Akasi Institute of Technology

DATA CENTER APPLICATION CENTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDAMENTALS (DCACIF V2.0)

Course type

Certification Foundation

Course number

041

Duration

3 Days

Overview

DCACIF (Data Center Application Centric Infrastructure Fundamentals) is a 5-day Instructor-led training course that is designed for systems & field engineers who install & implement the Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches in ACI mode using the updated 2.0(x) version & updated Cisco Nexus 9000 hardware platform. The course covers the key components & procedures you need to know to understand, configure, manage Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches in ACI mode utilizing the updated 2.0(x) version, & how to connect the ACI Fabric to external networks & services.

Cisco ACI Release 2.0(x) offers many new features. The main new features introduced with the 2.0 version are:

ACI vCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere Web Client
AVS Health Status
Contact Permit Logging
COOP Authentication
Digital Optical Monitoring
Layer 3 Multicast Support
Added OSPF Inbound Route Controls
Policy-Based Redirect for Provisions Service Appliances
EPG Deployment Through AEP
FCoE N-Port Virtualization Support
Layer 3 EVPN Service over WAN Fabric
Port-Security
Support for Multiple vCenters per Fabric

All lab exercises included in this training course will utilize Cisco ACI Release 2.0(x) version. The lab does not necessarily show all new feature uses.

What you'll learn

Describe the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switch ACI
Describe the ACI fabric
Describe the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switch hardware
Describe the Cisco Nexus 9300-EX Series Switch hardware
Configure the ACI controller (APIC)
Understand the Cisco Cloud Based APIC
Describe VXLAN Bridging, Gateway, and Routing
Configure VDS and ADS microsegmentation
Configure ACI L4L7 service integration
Integrate the APIC hypervisor
Understand the programmability & orchestration of the ACI network
Discuss ACI connectivity to outside networks
Implement ACI management

Who should attend

Pre-requis

This course is designed for systems engineers, technical architects, & product specialists in data center technical sales roles.

Students should be familiar with Cisco Ethernet switching products
Students should understand Cisco data center architecture
Students should be familiar with virtualization

The student should have a good understanding of networking protocols, routing, & switching including:

Recommended CCNA Certification
Recommended attendance of Cisco IP Routing Class (ROUTE)
Recommended attendance of Cisco Switching Class (SWITCH)

During the course of instruction, the learner will be exposed to the configuration of advanced technologies, such as BGP, OSPF & IS-IS. The learner will not be required to have experience with these technologies in order successfully complete the class.