What you’ll learn
Technology areas
- Networking
- Data Center
Training overview
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should have:
- Familiarity with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure implementations
- Familiarity with data center infrastructure operations
- Familiarity with the management of Cisco data center switches
- Familiarity with virtualization fundamentals
These recommended Cisco learning offerings may help students meet these prerequisites:
Objectives
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Design Cisco ACI access policies according to best practices
- Use fabric system settings
- Design Cisco ACI logical components
- Design the migration of IP and logical components from an existing data center to Cisco ACI
- Design Cisco ACI physical structure
- Migrate existing data center connectivity and physical components from an existing environment to Cisco ACI
- Design Cisco ACI external Layer 3 connectivity and Cisco ACI Layer 4–7 service insertion, including PBR-based service redirection
- Design the L4-L7 service insertion in single-pod Cisco ACI, by evaluating the available options and choosing the optimal connectivity flow
- Design L4-L7 service insertion in Cisco ACI Multi-Pod
- Design a transit routing solution
- Design service sharing using vzAny
- Build a migration plan for Layer 2 and Layer 3 connectivity, including L3Outs and contracts
- Migrate vSphere compute environment to Cisco ACI
- Design QoS for interpod and intersite networks
- Design the DHCP Relay feature, SPAN feature, Port Tracking feature, Import/Export policies, and Snapshot/Rollback feature
Outline
- Designing Access Policies
- Using Fabric System Settings
- Designing Logical Components
- Use Case: Migration of IP and Logical Structure
- Designing Physical Structure
- Use Case: Migration of Connectivity and Physical Components
- Designing L3Outs and Service Insertion
- Use Case: Service Insertion in Single Pod
- Use Case: Service Insertion in Cisco ACI Multi-Pod
- Use Case: L3Out Transit Routing
- Use Case: Shared Services vzAny and Endpoint Security Groups
- Use Case: Migration of Layer 2 and Layer 3 Connectivity
- Use Case: VMware Data Center Migration to Cisco ACI
- Use Case: IPN and ISN QoS
- Use Case: DHCP Relay and SPAN