DCACID — Designing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
DCACID - Designing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
Course Objectives
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Design Cisco ACI access policies according to best practices
Use fabric system settings
Design Cisco ACI logical components
Design the migration of IP and logical components from an existing data center to Cisco ACI
Design Cisco ACI physical structure
Migrate existing data center connectivity and physical components from an existing environment to Cisco ACI
Design Cisco ACI external Layer 3 connectivity and Cisco ACI Layer 4–7 service insertion, including PBR-based service redirection
Design the L4-L7 service insertion in single-pod Cisco ACI, by evaluating the available options and choosing the optimal connectivity flow
Design L4-L7 service insertion in Cisco ACI Multi-Pod
Design a transit routing solution
Design service sharing using vzAny
Build a migration plan for Layer 2 and Layer 3 connectivity, including L3Outs and contracts
Migrate vSphere compute environment to Cisco ACI
Design QoS for interpod and intersite networks
Design the DHCP Relay feature, SPAN feature, Port Tracking feature, Import/Export policies, and Snapshot/Rollback feature
Course Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should have:
Familiarity with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure implementations
Familiarity with data center infrastructure operations
Familiarity with the management of Cisco data center switches
Familiarity with virtualization fundamentals
These recommended Cisco learning offerings may help students meet these prerequisites:
Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) 0
Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU) v1.1
Implementing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure (DCACI) v1.1
Course Outline
Designing Access Policies
Using Fabric System Settings
Designing Logical Components
Use Case: Migration of IP and Logical Structure
Designing Physical Structure
Use Case: Migration of Connectivity and Physical Components
Designing L3Outs and Service Insertion
Use Case: Service Insertion in Single Pod
Use Case: Service Insertion in Cisco ACI Multi-Pod
Use Case: L3Out Transit Routing
Use Case: Shared Services vzAny and Endpoint Security Groups
Use Case: Migration of Layer 2 and Layer 3 Connectivity
Use Case: VMware Data Center Migration to Cisco ACI
Use Case: IPN and ISN QoS
Use Case: DHCP Relay and SPAN