DCACIT - Troubleshooting Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure 5.2

This course teaches you the key components and procedures that you need to know to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode. This course is for advanced engineers who have installed and managed existing fabrics or for those who have completed the Implementing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure-Advanced (DCACI) course.

This course will help you:

• Integrate a comprehensive solution using any hypervisor, supporting any workload, for any location, and in any cloud
• Expand your knowledge of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

This course is worth 20 Continuing Education (CE) Credits

Describing Cisco ACI Troubleshooting Methodology

• Logical Constructs Review
• Physical Constructs Review
• Cisco ACI Troubleshooting Approaches
• VMM/Container Integration Review
• VMware Networking Review
• Cisco ACI APIC and Built-In Tools

Troubleshooting Logical and Physical Constructs

• Troubleshooting Logical Constructs Methodology
• Troubleshooting Physical Constructs Methodology

Troubleshooting Cisco APIC

• Verifying Cisco APIC Cluster
• Troubleshooting Cisco APIC Cluster

Troubleshooting Endpoint Learning

• Verifying Endpoint Connectivity
• Controlling Endpoint Learning
• Troubleshooting Endpoint Learning

Troubleshooting Layer 2

• VLAN and VXLAN Mapping
• Traffic Flow
• Layer 2 Unknown Unicast Flooding
• ARP Flooding
• ARP Gleaning
• Spanning Tree and BPDUs
• BPDU Flooding
• Verifying VLANs and Endpoints

Troubleshooting Layer 3 Routing

• Troubleshooting Layer 3 Connectivity Within Cisco ACI
• Troubleshooting L3Outs
• Layer 3 Transit Routing

Troubleshooting VMM Integration

• Troubleshooting VMware
• Verifying Blade Chassis
• Verifying Leafs
• Verifying VMM Integration

Troubleshooting Layer 4-7 Service Insertion

• Layer 4 7 Service Graph Overview
• Layer 4 7 Service Insertion Modes
• Troubleshooting Service Insertion with PBR

Troubleshooting Contracts and Route Leaking

• VRF-VRF Contracts and Route Leaking

Attendees should meet the following prerequisites:

• Familiarity with data center infrastructure operations
• Familiarity with management of Cisco data center switches
• Basic programming
• Basic network troubleshooting
• System or network administration (Linux or Windows)
• Data center operations

Engineers experienced with the implementation of Cisco Neus 9000 Series switches who need to develop their troubleshooting skills