
11.11 Integrating a VDS into Dual-port Servers - Part 2
Lesson 12: Service Graphs
Learning objectives
12.1 Service Graph Basics
12.2 Service Graph Design Options
12.3 Deployment Modes
12.4 Implementing Unmanaged Firewall Service Graphs - Part 1
12.5 Implementing Unmanaged Firewall Service Graphs - Part 2
12.6 Implementing Managed Firewall Service Graphs - Part 1
12.7 Implementing Managed Firewall Service Graphs - Part 2
12.8 Implementing Managed Firewall Service Graphs - Part 3
12.9 Implementing Managed Firewall Service Graphs - Part 4
Module 5: Management and Monitoring
Module introduction
Lesson 13: Implementing Management
Learning objectives
13.1 Enforcing Custom Contracts for OOB Management
13.2 Understanding Inband Management
13.3 Access Policies for Inband Management
13.4 Assigning IPs and EPGs to Inband Management
13.5 Enabling Inband Communication via L3Outs and Contracts
Lesson 14: Monitoring ACI Using Syslog and SNMP
Learning objectives
14.1 Understanding System Messages
14.2 Implementing Basic Syslog Forwarding
14.3 Implementing Syslog in Multi-Tenant Environments
14.4 Understanding SNMP
14.5 Configuring ACI for SNMP
Lesson 15: Implementing AAA and RBAC
Learning objectives
15.1 Understanding Security Domains
15.2 Understanding Privileges and Roles
15.3 Creating Local Users and Assigning Access
15.4 Tweaking Roles and User Access
15.5 Implementing Custom RBAC Rules
15.6 Understanding Login Domains
15.7 Configuring ACI for LDAP Authentication
15.8 Configuring ACI for TACACS+ Authentication and Authorization
15.9 Understanding the Required ISE Configuration
Module 6: ACI Anywhere
Module introduction
Lesson 16: ACI Multi-Pod and Multi-Site
Learning objectives
16.1 ACI Multi-Pod Use Cases
16.2 Basic Demo of Multi-Site Orchestrator
16.3 ACI Multi-Site Use Cases
16.4 Comparing Multi-Site and Multi-Pod
Module 7: Exam Preparation and Continuous Learning
Module introduction
Lesson 17: Exam Preparation Advice
Learning objectives
17.1 Exam Preparation Advice
17.2 Next Steps
Summary
CCNP Data Center Application Centric Infrastructure 300-620 DCACI: Summary