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Cisco Nexus and ACI Training

The document outlines a comprehensive training program on Cisco Nexus and Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), covering various topics such as hardware overview, licensing, port channels, VXLAN, security features, and ACI management. It includes detailed sections on the architecture, initial setup, policy model, and external connectivity options for ACI. Additionally, it lists practical labs for hands-on experience with configurations and troubleshooting in Nexus and ACI environments.

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Cisco Nexus and ACI Training

The document outlines a comprehensive training program on Cisco Nexus and Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), covering various topics such as hardware overview, licensing, port channels, VXLAN, security features, and ACI management. It includes detailed sections on the architecture, initial setup, policy model, and external connectivity options for ACI. Additionally, it lists practical labs for hands-on experience with configurations and troubleshooting in Nexus and ACI environments.

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Cisco Nexus and ACI Training

Content
1. Identifying Cisco Nexus Platforms
• Cisco Nexus 5000, 7000, 9000 series overview
2. Introduction to Data Center Switches & Nexus Platform
• Routing Overview
• Multicast Routing
• Cisco Nexus Platform Overview
• Cisco Nexus 5k, 7k, and 9k Switches
• Cisco NX-OS Routing and Forwarding
• Unicast and Multicast RIB and FIB
3. Hardware overview
• Sup Engine
• Line cards
• PSU – Power Supply
• Chasis
4. Licensing Overview
5. Describing Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels (vPC)
• Port Channel Operation
• vPC Concept and Benefits
• vPC Architecture
• vPC Control and Data Plane
6. Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
• Introduction to VXLAN
• VXLAN Benefits over LAN
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 VXLAN Overlay
• (MP-BGP) Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Control plane
• VXLAN Data Plane
7. Cisco Nexus Security Features
• Access Control Lists (ACL), DHCP, Traffic Storm Control, Control Plane Policing

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8. Describing Virtual Device Contexts (VDC)
9. Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
• ACI Overview
• Spine & Lead Architecture
• Cisco ACI Topology and Hardware
10. ACI Initial Setup
• ACI Domains
• ACI Fabric Discovery
11. ACI Policy Model
• Tenants
• Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) Objects
• Bridge Domains and Subnets
• Endpoint Groups
• Application Profile
12. ACI Tenants and Packet Flow
• ACI VXLAN
• ACI Inter-subnet Tenant Traffic
• Fabric Storm Control
• Traffic Load Balancing
• Fabric Loop Detection
13. Introducing External Network Connectivity
• Cisco ACI External Connectivity Options
• External Layer 2 Network Connectivity
14. Introducing VMM Integration
• VMware vCenter VDS Integration
• Resolution Immediacy in VMM
15. Describing Layer 4 to Layer 7 Integrations
• Service Appliance Insertion Without ACI L4-L7 Service Graph
• Service Appliance Insertion via ACI L4-L7 Service Graph
16. Explaining Cisco ACI Management
• Out-of-Band Management

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• In-Band Management

LABS to be followed:

 Configuring OSPF on Nexus Fabric


 Configuring Cisco VXLAN
 VXLAN Flood and Learn
 Configuring VXLAN Flood and Learn
 Configuring VXLAN EVPN
 L2EVPN Communication
 Inter EVPN Communication
 EVPN External Connectivity
 Configuring Virtual Port Channel (vPC)
 Configuring vPC with L3 Domain
 Configuring back-to-back vPC
 Configuring LISP • Configuring LISP Multicast
 Configuring Host Mobility across Subnet
 Building ACI Fabric
 Validating ACI Fabric Discovery
 Enable Layer 2 Connectivity in the Same Endpoint Group (EPG)
 Enable Inter-EPG Layer 2 and Layer 3 Connectivity
 Compare Traffic Forwarding Methods in Bridge Domain
 Configure Layer 2 (L2Out) and Layer 3 (L3Out) Connection
 Monitoring, Managing and Troubleshooting ACI Fabric using APIC

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