In this article I will go through the steps to follow to create an AEP that will allow you to integrate a VMM domain using VMware vCenter. Within Cisco ACI we are able to connect to external virtual and physical domains by using Attachable Access Entity Profiles, or AEPs. AEPs are configured from on the…
I’ve talked about several beginning steps to get going on Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure. I’m going to get to some configuration details after the fabric is up. One of the first things we do is build a switch profile and interface policies to be used later, in a repeatable fashion for quick configuration. The following…
This article takes a closer look at the Cisco Application Virtual Switch. Introduction In my last article I talked about VMM integration with VMware vSphere and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure. I only covered using the traditional vSphere Distributed Switch, but there is another option: the Cisco AVS (Application Virtual Switch). For those familiar with the…
n this article I’ll go through the ACI equivalent, which is creating tenants, contexts, and bridge domains that will help us get ACI up and running. Cisco ACI has a few basic network constructs that need to be created when first being set up. This could be considered more of a day 1 setup and…
One thing I really like about the ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) APIC (Application Policy Infrastructure Controller) GUI is how helpful it is. There are several products out there that have used the idea of putting a Quick Start within their product on the welcome pages such as VMware SRM and Zenoss, and now the APIC…
Introduction A few weeks ago I started a new path in my career. I’m now working for Cisco as a Technology Evangelist. Specifically I’m concentrating on Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and the Nexus 9000 series switches. As software defined networking becomes more popular and even necessary, I’ll be writing about my journey learning ACI and…
Like many networking platforms Cisco ACI offers the ability to have multiple tenants. A tenant is generally a container that allows you to keep resources isolated. For example I might have tenants for dev and prod or I might have separate tenants for each department in my company. Usually public cloud providers will have a…