Who should attend
Network Engineers Data Center Engineers System Engineers Technical Solution Architect Server Administrator Network Programmer Developers DevOps Personnel
Detailed Course Outline
1. Introducing Cisco ACI Fabric Infrastructure and Basic Concepts
- What Is Cisco ACI?
- Resolving Challenges of Traditional Networks with ACI
- Cisco ACI Topology and Hardware
- Spine-Leaf Topology Benefits
- IS-IS Fabric Infrastructure
- Endpoint Forwarding Across Leaf Switches
2. Describing Cisco ACI Policy Model Logical Constructs
- Cisco ACI Logical Constructs
- Tenant, EPG, Application Profile, Bridge Domain, VRF
3. Describing Cisco ACI Basic Packet Forwarding
- Endpoint Learning
- Bridge Domain Configuration
- Basic Bridge Domain Configuration Knob
- Cisco ACI Layer 2 Forwarding
4. Introducing External Network Connectivity
- Cisco ACI External Connectivity Options
- External Layer 3 and 2 Network Connectivity
- Layer 2 Extension of an EPG
- Layer 3 Out
5. Describing Cisco ACI Multisite Deployment
- Cisco ACI Multisite Overview
- Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator
- OSPF Support
- ISN
- Multi-Site vs Multi-Pod
6. Describing the Cisco APIC REST API
- Introduction to the Cisco ACI REST API
- Cisco ACI REST API Clients
- Postman
- JSON and XML
- API Inspector
7. Using Python to interact with the Cisco APIC REST API
- Python for Cisco API Automation
- Cobra SDK and Arya