Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Operations and Troubleshooting v4.1
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Course Details
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Operations and Troubleshooting (DCACIO) v4.1
Course code: DCACIO v4.1
Duration: 3 Days
Prerequisite:
• Cisco ACI concepts and implementation
• Familiarity with data center infrastructure operations
• Familiarity with management of Cisco data center switches
• Understanding of basic network troubleshooting
Course Description:
The Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Operations and Troubleshooting (DCACIO) v4.1 course shows you how to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot Cisco® Nexus® 9000 Series Switches in Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode. Through expert instruction and hands-on practice, you will learn about operational tools, best practices, caveats, and more. You will practice troubleshooting common issues on a live fabric. Based on lessons learned in wide range of production deployments, this course gives you the real-world knowledge and skills to boost operational efficiencies in your own deployment.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Operationalize and troubleshoot the ACI fabric
• Understand Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and its monitoring, management, and troubleshooting capabilities
• Avoid common mistakes and recognize common symptoms
Intended Audience:
• Data center engineers
• Field engineers
• Network engineers
• Systems engineers
Course Outlines:
• ACI Overview and Configuration Review
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o Review Cisco ACI Architecture and Cisco ACI Building Blocks
o Review the Physical and Logical Policy Model
o Configuration Review (Physical and Logical)
o ACI Policy Objects Review
o Fabric Access Policies
o vPC Explicit Protection Groups
o VMM Integration with vCenter
o L2 EPG Extension / L2 BD Extension Workflows
o L3 Route Distribution / BGP Route Reflection
o L3 Out Configuration Workflows
o Contract Deny (Taboo) Logging
• Cisco ACI Firmware, Configuration, and Management
o Installation Checklist
o HW Installation and Fabric Discovery
o ACI Firmware Upgrades
o Import / Export
o Configuration Snapshots and Rollbacks
o Configuration Zones
o ACI Fabric Rebuild or Recovery
o Cluster Management
o Convert Cisco NX-OS mode to ACI mode
o APIC Management Access Protocols
o General Recommended Practices from the Technical Assistance Center TAC
• Monitoring
o ACI Operation Tools
o ACI Dashboards
o Health Scores
o Faults in ACI
o Viewing Events and Logs
o Monitoring Policies
o Monitoring using CLI
o Displaying Capacity Dashboard and Traffic Map
o GitHub Tools
• Troubleshooting
o Troubleshooting Checklist
o Faults in ACI
o Using Visore
o CLI Troubleshooting Commands: moquery/iping/itraceroute/acidiag
o Troubleshooting Endpoint Connectivity
o Visibility and Troubleshooting Tool
o Troubleshooting Access Ports
o Troubleshooting the Fabric Discovery Process (Link Layer Discovery Protocol [LLDP])
o Hardware Diagnostics and Replacement