CISCO ACI

Course Features

CISCO ACI Training in Bangalore
(Online)

The Cisco ACI training and certification course enable you to deploy and manage Cisco Nexus 9k series switches in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) mode. 

The Cisco ACI training course teach you how to configure and how to manage Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches in ACI mode, how to connect the Cisco ACI fabric to external networks and services, and last, Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) integration fundamentals. 

Technology area

Data Center

We prepare candidates according to the current job roles in industry. Once you complete Cisco ACI course, you will be able to appear in 300-620 DCACI exam.   

CISCO ACI Physical Topology

UniNets provide virtual lab access to each students so that they can design their network topology.   Here is the Cisco ACI topology below.

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Cisco ACI Physical Diagram

Benefits of Cisco ACI deployments

  • This automates IT workflows end to end
  • Makes an enterprise sufficiently ready to minimize the deployment of applications from several weeks to a few minutes
  • The implementation of ACI allows organizations through a whitelist model, policy enforcement, and micro-segmentation to protect their applications
  • It uses open API features and over 65 Cisco ACI global partner ecosystems to strongly create programmable SDN fabrics
  • Cisco ACI has offered comprehensive benefits, including the smooth deployment and relocation of any business apps across geographies with a clear policy

What you will learn?

  • Nexus 9K Hardware Architecture
  • ACI Hardware Component
  • Cisco ACI Hardware Installation
  • ACI Fabric Discovery
  • Cisco ACI Terminology
  • Access & Fabric Policies
  • Traffic Flow of ACI
  • VXLAN Forwarding in ACI
  • L2 DataPath
  • L3 Datapath
  • Traffic Filtering in Cisco ACI
  • Tenant network configurations (labs via basic Cloud lab)
  • VRF network configuration (labs via basic Cloud lab)
  • Bridge Domain Configuration (labs via basic Cloud lab)
  • Filters & Contracts Configuration (labs via basic Cloud lab)
  • Application Profile & EPG Configuration (labs via basic Cloud lab)
  • ACI integrating with VMware (Integration labs via dcloud)
  • VPC for ESXi-1 & ESXi-2  (labs via basic Cloud lab)
  • Service Graph Integration with Labs Unmanaged Mode ASA
  • L2 & L3 Connectivity In ACI
  • Automation (ACI Scripting with Postman & Jshon with Labs)

Your benefit from this course

  • Gain the skills and practical experience of integrating Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches’  enhanced, automated capabilities into ACI mode for faster application deployment.
  • Gain the knowledge of protocols, solutions and designs to acquire job roles at the professional and expert level in data centres

Prerequisites

  • Good concept of networking protocols, routing, and switching
  • Understanding of Cisco Ethernet switching products
  • Experience in Cisco data center architecture
  • Understanding of virtualization fundamentals

Course Contents (Course Outline)

  • Module 1:
    • ACI Overview – You will get high level overview of ACI technology & what to expect from the blog series
  • Module 2:
    • Bringing up an ACI Fabric – APIC cluster provisioning & discovering the leaf and spine switching nodes in your network
  • Module 3:
    • Getting familiar with the ACI APIC – Detailed explanation on what functionality is found under the main labs
  • Module 4:
    • Application Profiles, EPGs, Contracts and Filters of ACI – Important policy constructs on the fabric and how they are used to define application requirements
  • Module 5:
    • Private Networks, Bridge Domains and Subnets of ACI – The main networking policies and constructs within ACI and how they relate to each other
  • Module 6:
    • ACI Access Policies – Process of creating an access policy to be used for bare metal host connectivity into the fabric
  • Module 7:
    • Basic Connectivity of ACI – How to set up basic connectivity between two hosts across two EPGs
  • Module 8:
    • ACI VMM Integration – Integration between ACI and the virtual machine environment
  • Module 9:
    • Layer 3 External Connectivity in ACI – Explaination on how to configure routing from the ACI fabric to an external device
  • Module 10:
    • Programming the ACI Fabric – Programmability options available within ACI
  • Module 11:
    • Transit Routing in ACI – The transit routing capability of the ACI fabric that came in with the 1.1 (1j) release
  • Module 12:
    • Inter VRF and Inter-Tenant Communicaton in ACI – How to configure inter-VRF
  • Module 13:
    • ACI Service Graph Integration with ASA (unmanaged mode)
  • Module 14:
    • ACI L2 Out Integration

List of Labs:

  • Lab 1: Bringing up an ACI Fabric
  • Lab 2: Getting familiar with the APIC
  • Lab 3: Application Profiles, EPGs, Contracts and Filters
  • Lab 4: Private Networks, Bridge Domains and Subnets
  • Lab 5: Access Policies
  • Lab 6: Basic Connectivity
  • Lab 7: VMM Integration
  • Lab 8: Layer 3 External Connectivity
  • Lab 9: Programming the ACI Fabric
  • Lab 10: Transit Routing
  • Lab 11: Inter VRF and Inter-Tenant Communicaton
  • Lab 12: Service Graph Integration with ASA
  • Lab 13: ACI L2 Out Integration