After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the Cisco ACI built-in tools for operating and monitoring the fabric
- Describe the complex challenges related to monitoring and Cisco tools that address them: Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights
- Describe fabric installation upgrade, backup, restore, and best practices for Cisco NX-OS-to-ACI migration and Cisco ACI management access
- Describe the tools and best practices for monitoring ACI fabric
- Describe best practices for Cisco ACI naming conventions, Day-0 configuration, VMM integration, and Cisco ACI migrations
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
- Understanding of ACI architecture and concepts need to get an ACI fabric into production
- Familiarity with data center infrastructure operations
- Familiarity with management of Cisco data center switches
- Data center operations
The following course will provide you with the required ACI skills:
- Implementing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure (DCACI)
- Implementing and Administering Cisco Solution (CCNA)
- Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)
IT professionals who operate and support a Cisco ACI data center network, including:
- Data center engineers
- Field engineers
- Network engineers
- Systems engineers
- Cisco integrators/partners
- Consulting systems engineer
- Technical solutions architect
- Service administrator
- Network manager
