Deploying ACI

Welcome to the ACI Fundamentals course!

Validation

ACI Components

What is Cisco ACI

ACI Fabric

Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC)

Topology Challenge

ACI Management

Traditional Architectures

Spine-Leaf Architectures

Solution

VXLAN and VNIs

VXLAN Control Plane in ACI

VPCs in ACI

Traffic Flow Challenge

Anycast Gateways

ACI Spine Proxies

Packet Walk

ACI Bounce Entries

ACI Leaf Learning

ACI Packet Walk Challenge

Nexus 9500s

Nexus 9500 Line Cards

Nexus 9800s

ACI ASIC Progression

Nexus 9300s, 9400s, and 9200s

Architecture Design Challenge

Interpreting Nexus Part Numbers

ACI Simulator

APIC Initialization Part 2

APIC Initialization

Fabric Initial Setup

Lab Challenge

ACI Initialization Process

APIC Models

The Application Policy Infrastructure Controller

APIC Offerings

APIC Redundancy

APIC Design Challenge

APIC Clusters and Data Sharding

APIC Management

GUI Overview

CLI Overview

Side-by-side Configurations

Configuration Challenge

API Overview

Interfaces Part 2

Interfaces

Domains and VLAN Pools

Mapping the Physical Model

Domains and VLAN Pools Part 2

AAEPs

Lab Challenge

Endpoint Groups

Mapping the Logical Model

Bridge Domains

Diagram Challenge

Contracts

Contexts (VRFs) and Tenants

Perform Logical Configuration

Application Profiles

EPG Configuration

Logical to Physical Mapping

Configuration Challenge

Introduction

ACI Physical Architecture Challenge

ACI Logical Architecture Challenge

Spine-Leaf Architecture Challenge

ACI Policy Application Challenge

Spine-Leaf Packet Flow Challenge

ACI Configuration Challenge

Contracts

Subjects and Filters

Taboo Contracts

EPG Collection and vzAny

EPG Labels

Configuration Demo

Configuration Challenge

Solution Review

External Networks

L3 External

L3 Packet Walk

L2out and Application EPGs

L2 External

ACI and MST

ACI and STP

Design Challenge

Broadcast Traffic

Bridge Domain Options

Unknown Unicast Traffic

ARP Flooding

Contract Enforcement

Traffic Challenge

Fabric Design and Prep

Configure an L3out

Configure L2 via EPG

Configure an L2out

Configure STP Policy

Standard ACI Fabrics

ACI Multipod

Multipod + Multisite Design

ACI Multisite

ACI Cloud

Design Challenge

XML and JSON Part 2

ACI and APIs

XML and JSON

Northbound APIs

Quiz Challenge

Southbound APIs

APIs and ACI Objects

Object Discovery Tools

API Challenge

Make an API Call

The ACI Object Model

Quiz 11-15

Quiz 1-5

Quiz 6-10

Quiz 16-20

Lab Section 1 - APIC and Fabric Initialization

Lab Section 2 - Physical Model

Lab Section 4 - Contract Creation

Lab Section 3 - Logical Model

Lab Section 5 - External Networks