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.

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