DCAC9K – Configuring Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches in ACI Mode v3

Short Course Description

5 Day

Course Overview

Configuring Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches in ACI Mode (DCAC9K) v3.1 is a 5-day instructor-led course that covers the key components and procedures that Field Engineers, Systems Engineers, and Systems Administrators need to know in order to understand, deploy, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode, as well as how to connect the ACI fabric to external networks and services.
This training features ACI APIC v3.1.

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

• Students should be familiar with Cisco Ethernet switching products.
• Students should understand Cisco data center architecture.
• Students should be familiar with virtualization.
• Good understanding of networking protocols, routing, and switching:
• Recommended CCNA Certification
• Recommended attendance of Implementing Cisco IP Routing v2.0 (ROUTE)
• Recommended attendance of Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks v2.0 (SWITCH)

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

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Describe the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switch ACI
• Discuss the ACI fabric
• Review Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switch hardware
• Configure the ACI controller (APIC)
• Configure ACI L4-L7 service integration
• Integrate the APIC hypervisor
• Understand the programmability and orchestration of the ACI network
• Discuss ACI connectivity to outside networks
• Implement ACI management
• Describe migration options with ACI