Description
Bootcamp Details
Cisco ACI Multi-Site and Multi-Pod Hands-On Masterclass is an immersive 5-week lab-intensive online bootcamp that enables engineers, managers, and decision-makers to fully experience Cisco ACI Multi-Pod, Cisco ACI Multi-Site and Remote Leaf solutions used to integrate multiple ACI data centers and remote facilities into a single homogenous solution.
Beware! This class is not an entry-level class. This bootcamp requires an intermediate level of understanding of Cisco ACI. And, it is most suitable for network and security engineers who either already manage ACI fabrics comfortably, have passed the Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (300-620 DCACI) certification exam, or have completed our Cisco ACI Hands-On Masterclass: Zero to Hero bootcamp.
If you are new to ACI, our Cisco ACI Hands-On Masterclass: Zero to Hero is where you will want to begin your ACI journey.
In addition to full coverage of ACI Multi-Pod and ACI Multi-Site, this bootcamp addresses ALL of the topics for the Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure–Advanced (DCACIA) exam and is delivered by Ammar Ahmadi, the author of the official Cisco Press certification guide for the earlier DCACI exam.
As a student attending this bootcamp, you typically participate in all-day virtual classes on Saturdays or Sundays. You gain hands-on practice outside of class hours by doing the more than 50 self-paced labs documented within the course portal. At the end of each week, you gauge your understanding of the concepts for that week through quizzes and challenge labs.
All students receive the instructor's contact details and can request feedback or ask questions about the labs during the week. The instructor typically responds within 24 hours.
This bootcamp has a maximum class size of 11 students. All announced classes are guaranteed to run.
Before purchasing this bootcamp, please review the Class Dates and Times tab above to confirm the exact timing and timezone of your instructor-led sessions.
Target Audiences
This solution is perfect for network or security engineers who:
- Want to learn how to expand their company's ACI footprint by extending their ACI environment into additional data centers
- Need to understand the mechanisms of security policy movement between data centers
- Need to architect and implement active/active or primary/DR data centers using Cisco ACI
- Want to grasp how to avoid asynchronous routing issues through multiple firewall pairs across data centers that contain stretched networks
- Have a desire to better understand how Cisco ACI Anywhere solves some of the most complex business challenges within the data center landscape
- Need to be able to troubleshoot complex traffic forwarding issues within and between ACI fabrics
- Need to develop a deep understanding of workload and subnet migrations into ACI
- Want to prepare for the Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure–Advanced (DCACIA) exam (300-630)
- Want to advance their careers by obtaining advanced data center networking expertise
Bootcamp Outline
Each instructor-led session within this bootcamp takes a scenario-based approach to the topics covered. Instead of listing out technologies, we provide an agenda for each session and go over a sample realistic use case, demonstrating how to configure ACI for such a use case. Outside of class hours, you will practice the topics covered in more detail using hands-on labs and a weekly challenge lab, allowing you ample practice during the week outside of bootcamp hours.
Week 1: Advanced Routing and Migrations
- Implementing transit routing
- Understanding spanning-tree interaction with ACI
- Extending bridge domains and Endpoint Groups (EPGs) out of a fabric
- Migrating workloads into ACI
- Understanding route loop prevention in ACI
- Implementing route control
- Enabling inter-tenant communication
- Implementing route leaking
- Implementing transit routing
- Utilizing the common tenant
Challenge Lab 1: The Very Complex Migration into ACI
Week 2: Contracts and ACI Multi-Pod
- Designing an Inter-Pod Network (IPN)
- Implementing new pod configurations in ACI
- Verifying and troubleshooting unicast forwarding in the IPN
- Verifying and troubleshooting multicast forwarding in the IPN
- Verifying packet forwarding within an ACI Multi-Pod fabric
- Implementing Quality of Service (QoS) between data centers
- Implementing advanced contracts
- Packet walks in ACI Multi-Pod
- Verifying and troubleshooting contract application between endpoints
- Understanding contract priorities
- Automating ACI Using Ansible
Challenge Lab 2: Network-Centric to Application-Centric Migration
Week 3: ACI Multi-Site Deep Dive
- Deploying Nexus Dashboard
- Installing Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO)
- Onboarding Sites into Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO)
- Implementing an Inter-Site Network (ISN)
- Implementing Schemas and Templates in ACI Multi-Site
- Migrating brownfield tenants into ACI Multi-Site
- Understanding disaster recovery with ACI Multi-Site
- Understanding packet flow in ACI Multi-Site
- Understanding local and Intersite L3Outs
- Automating ACI Multi-Site Using Ansible
Challenge Lab 3: Brownfield Migration to ACI Multi-Site
Week 4: Active/Active Data Centers and ACI
- Integrating firewalls into ACI Multi-Pod and ACI Multi-Site
- Integrating load-balancers into ACI Multi-Pod and ACI Multi-Site
- Implementing Policy-Based Redirect (PBR)
- Symmetric PBR in ACI Multi-Pod
- Troubleshooting service graphs
- Achieving synchronous traffic flows
- Automating ACI Multi-Site Using Terraform
Challenge Lab 4: ACI Multi-Pod Active/Active Data Center Deployment
Week 5: ACI Multi-Site PBR and Remote Leaf
- Building active/active data centers with ACI Multi-Site
- Stretching subnets across firewall boundaries
- PBR in ACI Multi-Site
- Tenant Routed Multicast (TRM)
- Simplifying Acquisitions with ACI Remote Leaf
Challenge Lab 5: ACI Multi-Site Active/Active Data Center Deployment
Week 6: No class (this is to allow students who have fallen behind on their labs to catch up to the class)
Bootcamp Delivery Method
All bootcamp classes will be delivered live via Zoom. The instructor will email invitations to Zoom sessions to all students prior to bootcamp commencement. Content for each week of the bootcamp will be made available at the beginning of the week.
Class Dates and Times
Class Dates and Times
Currently announced guaranteed-to-run bootcamps are as follows. Please note that the schedule of each bootcamp may be optimized for students in different time zones.
Summer 2024 Bootcamp:
- Session 1: Advanced Routing and Migrations - Saturday, June 29 from 9AM - 5PM CST
- Session 2: Contracts and ACI Multi-Pod - Saturday, July 6 from 9AM - 5PM CST
- Session 3: ACI Multi-Site Deep Dive - Saturday, July 13 from 9AM - 5PM CST
- Session 4: Active/Active Data Centers and ACI - Saturday, July 20 from 9AM - 5PM CST
- Session 5: ACI Multi-Site PBR and Remote Leaf - Saturday, July 27 from 9AM - 5PM CST
Students of our summer 2024 bootcamp retain lab access until 12 PM CST on August 3, so that students who have fallen behind can complete their labs.
Pre-Requisite Knowledge
Pre-Requisite Knowledge
This bootcamp has been designed for IT practitioners who have the following minimum pre-requisite knowledge:
- A Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) level of understanding of networking concepts.
- An Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (300-620 DCACI) level of understanding of Cisco ACI
Refunds and Retakes
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At Networks Reimagined, we put an immense amount of effort into designing bootcamps that are comprehensive and contain content that benefit engineers regardless of their level of expertise.
We know our products are the best out there and are happy to guarantee your 100 percent satisfaction.
If, for any reason, you decide to cancel your bootcamp up to 48 hours prior to the bootcamp start date, you may request a full refund.
If you have attended the first session of a bootcamp and are not satisfied and wish to withdraw for this reason, you may request a cancellation of your bootcamp by emailing the instructor by the close of business the same day to recieve a full refund, less any applicable fees.
Because our Cisco ACI Multi-Site and Multi-Pod Hands-On Masterclass bootcamp requires a time-consuming lab buildout for each user, we do deduct a lab provisioning cost of $300 to all cancellations that occur up to 48 hours prior to the bootcamp start date .
Any cancellations that take place after the day of the first instructor-led session do not qualify for a refund.
Any bootcamp attendee who wants to retake a bootcamp, can request a discount code by emailing the bootcamp instructor directly and will only pay the lab access fees for the bootcamp. A retake of this bootcamp, therefore, will cost each applicant a total of $1,000. Again, this is purely the cost of the lab rental needed to follow the course.
Read our return and refund policy for more information.
About the Instructor
About the Instructor
Ammar Ahmadi (CCIE DC #50928) is the founder of Networks Reimagined. He is also a network architect, consultant, Cisco Press author, and Pearson Live Lessons video trainer.
He has over 10 years of data center design and migration experience and has led data center modernization projects for some of the largest global enterprises.
Ammar's greatest career passion is to be able to help other engineers realize their potentials and has focused his career primarily on software-defined networking (SDN) solutions and programmability.
He is the Cisco Press author of CCNP Data Center Application Centric Infrastructure 300-620 DCACI Official Cert Guide, which he wrote primarily for engineers new to ACI and software-defined networking.
"You don't need exceptional intellect to become a top earner or to be celebrated as the person who saves the day. Just be consistent, humble, passionate, and most importantly learn how to develop a flawless understanding of the fundamentals."
-- Ammar Ahmadi