Implementing Cisco Data Center Virtualisation and Automation
Overview
Implementing Cisco Data Center Virtualization and Automation is a five-day skills building course focused on the implementation and deployment automation of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and Cisco Nexus switches. The course provides rich, hands-on experience in building a data center solution based on Cisco ACI. Learners are introduced to the automation capabilities offered by Python and RESTful APIs in combination with Cisco ACI and Cisco Nexus switches. The course is designed to help students prepare for Cisco CCNP Data Center certification and for professional-level data center roles.
Course Content/Exam(s)
| Course Code | Description | Exam Code | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| DCVAI | Implementing-Cisco-Data-Center-Virtualisation-and-Automation-DCVAI.pdf | 300-170 | 5 Days |
Course Benefits
- Implement infrastructure virtualization solutions, such as VDC, VRFs, Cisco Nexus 1000v and Cisco AVS
- Identify programmability methods and program Cisco Nexus switches using XML, Python and NXAPI
- Implement a Cisco ACI solution that provides fabric connectivity to bare-metal hosts, virtual machines and external Layer 2 and Layer 3 domains
- Integrate Cisco ACI with virtual machine managers, such as VMware vCenter
- Enforce application policies in intra- and intertenant scenarios
- Deploy Cisco AVS and micro segmentation
- Program Cisco ACI using Python, RESTful APIs and Arya Orchestrate Cisco ACI using the Cisco UCS Director
- Insert L4-L7 services into the Cisco ACI fabric
- Monitor Cisco ACI deployment using atomic counters and other monitoring tools