Spine-Leaf Architectures
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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
VXLAN Data Plane
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