One question I always get asked is how can people learn more about Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure. In this blog I’m going to list some of the best resources to learn about and get your hands on ACI. To begin with, let’s talk about labs. There are several labs available currently for partners on Cisco dCloud that will let you play with the Cisco APIC, set up ACI, and even integrate it with other third party solutions. Soon customer facing labs will be available.
PluralSight:
Fundamentals of Using Cisco ACI
Books:
Troubleshooting Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
Operating Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
Blogs:
Lauren Malhoit’s Ongoing Cisco ACI Blog Series found on Virtualizationadmin.com:
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Overview
Cisco ACI APIC – User Authentication and RBAC
Cisco ACI – Creating Basic Network Constructs
Cisco ACI – Configuring VMware Integration on the APIC
Cisco ACI – Cisco Application Virtual Switch
Cisco ACI – Setting Up Your First APIC
Cisco ACI – Trouble Communicating with Nexus 7000
Cisco ACI – Unable to Ping the Default Gateway in a Bridge Domain
Can’t Connect to vCenter from ACI APIC
Cisco ACI – Attachable Access Entity Profile
Creating VLAN Pools and Layer 2 Bridges in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
Adding Physical Servers to Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI – Creating Contracts
Layer 2 External Access in Cisco ACI
Creating Layer 3 Outside Acces in Cisco ACI
Intro to Security with Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI – Creating an Application Network Profile with the Basic GUI
Adam Raffe has a nice series on his site as well.
From Colin Lynch – @UCSGuru
Video – UCS Integration with Cisco ACI
Tech Field Day Videos:
Cisco ACI at Networking Field Day 8
Cisco ACI at Networking Field Day 9
YouTube Videos:
Cisco ACI Packet Walk with Lilian Quan
Cisco ACI Overview with Joe Onisick
Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Overview with Lilian Quan
Application Centric Infrastructure – VxLAN
ACI and OpenStack Integration vBrownBag Tech talk
TechWise TV:
Inside Application Centric Infrastructure
Inside Cisco ACI’s Controller: The APIC
Programmability:
GitHub DataCenter Repo for Nexus 9000 and ACI
Developer’s Community (Ansible, Python, PowerShell, etc, etc)
Engineers Unplugged:
S5|Ep1: Role and Policy Based Control
S5|Ep2: ACI and Traditional Networking
Cisco Champion Radio:
You can always go to the Cisco website to find white papers and other documentation about Cisco ACI as well! I’ll continue to keep this blog updated as new resources come out.