The Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure–Advanced (DCACIA) v1.2 course shows you how to implement and use the advance features of the Cisco® Nexus® 9000 Series Switches in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI®) mode. The course gives you the knowledge and skills to understand, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in ACI mode, how to implement traditional networks in Cisco ACI, and how to implement Cisco ACI Multi-Pod and Multi-Site deployments. You will gain hands-on practice implementing advanced ACI capabilities such as Rogue Endpoint Feature, Transit Routing, VRF Route Leaking, Contracts and Zoning Rules, Policy Based Redirect to Layer 4–7 Service Node, Multi-Pod Fabric and Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator.
Who should attend
This course is designed for professionals in the following job roles:
- Network designer
- Network administrator
- Network engineer
- Systems engineer
- Data center engineer
- Consulting systems engineer
- Technical solutions architect
- Field engineer
- Server administrator
- Network manager
- Storage administrator
- Cisco integrators and partners
Course Prerequisites
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
- Basic understanding of Cisco ACI
- Understanding of Cisco data center architecture
- Familiarity with virtualization fundamentals
What you will learn
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Explain Cisco ACI advanced fabric packet forwarding
- Explain advanced ACI policy and tenant configuration
- Describe Cisco ACI Multi-Pod deployment
- Explain the details and consideration of implementing and integrating traditional network with Cisco ACI
- Describe Cisco ACI Service Graph Policy-Based Redirect (PBR)
- Describe Cisco ACI Multi-Site deployment
This course will help you:
- Gain advanced skills and gain hands-on practice implementing Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in ACI mode
- Qualify for professional-level and expert-level data center job roles
Additional information
For any information regarding the Cisco Continuing Education Program and CE-Credits please visit the designated Cisco website.