Cisco

Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Part 1 - Network Centric Mode

Instructor:

Brian McGahan
CCIEx4 #8593, CCDE #2013::13

This course is included in our All Access Pass! Get unlimited streaming access to 14,000+ videos, workbooks, and practice exams today!

Choose your plan!

Course Description

Join the world’s most highly respected and experienced team of CCIE instructors for 10+ hours of comprehensive Data Center v2 video training. This online course is taught by Brian McGahan, CCIEx4 #8593 (Routing & Switching, Data Center, Security, Service Provider), CCDE #2013::13 (Design). Follow along as Brian explains and demonstrates the technologies related to Cisco’s Nexus Switching - ACI, and how it fits into Cisco’s modern Data Center v2 design. This course is part of the CCIE Data Center v2 Bundle.

Course
- Course Overview
  - ACI :: Introduction
  - What is ACI?
  - Nexus 9000 ACI Switches
  - APIC Controllers
  - ACI Network Topology
  - Class ACI Topology
  - Managing the ACI Fabric & ACI Behind the Scenes
- ACI Fabric Initialization
  - Initializing Fabric & Connecting to APIC via CIMC SOL
  - Navigating the APIC GUI :: Part 1
  - Navigating the APIC GUI :: Part 2
  - Discovering The Fabric & Viewing the Topology from the GUI
  - Connecting to Nodes & Verifying Underlay Routing from CLI
- ACI Virtual Port Channels (vPC)
  - Configuring Fabric Access Policies :: Part 1
  - Configuring Fabric Access Policies :: Part 2
  - Creating and Verifying a vPC
  - Next Steps
- ACI Tenants
  - Tenant Overview and Hierarchy
  - Tenant Components
  - Tenant Hierarchy (cont.)
- Layer 2 Access Ports on ACI
  - ACI Object Workflow :: Part 1
  - ACI Object Workflow :: Part 2
  - ACI Object Workflow :: Part 3
  - ACI Object Workflow :: Part 4
  - ACI Object Workflow :: Part 5
- Inter EPG Communication in ACI
  - Inter End Point Group (EPG) :: Part 1
  - Inter End Point Group (EPG) :: Part 2
- Layer 2 Trunk Ports on ACI (L2Out)
  - Layer 2 Trunk Ports on ACI (L2Out) :: Part 1
  - Layer 2 Trunk Ports on ACI (L2Out) :: Part 2
  - Layer 2 Trunk Ports on ACI (L2Out) :: Part 3
- Extending Bridge Domain Outside ACI
  - Extending Bridge Domain Outside ACI (L2Out) :: Part 1
  - Extending Bridge Domain Outside ACI (L2Out) :: Part 2
- Inter EPG Communication with L2out in ACI
  - Inter EPG Communication with L2out in ACI
- STP and L2out
  - STP and L2out in ACI
- Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out)
  - Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out) :: Part 1
  - Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out) :: Part 2
  - Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out) :: Part 3
  - Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out) :: Part 4
- ACI External Layer 3 Routing with OSPF
  - ACI External Layer 3 Routing with OSPF :: Part 1
  - ACI External Layer 3 Routing with OSPF :: Part 2
- ACI External Layer 3 Routing with EIGRP
  - ACI External Layer 3 Routing with EIGRP
- ACI External Layer 3 Routing with BGP
  - ACI External Layer 3 Routing with BGP :: Part 1
  - ACI External Layer 3 Routing with BGP :: Part 2
  - ACI External Layer 3 Routing with BGP :: Part 3
- ACI & FEX
  - ACI and Fabric Extenders
  - ACI FEX Configuration w/ Wizard :: Part 1
  - ACI FEX Configuration w/ Wizard :: Part 2
  - ACI FEX Manual Configuration

Course Outline:

Course
- Course Overview
  - ACI :: Introduction
  - What is ACI?
  - Nexus 9000 ACI Switches
  - APIC Controllers
  - ACI Network Topology
  - Class ACI Topology
  - Managing the ACI Fabric & ACI Behind the Scenes
- ACI Fabric Initialization
  - Initializing Fabric & Connecting to APIC via CIMC SOL
  - Navigating the APIC GUI :: Part 1
  - Navigating the APIC GUI :: Part 2
  - Discovering The Fabric & Viewing the Topology from the GUI
  - Connecting to Nodes & Verifying Underlay Routing from CLI
- ACI Virtual Port Channels (vPC)
  - Configuring Fabric Access Policies :: Part 1
  - Configuring Fabric Access Policies :: Part 2
  - Creating and Verifying a vPC
  - Next Steps
- ACI Tenants
  - Tenant Overview and Hierarchy
  - Tenant Components
  - Tenant Hierarchy (cont.)
- Layer 2 Access Ports on ACI
  - ACI Object Workflow :: Part 1
  - ACI Object Workflow :: Part 2
  - ACI Object Workflow :: Part 3
  - ACI Object Workflow :: Part 4
  - ACI Object Workflow :: Part 5
- Inter EPG Communication in ACI
  - Inter End Point Group (EPG) :: Part 1
  - Inter End Point Group (EPG) :: Part 2
- Layer 2 Trunk Ports on ACI (L2Out)
  - Layer 2 Trunk Ports on ACI (L2Out) :: Part 1
  - Layer 2 Trunk Ports on ACI (L2Out) :: Part 2
  - Layer 2 Trunk Ports on ACI (L2Out) :: Part 3
- Extending Bridge Domain Outside ACI
  - Extending Bridge Domain Outside ACI (L2Out) :: Part 1
  - Extending Bridge Domain Outside ACI (L2Out) :: Part 2
- Inter EPG Communication with L2out in ACI
  - Inter EPG Communication with L2out in ACI
- STP and L2out
  - STP and L2out in ACI
- Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out)
  - Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out) :: Part 1
  - Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out) :: Part 2
  - Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out) :: Part 3
  - Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out) :: Part 4
- ACI External Layer 3 Routing with OSPF
  - ACI External Layer 3 Routing with OSPF :: Part 1
  - ACI External Layer 3 Routing with OSPF :: Part 2
- ACI External Layer 3 Routing with EIGRP
  - ACI External Layer 3 Routing with EIGRP
- ACI External Layer 3 Routing with BGP
  - ACI External Layer 3 Routing with BGP :: Part 1
  - ACI External Layer 3 Routing with BGP :: Part 2
  - ACI External Layer 3 Routing with BGP :: Part 3
- ACI & FEX
  - ACI and Fabric Extenders
  - ACI FEX Configuration w/ Wizard :: Part 1
  - ACI FEX Configuration w/ Wizard :: Part 2
  - ACI FEX Manual Configuration