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Data Center Application Centric Infrastructure Fundamentals v1.2 (DCACIF)
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Data Center Application Centric Infrastructure Fundamentals v1.2 (DCACIF) Course Overview:
Data Center Application Centric Infrastructure Fundamentals (DCACIF) is a 5-day Instructor-led training course that is designed for systems & field engineers who install & implement the Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches in ACI mode using the updated 1.2(x) version & updated Cisco Nexus 9000 hardware platform. The course covers the key components & procedures you need to know to understand, configure, manage Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches in ACI mode utilizing the updated 1.2(x) version, & how to connect the ACI Fabric to external networks & services. Cisco ACI Release 1.2(x) offers many new features. The main new features relevant for this training course includes the following:
- Redesigned GUI
- Cisco NX-OS Software command-line interface (CLI), as in Cisco Nexus switches
- Capability to share L3Out connections across multiple tenants with inter-tenant route leaking
- Increased scalability support achieved by distributing L3Out classification & contracts in the data plane across all the leaf switches in the fabricAll lab exercises included in this training course will utilize Cisco ACI Release 1.2(x) version
Who Should Attend
- Systems engineers, technical architects, & product specialists in data center technical sales roles
- Anyone who need to gain experience with understanding, configuring, & designing the data center networking environment with Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
Data Center Application Centric Infrastructure Fundamentals v1.2 (DCACIF) Course Prerequisites:
Before attending this course, you must have the following:
- Familiar with Cisco Ethernet switching products
- Understand Cisco data center architecture
- Familiar with virtualization
- Good understanding of networking protocols, routing, & switching
- Recommended CCNA Certification
- Recommended attendance of Cisco IP Routing Class (ROUTE)
- Recommended attendance of Cisco Switching Class (SWITCH)
Data Center Application Centric Infrastructure Fundamentals v1.2 (DCACIF) Course Objectives:
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switch ACI
- Describe the ACI fabric
- Describe Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switch hardware
- Configure the ACI controller (APIC)
- Configure ACI L4L7 service integration
- Integrate the APIC hypervisor
- Understand the programmability & orchestration of the ACI network
- Discuss ACI connectivity to outside networks
- Implement ACI management
Data Center Application Centric Infrastructure Fundamentals v1.2 (DCACIF) Course Outline:
Module 1: Cisco ACI Overview
- What problems are we trying to fix?
- Hardware Overview
- Hardware Architecture & Features
- Software Overview
- Fabric Transport
Module 2: Cisco ACI – Configuring Basic Constructs
- GUI & CLI Overview
- Configuring Tenants & Contracts
Module 3: Cisco ACI External Connectivity, Management, & Migration
- Policy Coordination with VM Managers
- Hypervisors & Bare Metal
Module 4: Cisco ACI – Configuring ACI Connectivity to Outside Networks
- Overview of External Connectivity
- Layer 3 Outside Connectivity & Configuration
Module 5: Cisco ACI – L4-L7 Services
- Service Insertion Concepts
- Configuring L4-L7 Devices
Module 6: Cisco ACI – Administration & Troubleshooting Tools
- Administration & Troubleshooting Tools
Module 7: Cisco ACI – Demonstrating ACI Network Programmability & Orchestration
- Need for Programming
- JSON & XML
- Programmability with REST API
- Orchestration
Module 8: Cisco ACI – Practical Review
- Attaching Appliances to the Fabric
- Policy & Application Mapping
