Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: ACI Architecture
- ACI Overview
- ACI Components
- ACI Policy Model
- APIC Features and purpose
- OpFlex Protocol
Module 2: ACI Fabric
- ACI Fabric Operation
- ACI Policy
- Virtual Machine Integration
- Fabric Forwarding
- External L2/L3 Connectivity
Module 3: OpenStack Overview
- Cloud definition
- DevOps requirements
- OpenStack history
- OpenStack design
- OpenStack adoption
Module 4: OpenStack Architecture
- OpenStack Architecture
- Primary Project In OpenStack
- OpenStack and ACI integration
Module 5: OpenStack Networking
- Neutron basics
- ML design
- Plugin architecture
- Open virtual switch
- NXoS integration
- Network design
Module 6: ACI Integration
- ML2 Plugin Overview
- Plugin Components
- Mapping Group Based Policy to APIC
- Virtual environment Integration
- Connecting to other networks
- Network address translation
- sNAT
- Floating IP addresses
- Host Networking
Module 7: Group-Based Policy (GBP) for OpenStack
- GBP design
- GBP Plugin
- GBP implementation