ACI Operations & Troubleshooting Boot Camp
This three-day ILT course is designed for Network Engineers who need to know how to operate and troubleshoot Data Center Network Infrastructure running Cisco ACI. This course will cover material from an Operations (Day 0/1/2/n) perspective, discussing best practices, caveats and common issues. This Course is also known as (DCACIO) Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Operations and Troubleshooting Alpharetta, GA US.
Description
Incorporating the latest software, hardware, and techniques, this course dives deep into the wealth of management and troubleshooting capabilities in Cisco ACI. Students will practice on the whole range of operations tools, including configuration management, performance tracking, and troubleshooting. Lots of troubleshooting. On Day 3 the instructor will inject various faults into the lab fabric, and students will need to apply the lessons of this course to resolve the issues in a live Challenge Lab.
The curriculum is delivered as a Just-In-Time learning, designed to provide company Engineers just what they need to know, just when they need to know it. This is production-focused training, based on battle-tested lessons learned from over 250 production deployments.
Prerequisites
Completion of one of the following courses:
- ACI Field Engineer Essentials
- ACI Field Engineer Implementation
- Configuring Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in ACI Mode
- Or equivalent ACI experience
Familiarity with Data Center infrastructure operations
Familiarity with management of Cisco DC switches
Understanding of basic network troubleshooting
Objectives
After the course attendees will be able to:
- Operationalize and troubleshoot the ACI Fabric
- Understand APIC and its monitoring, management and troubleshooting capabilities
- Avoid common mistakes and recognize common symptoms
Target Audience
This course is for Network Engineers and support teams who need to support a Cisco ACI data center network.
Duration
3 Days
Delivery
Interactive Instructor Led Training
Course Type
- Lecture + Hands-on Lab.
- Live onsite & online
Course Outline
Module 0 Agenda / Intro / Logistics
Module 1 ACI Overview & Configuration Review
Lab Create baseline 3-tier application
Module 2 ACI Configuration Management
Installing, upgrading, backing up, and restoring ACI fabric
Lab Import/Export
Lab Snapshot/Config Rollback
Module 3 Monitoring ACI
Always-on and on-demand monitoring tools
Exercises Visore, CLI commands, Audit Logs, Traffic Map
Lab Configuring Syslog
Lab Configuring SNMP
Module 4 Troubleshooting ACI
Methodologies, tools and specific examples
Exercises iPing, End Point Tracker, Troubleshooting Tool, Contract Drops, Contracts,
Traceroute, Atomic Counters
Lab Troubleshooting Challenge Labs
Upcoming Classes
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ACI Operations & Troubleshooting Boot Camp
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Apr 6 - Apr 8, 2020
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Atlanta, GA, Virtual
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ACI Operations & Troubleshooting Boot Camp
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Jul 13 - Jul 15, 2020
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Atlanta, GA, Virtual
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ACI Operations & Troubleshooting Boot Camp
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Nov 4 - Nov 6, 2020
Location
Atlanta, GA, Virtual
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