Learning the Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

Automation, objects, and policies are replacing traditional networks as we know them. North-to-South or East-to-West traffic flows-do you know the difference between the two. Don't worry if you don't: this course will remedy that.

Traditional campus networks are static, and won't change much because they can't scale up. Data centers are not meant to be static. Today's Data Center architecture requirements are: scalability, geo-redundancy, security, multi-tenancy, and speed.

Data center traffic flow should be highly available and predictable. As the demand for talented ACI engineers and architects is rapidly increasing, knowing the foundational aspects of SDN-based architectures and being able to implement and support them are crucial for your career development. This fast-paced course uses a whiteboard-based approach with hand written explanations.

We start with an introduction to fabric data center designs, Spine and Leaf architectures, and ACI. We then start to implement them and deploy a fabric from the ground up. Then we build a multi-tenant environment.