ACI Advanced Monitoring and Troubleshooting

by Memon, Sadiq; Schmidt, Carlo; Ristaino, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9781587145285
• ISBN10: 1587145286
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-07-28
• Publisher: Cisco Press

Summary

ACI Advanced Monitoring and Troubleshooting provides a solid conceptual foundation and in-depth technical knowledge for monitoring and troubleshooting virtually any problem encountered during testing, deployment, or operation of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) infrastructure. Authored by leading ACI support experts at Cisco, it covers all you’ll need to keep your ACI deployment working optimally. Coverage includes:

• Core ACI concepts and components, including Nexus 9000 Series platforms, APIC controllers, and protocols
• In-depth insight into ACI’s policy model
• ACI fabric design options: single and multiple data centers, stretched vs. multiple fabrics, and multi-pod/multi-site
• Automation, orchestration, and the cloud in ACI environments
• ACI topology and hardware/software specifications
• End host and network connectivity
• VMM integration
• Network management configuration, including SNMP, AAA, and SPAN
• Monitoring ACI fabrics and health
• Getting immediate results through the NX-OS command line interface
• Troubleshooting use cases: fabric discovery, APIC, management access, contracts, external connectivity, leaf/spine connectivity, end-host connectivity, VMM problems, ACI multi-pod/multi-site problems, and more

Author Biography

Carlo’s Biography: Carlo Schmidt is a Technical Leader for the ACI Solutions Support Team in RTP, North Carolina. Carlo joined Cisco in 2011 after graduating from Wentworth Institute of Technology with a bachelors in Computer Networking. As a TAC engineer, Carlo is focused on Nexus switching technologies including Fabricpath, VXLAN, FCoE and OTV as well as ACI. Carlo is a Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert Data Center. Carlo have spoken multiple times at Cisco Live.

Address: 1839 Forest Road, Durham, NC 27705 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Joseph’s Biography:

Joseph Ristaino is a Technical Leader with the DCBU ACI Escalation Team in RTP, North Carolina. he joined Cisco in 2011 after graduating from Wentworth Institute of Technology with a bachelors in Computer Networking. Joseph started on the Server Virtualization team specializing in UCS and Virtualization technologies. He has an in depth knowledge of Compute/Networking technologies, and over 6+ years of supporting customers as they implement and manage Data Center Deployments around the globe. Joseph now works closely with the ACI TAC teams to provide assistance on critical customer issues that go unsolved, and has been working on ACI since inception in 2014. Joseph have spoken multiple times at Cisco Live. Address: 716 McGill Pl Durham, NC 27701 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to ACI

1. ACI Overview

2. ACI Components

3. Introduction to the Policy Model

4. ACI Fabric Design Options

5. Automation, Orchestration & Cloud

6. Packet Walk in ACI

Part II: Reference ACI Fabric Topology

7. ACI Topology

8. End Host & Network Connectivity

9. VMM Integration

Part III: Monitoring Best Practices

11. Monitoring ACI Fabric

Part IV: Advanced Troubleshooting Techniques

12. Troubleshooting Techniques

13. Troubleshooting Wizard

14. NXOS CLI

15. Troubleshooting

Glossary