Learning path
Cisco ACI: Fabric & Hypervisor Setup
Skill Level
Fundamentals
Duration 4 hours 30 minutes
Updated Oct 25, 2023
About this learning path
This is part 1 of our ACI fundamentals training, with Part 2, "Cisco ACI: Tenant & Fabric Connectivity," as the next step in the series. Cisco's APIC functions like a switch supervisor, configuring the fabric as if it were a single switch. The Spine/Leaf fabric discovery and self-assembly occur seamlessly, similar to plugging in the supervisor (APIC), fabric module (Spine), and blades(Leafs). This Learning Path delves into ACI's discovery process, fabric construction, and its extension to hypervisors via VMM integration, thereby expanding ACI control to the hypervisors' vSwitch. Part 2 will dive deeper into configurations that are applied to designate ports as access, trunk, or L3 ports.
Your instructors
Michael WitteWorld Wide TechnologyPrincipal Solutions Architect
Craig KemmererWorld Wide TechnologyTechnical Solutions Architect
Prerequisites
- CCNA certification or a basic understanding of primary network concepts VLANs, IP address, and Gateways.
- Basic understanding of navigation through VMware vSphere
- Use of SFTP/SCP for backup and restore
What you'll learn
- Tutorial on VXLAN 101 and ACI 101 basics
- Initial configuration of the APIC 6.0 controller via APIC console using the APIC simulator
- APIC 6.0 switch Fabric Discovery via the registration process
- APIC 6.0 GUI Discovery self-discovery of the APIC sections
- Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Networking to connect a Vsphere 7 vcenter to ACI and create a new ACI 6.0 created DVS in vCenter