Troubleshooting the Cisco ACI Fabric v2

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Classic data centers integrate many different components from many different environments, creating a very complex and decentralized approach to troubleshooting application deployment. Just as ACI allows for centralized management focused on application needs, you can troubleshoot your ACI fabric from a centralized location with the requirements of the application in mind.

The first step in any troubleshooting scenario is to fully understand your existing ACI environment. In this two day course, you have the option of configuring your own fabric as a foundation for the troubleshooting labs or discover a pre-built environment. Either path is designed to help you better understand your existing environment and is key to troubleshooting any problem.

You will use common ACI troubleshooting tools, such as Visore, API Inspector, and various show commands to identify problems that impact fabric-wide connectivity. You will use the APIC CLI to expose misconfigurations that trigger fault messages in the APIC GUI and practice applying GUI and CLI tools to various troubleshooting scenarios.

Audience

Field engineers
Support engineers
Server administrators
Network administrators
Storage administrators

Prerequisites

DCICN or DCICT or equivalent experience or knowledge
Server virtualization knowledge

Learning Objectives

Discover a new ACI fabric
Confirm functionality of a fabric
Apply a basic troubleshooting methodology
Use CLI troubleshooting tools to discover misconfigurations
View faults in GUI
Use Visore to query MOs
Use common troubleshooting tools to troubleshoot L3 OUT, Contracts, and Faults

Module 1 Deploy the fabric

Lesson 1: Initializing the ACI environment
Lesson 2: Confirming functionality

Module 2 Use Visore and other troubleshooting tools

Lesson 1: Use Visore to query MOs
Lesson 2: Use GUI troubleshooting tools

Module 3 Verify VLANs

Lesson 1: Using the APIC GUI to verify VLANs
Lesson 2: Using the APIC CLI to verify VLANs

Module 4 Verify and track connectivity of fabric end points

Lesson 1: Using the APIC GUI to verify and track connectivity
Lesson 2: Using the APIC CLI to verify and track connectivity

Module 5 Troubleshoot

Lesson 1: Troubleshoot L3 OUT, Routing connectivity
Lesson 2: Troubleshoot Contracts
Lesson 3: Review and Document Faults

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