ACISTK: ACI Integration and OpenStack

ACI Integration and OpenStack (ACISTK) is a 3-day course providing an introduction to ACI, OpenStack and the tools needed for proper integration. This course will educate the students about ACI integration with OpenStack and will include hands-on labs, which will reinforce the concepts covered. Students are expected to have a basic understanding of ACI Architecture, be familiar with OpenStack, have fundamental Linux skills, and a working understanding of general networking, subnets, and VLANs. This course will help you understand OpenStack concepts, OpenStack System Architecture and Components, ACI Design, Architecture, and Concepts, plus much more.

Prerequisites

• Basic understanding of ACI Architecture
• Familiarity with OpenStack
• Basic skills using Linux
• Understanding of VLANs, subnets, and general networking

What's Included

• Comprehensive study materials and official Cisco courseware
• Remote lab access

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• OpenStack Concepts, design, and implementation
• OpenStack System Architecture and Components
• OpenStack network architecture
• ACI Design, Architecture and Concepts
• Understand Opflex implementation with Openstack
• Integration of ACI with OpenStack networking

Course Outline

Module 1: ACI Architecture

• Lesson 1: ACI Overview
• Lesson 2: ACI Components
• Lesson 3: ACI Policy Model
• Lesson 4: APIC Features and purpose
• Lesson 5: OpFlex Protocol

Module 2: ACI Fabric

• Lesson 1: ACI Fabric Operation
• Lesson 2: ACI Policy
• Lesson 3: Virtual Machine Integration
• Lesson 4: Fabric Forwarding
• Lesson 5: External L2/L3 Connectivity

Module 3: OpenStack Overview

• Lesson 1: Cloud definition
• Lesson 2: DevOps requirements
• Lesson 3: OpenStack history
• Lesson 4: OpenStack design
• Lesson 5: OpenStack adoption

Module 4: OpenStack Architecture

• Lesson 1: OpenStack Architecture
• Lesson 2: Primary Project In OpenStack
• Lesson 3: OpenStack and ACI integration

Module 5: OpenStack Networking

• Lesson 1: Neutron basics
• Lesson 2: ML design
• Lesson 3: Plugin architecture
• Lesson 4: Open virtual switch
• Lesson 5: NXoS integration
• Lesson 6: Network design

Module 6: ACI Integration

• Lesson 1: ML2 Plugin Overview
• Lesson 2: Plugin Components
• Lesson 3: Mapping Group Based Policy to APIC
• Lesson 4: Virtual environment Integration
• Lesson 5: Connecting to other networks
• Lesson 6: Network address translation
• Lesson 7: sNAT
• Lesson 8: Floating IP addresses
• Lesson 9: Host Networking

Module 7: Group-Based Policy (GBP) for OpenStack

• Lesson 1: GBP design
• Lesson 2: GBP Plugin
• Lesson 3: GBP implementation

Labs

• Lab 1: APIC Exploration
• Lab 2: Setup of OpenStack
• Lab 3: GBP Plugin Setup and Operations (CentOS/Kilo)