ACI Advanced Monitoring and Troubleshooting provides a solid conceptual foundation and in-depth technical knowledge for monitoring and troubleshooting virtually any problem encountered during testing, deployment, or operation of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) infrastructure. Authored by leading ACI support experts at Cisco, it covers all you’ll need to keep your ACI deployment working optimally. Coverage includes:

• Core ACI concepts and components, including Nexus 9000 Series platforms, APIC controllers, and protocols
• In-depth insight into ACI’s policy model
• ACI fabric design options: single and multiple data centers, stretched vs. multiple fabrics, and multi-pod/multi-site
• Automation, orchestration, and the cloud in ACI environments
• ACI topology and hardware/software specifications
• End host and network connectivity
• VMM integration
• Network management configuration, including SNMP, AAA, and SPAN
• Monitoring ACI fabrics and health
• Getting immediate results through the NX-OS command line interface
• Troubleshooting use cases: fabric discovery, APIC, management access, contracts, external connectivity, leaf/spine connectivity, end-host connectivity, VMM problems, ACI multi-pod/multi-site problems, and more

Features

• Comprehensive, insider guidance for optimizing ACI in any nextgen datacenter environment
• Easy, step-by-step guidance for building your own ACI fabric
• Walks through detailed real-world ACI use cases, including failure scenarios with proven remedial actions
• Reviews management, monitoring, automation, and orchestration for software defined datacenters
• By a team of Cisco experts who’ve been helping enterprise clients succeed with ACI since its launch

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to ACI1. ACI Overview2. ACI Components3. Introduction to the Policy Model4. ACI Fabric Design Options5. Automation, Orchestration & Cloud6. Packet Walk in ACI
Part II: Reference ACI Fabric Topology7. ACI Topology8. End Host & Network Connectivity9. VMM Integration
Part III: Monitoring Best Practices11. Monitoring ACI Fabric
Part IV: Advanced Troubleshooting Techniques12. Troubleshooting Techniques13. Troubleshooting Wizard14. NXOS CLI15. Troubleshooting
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