ACIMIG: Cisco ACI Migration
Cisco’s experience and knowledge gained from typical ACI clients’ compelling events and expected business outcomes proves that users can adopt different transition paths to ACI. In this 3-day Cisco ACI training course, we will discuss specifically how to migrate to ACI using two different methods: Network mode and Application mode. In addition, the ACI learning class will discuss virtualization migration, fabric path migrations, and other migration topics. It is recommended that students have a basic, working understanding of Cisco ACI to fully grasp the ACI course content.
Upcoming Dates
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with Cisco ACI
What's Included
- Comprehensive study materials and official Cisco courseware
- Remote lab access
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Discuss options available to migrate servers and applications to ACI
- Better understand the end requirements and map the right ACI migration mode(s)
- Articulate the high-level steps of a selected ACI migration mode
- Understand the applicability of migration modes to your business outcomes
Course Outline
Module 1: ACI Migration
- Lesson 1: Network Centric
- ACI Deployment as a L2 Fabric
- ACI Deployment as a L3 Fabric
- Network Centric ACI Migration
- Nexus 9000 Migration from Standalone to ACI mode
- Lesson 2: Hybrid (Network and Application Centric) ACI Migration
- Virtual Environment Migration
- ACI Virtual Migration Assistant
- Lesson 3: Application Centric
- ACI Deployments for Known Application Profiles
- ACI Approach to Application
- Operational Challenges
- Application Profiling Methodology
- Advanced Services: Application Profiling for ACI
Module 2: Hardware and Software Migration
- Lesson 1: Repurposing existing hardware
- Lesson 2: Determine hardware requirements for migration
- Lesson 3: Migration from NXos to ACI on a Nexus 9000
- Lesson 4: Reverting to NXoS
- Lesson 5: Migrating from VMware DVS to AVS
- Lesson 6: Migrating from Nexus 1000V to AVS
Module 3: Multi-POD ACI Deployments
- Lesson 1: Connecting Two ACI Fabrics
- Lesson 2: Single Fabric Scenarios
- Multi-Site (Stretched) Fabric
- Synchronization of Fabric Policy
Module 4: Migrating a Brownfield Network to ACI
- Lesson 1: L2 Connectivity with VLAN to EPG Static Mapping>
- Lesson 2: Virtual Workloads Migration Considerations
- Lesson 3: Default Gateway Migration Considerations
- Lesson 4: L3 Routing Between Brownfield and Greenfield Networks
- Lesson 5: Migration of L4-L7 Network Services
Module 5: Managing Flooding Within the Fabric
- Lesson 1: Multi-Destination Protocol Traffic
- Lesson 2: Configure ACI Bridge Domain settings
- Lesson 3: Migrate Workloads
- Lesson 4: Complete the Migration
Module 6: Managing the Default Gateway
- Lesson 1: Migrating Default Gateway to the ACI Fabric
- Lesson 2: Extension and Connecting
- Lesson 3: Gradual Migration
- Lesson 4: Simple Policy During Migration - Any-to-Any Configuration
- Lesson 5: Dynamic ACL’s
- Lesson 6: vPC & ACI Co-Existence
Module 7: L4-L7 Migration
- Lesson 1: ACI Service Insertion via Policy
- Lesson 2: Automation for Service Insertion and Configuration
- Lesson 3: Service Automation Through Device Package
- Lesson 4: L4-7 Service graph with “unmanaged” device
- Lesson 5: Standard Architecture with Services
- Lesson 6: Services Switch
Module 8: Layer 3 Migration
- Lesson 1: Migrating the Connectivity to the Core
- Lesson 2: ACI Routing Capabilities
- Lesson 3: Route Export and External EPG Configuration
- Lesson 4: VPC and Routing Protocols
Module 9: Migrating WAN and DCI to ACI
- Lesson 1: Single Fabric (Multi-Site (Stretched) Fabric)
- Lesson 2: Integration of Stretched ACI Fabric with LISP
- Lesson 3: Integrating with OTV
- Lesson 4: Same Pervasive GW IP & MAC on independent fabrics
- Lesson 5: Multi-Site Leveraging IP Based EPG
- Lesson 6: mBGP EVPN - Ethernet VPN
- Lesson 7: Multi-Fabric Scenarios
- Extending BGP VXLAN to the PE
- Multi-Pod +ASR9K and N7K Border Lea
Module 10: Migrating Virtual Switching
- Lesson 1: ACI Provides Automated Integration for all workloads
- Lesson 2: VMWare Integration 5.1, 5.5, 6.x, vCenter Plugin and vRealize
- Lesson 3: Microsoft Interaction with ACI
- Lesson 4: Openstack and OVS Integration with ACI
Module 11: Application Virtual Switch
- Lesson 1: Hypervisor Integration with ACI APIC
- Lesson 2: VMWare Integration
- Lesson 3: ACI Hypervisor Integration – VMware DVS/vShield
- Lesson 4: Application Virtual Switch with OpFlex in ACI Fabri
- Lesson 5: Extending ACI to Existing Virtual & Physical Networks
- Lesson 6: Remote VTEP (Virtual) via AVS
- Lesson 7: Hypervisors vs. Linux Containers
- Lesson 8:Docker and ACI
Module 12: FabricPath to ACI Migration
- Lesson 1: Advantages to Adopting ACI over FabricPath
- Lesson 2: Initial Design Considerations
- Lesson 3: Migration Strategy
- Lesson 4: Infrastructure Deployment Considerations
- Lesson 5: Migration Scenario 1
- Lesson 6: Migration Scenario 2
Labs
- Lab 1: Nexus 9000 - Standalone to ACI Conversion and back
- Lab 2: Configure Basic Network Constructs
- Lab 3: Migrating to AVS – Install an AVS
- Lab 4: Client Scenario A - build a migration strategy
- Lab 5: Client Scenario B - build a migration strategy
- Lab 6: Configure Communication to an existing Layer 3 Network
- Lab 7: Configure Communication to an existing Layer 2 Network
- Lab 8: Create EPGs and BDs corresponding to VLANs in the existing infrastructure
- Lab 9: Enable flooding on ACI BDs during the migration
- Lab 10: Endpoint Migration and verification
- Lab 11: Bridge Domain Configuration and Gateway Migration
- Lab 12: Application Network Profiler (ANP) Tool
- Lab 13: Create EPGs and BDs based on the ANP tool
- Lab 14: 3rd party Tools - Citrix NetScaler ACI Migration Tool