CATEGORY: DCACI - Implementing ACI

DCACI - Implementing ACI Introduction

The Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (DCACI) course will help SDN Engineers to deploy and manage the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in ACI mode. In this DCACI Course network Engineers will learn how to configure , manage Nexus 9000 series via Cisco APIC COntroller , How to design the ACI fabric to external networks and services , Fundamentals of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Integration.

This Course will help you to prepare for 300-620 Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (DCACI) exam. This DCACI Course will help you to gain the skills and learn how to integrate the enhanced , automated capabilities of Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches in ACI mode. After you pass 300-620 DCACI, you earn the Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center ACI Implementation certification and you satisfy the concentration exam requirement for the CCNP Data Center certification.

Course Pedagogy

Learning these ACI Course & its Lab material will help you to prepare Cisco ACI techonology which as a part of Cisco 300-620 Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (DCACI) exam. Below are the topics , Engg will learn In DCACI course: 

• Learn Cisco ACI fabric Infrastructure 
• Learn Basic CIsco ACI Concepts 
• Learn Cisco ACI Policy Model and Logical Construct 
• Learn Cisco basic packet forwarding 
• Describe External network Connectivity 
• Describe VMM Integration
• Learn Layer 4 to layer 7 Integration
• Learn Cisco ACI Management Features 

ACI : Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) , a big evolutionary step in data center networking, because it adds programmability to the network and because of the increased compatibility between vendors.

The Problem: Traditional approaches take a long operational view, with no common operational model between the application, network, security, and cloud teams. It took months from application team to make application ready and put in production .

Due to Static Infrastructure , Below are some granular tasks performed for application deployment process. 

• Configuration of Physical Infrastructure like Switches, Ports etc.
• Configuration of Logical topology like VLANs, L2/L3 Interfaces, Protocols etc.
• Configuration of ACL (Deny/Permit) for Application Integration & Common Services
• Service Integration like LB, Firewall, and so on
• Application Connectivity work load Configuration like Physical Servers, VMs, and Containers etc.
• QOS & Multicast Configuration
• Management & Device Access Control Protocol Configuration.

With this type of Static Configuration Process, Application hosting Cycle takes months & Months or even more.

The Solution:  

To solve this Problem, Cisco innovated a model called Automated Policy Model, which allows an Enterprise to define policies, Necessary Configuration to automate the network and make it Programmable. This Innovated Automated policy Model is called ACI.

Below are some Goals and Objective of ACI which enable Business Growth & rapid application deployments.

• ACI Provides Application Driven Policy Modeling
• It Provides Centralized Policy Management
• Helps in Application Health & Infrastructure Visibility
• Automated Infrastructure Configuration
• Provides Open Interface to Integrate to enable flexible Software, and Partner Eco System
• Consistent Policy Model for Multi-cloud Network

Following are the benefits using ACI in our Data Center Infrastructure.

Applications delivered in business time

• Reduction in time to service delivery , Application readiness (days to minutes)
• End-to-end application health score helps meet service level agreements (SLAs)
• ACI makes the infrastructure in such a way that as application changes network changes.

Network - Security & Cloud Deployment

• Greater productivity, accuracy, and easier scaling.
• ACI promotes consistency of policies and services for on-premise and cloud apps.
• Automated network provisioning reduces overhead and errors, accelerates deployment.
• Automates security policy while allowing security teams to retain control over policies for compliance.
• It reduces the complexity of the network with respect to deployment, management, and monitoring, and does this through a common policy framework.

Massively Scalable Data Center

• ACI increases the DC capacity,Designed and optimized for scalability:
• From 10 Gb to 40 Gb, and 100 Gb-ready.
• Up to one million IP addresses and 64,000 tenants
• Hardware VXLAN routing and gateway

Service Provider,Cloud and Enterprise DataCenters

• ACI is very much used in Cloud and multi tenant environment .
• ACI helps in Self-service automated provisioning of apps, network services, and security
• Fully-deployable private-cloud solution with visibility, troubleshooting, and mobility for physical, virtual, and distributed apps.

Note: ( Refer before Purchase )

• We don't offer Any Hands-On labs for practice in this course.
• Lab discussed here contains different Scenarios, task & Its recorded Solutions. 
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