Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Operations and Troubleshooting v4.1

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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