Objectives
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
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
Prerequisites
The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows:
Familiarity with Cisco ACI
The primary audience for this course is as follows: People interested in Cisco ACI Migration
Duration
Three days
Outline for Cisco ACI Migration Training
Module 1: ACI Migration
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
Hybrid (Network and Application Centric) ACI Migration
Virtual Environment Migration
ACI Virtual Migration Assistant
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
Repurposing existing hardware
Determine hardware requirements for migration
Migration from NXos to ACI on a Nexus 9000
Reverting to NXoS
Migrating from VMware DVS to AVS
Migrating from Nexus 1000V to AVS
Module 3: Multi-POD ACI Deployments
Connecting Two ACI Fabrics
Single Fabric Scenarios
Multi-Site (Stretched) Fabric
Synchronization of Fabric Policy
Module 4: Migrating a Brownfield Network to ACI
L2 Connectivity with VLAN to EPG Static Mapping
Virtual Workloads Migration Considerations
Default Gateway Migration Considerations
L3 Routing Between Brownfield and Greenfield Networks
Migration of L4-L7 Network Services
Module 5: Managing Flooding Within the Fabric
Multi-Destination Protocol Traffic
Configure ACI Bridge Domain settings
Migrate Workloads
Complete the Migration
Module 6: Managing the Default Gateway
Migrating Default Gateway to the ACI Fabric
Extension and Connecting
Gradual Migration
Simple Policy During Migration - Any-to-Any Configuration
Dynamic ACL’s
vPC & ACI Co-Existence
Module 7: L4-L7 Migration
ACI Service Insertion via Policy
Automation for Service Insertion and Configuration
Service Automation Through Device Package
L4-7 Service graph with “unmanaged” device
Standard Architecture with Services
Services Switch
Module 8: Layer 3 Migration
Migrating the Connectivity to the Core
ACI Routing Capabilities
Route Export and External EPG Configuration
VPC and Routing Protocols
Module 9: Migrating WAN and DCI to ACI
Single Fabric (Multi-Site (Stretched) Fabric)
Integration of Stretched ACI Fabric with LISP
Integrating with OTV
Same Pervasive GW IP & MAC on independent fabrics
Multi-Site Leveraging IP Based EPG
mBGP EVPN - Ethernet VPN
Multi-Fabric Scenarios
Extending BGP VXLAN to the PE
Multi-Pod +ASR9K and N7K Border Leaf
Module 10: Migrating Virtual Switching
ACI Provides Automated Integration for all workloads
VMWare Integration 5.1, 5.5, 6.x, vCenter Plugin and vRealize
Microsoft Interaction with ACI
Openstack and OVS Integration with ACI
Module 11: Application Virtual Switch
Hypervisor Integration with ACI APIC
VMWare Integration
ACI Hypervisor Integration – VMware DVS/vShield
Application Virtual Switch with OpFlex in ACI Fabri
Extending ACI to Existing Virtual & Physical Networks
Remote VTEP (Virtual) via AVS
Hypervisors vs. Linux Containers
Docker and ACI
Module 12: FabricPath to ACI Migration
Advantages to Adopting ACI over FabricPath
Initial Design Considerations
Migration Strategy
Infrastructure Deployment Considerations
Migration Scenario 1
Migration Scenario 2
Lab Outline
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