Detailed Course Outline
1. Introducing Cisco ACI Fabric Infrastructure and Basic Concepts
- What Is Cisco ACI?
- Resolving Challenges of Traditional Networks with ACI
- Cisco ACI Topology and Hardware
- Spine-Leaf Topology Benefits
- IS-IS Fabric Infrastructure
- Endpoint Forwarding Across Leaf Switches
2. Describing Cisco ACI Policy Model Logical Constructs
- Cisco ACI Logical Constructs
- Tenant, EPG, Application Profile, Bridge Domain, VRF
3. Describing Cisco ACI Basic Packet Forwarding
- Endpoint Learning
- Bridge Domain Configuration
- Basic Bridge Domain Configuration Knob
- Cisco ACI Layer 2 Forwarding
4. Introducing External Network Connectivity
- Cisco ACI External Connectivity Options
- External Layer 3 and 2 Network Connectivity
- Layer 2 Extension of an EPG
- Layer 3 Out
5. Describing Cisco ACI Multisite Deployment
- Cisco ACI Multisite Overview
- Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator
- OSPF Support
- ISN
- Multi-Site vs Multi-Pod
6. Describing the Cisco APIC REST API
- Introduction to the Cisco ACI REST API
- Cisco ACI REST API Clients
- Postman
- JSON and XML
- API Inspector
7. Using Python to interact with the Cisco APIC REST API
- Python for Cisco API Automation
- Cobra SDK and Arya