OpFlex  is an open and extensible policy protocol developed by Cisco Systems. It is designed to facilitate communication between a policy...

Floating L3Out Version Support Floating L3Out Introduction: Started in ACI Version 4.2(1):  The floating L3Out feature became available...

Overview: NetFlow  tracks and records data movement within the network. Helps administrators analyze traffic patterns, troubleshoot...

ACI remote leaf switch deployment allows extension of ACI fabric to remote data centers without a local spine switch or APIC. Remote leaf...

Application Profile --> EPG --> Intra EGP Isolation --> It's Unenforced (default) --> Change it to enforced and EndPoint within EGP will...

Admin > Firmware apic1 #  show firmware upgrade status Pod Node Current-Firmware Target-Firmware Status Upgrade-Progress(%) ...

Troubleshooting Logical Constructs Check if leaf has required vrf Leaf# show vrf all 2. Check on VRF if "Policy Control Enforcement...

Each POD has local instance of ISIS and COOP Inter-POD connectivity is through IPN Inter-POD BUM uses PIM-Bidir BGP in between PODs to...

Step 1: Log into ND click --> ok Step 2: Go to Dashboard it will take you to One View display Step 3: Go to Admin Console Step 4: configure a route for the out-of-band access to your site. Go to Infrastructure >Cluster Configuration . In the Routes area, click Edit (the pencil symbol), choose Add Management Network Routes , enter 192.168.11.0/24 , confirm it, and click Save . Log in putty in ND and you must see management route Step 5: Add Site Click on site Add site Ste

APIC integrates with 3rd party VMMs Three options with Virtual VMM: VMware DVS Cisco ACI Virtual Edge Cisco Application Virtual Switch...

Port 161 ---> It is used for read based queries Port 162 ---> It is used for sending out traps. Configuring SNMP

Multi-Site Connectivity can be done through ISN. The ISN between sites must support these specific functionalities: System --> System...

Features of ACI Multi-Pod Disaster Recovery : Helps create a system that ensures business operations continue even during disasters....

Each EGP is represented by PCTag 2. Shadow EPG (Firewall) connect to the service Device (EPG) 3. Traffic in between EGPs will be...

Introduction Pre-PBR Deployment Traffic Flow: Before deploying a service graph with Policy-Based Routing (PBR), Cisco ACI relies on its...

The requirement here is that EPG 1 – 4 should be allowed to talk to each other without any security rules, while the rest EPGs 5 - 7...

What is vzAny? In Cisco ACI, each VRF automatically has a special object called vzAny : It represents all  EPGs inside that VRF. Instead...

Default fallback login APIC GUI : apic:fallback\\admin APIC CLI : apic#fallback\\admin Step 1 : Create a TACAS+ Provider Group 2) Create...

SPAN (Switched Port Analyzer) Types of SPAN Local SPAN Support:  Supported by Cisco. Functionality: Traffic is mirrored to an interface...

Understanding pcTag in Cisco ACI 1. What is pcTag? pcTag (Policy Control Tag): A unique identifier assigned to each Endpoint Group (EPG)...