Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) – Power Workshop – 2 Days (ACI-PWS )

  Description

This ACI Power Workshop is a fast-paced technical delivery that provides essential skills to personnel involved in deploying a base ACI environment. It covers key topics areas relevant to common deployment scenarios.

The workshop is aimed for key individuals responsible for designing and deploying ACI solutions for POC or initial ACI deployments.

   Objective

At the completion of the class students should be able to:
• Understand ACI Architecture and Concepts
• Validate Underlay Fabric Access policies
• Configure Overlay Network and Tenant Policies
• Integrate ACI with VMware
• Configure Layer 2 outside connectivity to the ACI Fabric
• Overview of L3 outside integration

   Target Audience

  • Technical architects and designers
  • Networking Field engineers involved in ACI Deployments

Pre-Requisite Knowledge

Before commencing this class, you should have an understanding of:
• Cisco Nexus and Catalyst Layer 2/3 Concepts
• Basic VMware administration and Networking
• Basic Linux System administration

Duration

2 days

Workshop Content

  • ACI Overview
  •  ACI Components and Architecture
  • ACI Access Policy model (underlay)
  • ACI Tenant Overlay Model
  • ACI Hypervisor Integration – VMware
  • Connecting ACI to Existing L2 Infrastructure
  • Connecting to Existing L3 Infrastructure

Labs
• Lab 1: Exploring the Graphical User Interface
• Lab 2: Build Access Policy Chain for BMHs
• Lab 3: Configure Tenant and Basic Network Constructs
• Lab 4: Configure a Two-Tier Application Profile
• Lab 5: Build Contracts between EPGs
• Lab 6.10: Prepare VMware ESXi Hosts and vCenter for ACI
• Lab 6.20: VMM Domain Integration with vCenter
• Lab 6.30: Configuring VMware ESXi Hosts to use the APIC VDS
• Lab 7.10: Configuring VPCs
• Lab 7.20: Configuring External Layer 2 Connections
• Lab 8: Configuring External Layer 3 Connections