Advanced real-world Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) monitoring and troubleshooting Forewords written by Yusuf Bhaiji, Director of Certifications, Cisco Systems; and Ronak Desai, VP of Engineering for the Data Center Networking Business Unit, Cisco Systems. This expert guide and reference will help you confidently deploy, support, monitor, and troubleshoot ACI fabrics and components. It is also designed to help you prepare for your Cisco DCACIA (300-630) exam, earning Cisco Certified Specialist-ACI Advanced Implementation certification and credit toward CCNP Data Center certification if you choose. Authored by three leading Cisco ACI experts, it combines a solid conceptual foundation, in-depth technical knowledge, and practical techniques. It also contains proven features to help exam candidates prepare, including review questions in most chapters, and Key Topic icons highlighting concepts covered on the exam. The authors thoroughly introduce ACI functions, components, policies, command-line interfaces, connectivity, fabric design, virtualization and service integration, automation, orchestration, and more. Next, they introduce best practices for monitoring and management, including the use of faults, health scores, tools, the REST API, in-band and out-of-band management techniques, and monitoring protocols. Proven configurations are provided, with steps for verification. Finally, they present advanced forwarding and troubleshooting techniques for maximizing ACI performance and value. ACI Advanced Monitoring and Troubleshooting is an indispensable resource for every data center architect, engineer, developer, network or virtualization administrator, and operations team member working in ACI environments.

Understand Cisco ACI core functions, components, and protocols
Apply the ACI Policy-Based Object Model to develop overall application frameworks
Use command-line interfaces to manage and monitor Cisco ACI systems
Master proven options for ACI physical and logical fabric design
Establish connectivity for compute, storage, and service devices, switches, and routers
Gain visibility into virtualization layers through VMM, and integrate hypervisors from multiple vendors
Seamlessly integrate Layer 4 to Layer 7 services such as load balancing and firewalling
Automate and orchestrate for fast deployment with the REST API, scripting, and Ansible
Minimize downtime and maximize ROI through more effective monitoring and configuration
Thoroughly master concepts and techniques for advanced ACI and VXLAN forwarding
Build deep practical expertise for quickly troubleshooting critical events
Gain quick visibility into traffic flows and streamline problem isolation with the ACI Visibility & Troubleshooting Tool
Walk through multiple real-world troubleshooting scenarios step-by-step This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press, which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.

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Sadiq H. Memon (CCIE No. 47508 DC; Greater Detroit Area, MI) is a Solutions Integration Architect with Cisco Advanced Services. He has over 25 years of diversified IT experience, specializing in datacenter environments. He has been with Cisco for over a decade, helping large customers in automotive, finance, manufacturing, and government to design, implement, and support end-to-end architectures and solutions. He has published videos on ACI configuration on YouTube Channel and presented ACI/Cloud related topic in Cisco Live. He possesses IT industry certifications from Cisco, VMWare, Microsoft, and Citrix, and has received multiple awards for outstanding performance. Carlo Schmidt (CCIE, DC; Research Triangle, NC) is Technical Leader for Cisco's ACI Solutions Support Team. As a TAC engineer, he specializes in Nexus switching technologies including ACI, FabricPath, VXLAN, FCoE, and OTV. He has spoken several times at Cisco Live. Joseph Ristaino (Research Triangle, NC), Technical Leader with Cisco's DCBU ACI Escalation Team, has worked with ACI since its launch in 2014. He now works closely with ACI TAC teams on critical customer issues. Formerly part of Cisco's Server Virtualization team, he has over six years' experience helping customers implement and manage their data center deployments. He has spoken multiple times at Cisco Live. Joseph Ristaino is a Technical Leader with the DCBU ACI Escalation Team in RTP, North Carolina. he joined Cisco in 2011 after graduating from Wentworth Institute of Technology with a bachelors in Computer Networking. Joseph started on the Server Virtualization team specializing in UCS and Virtualization technologies. He has an in depth knowledge of Compute/Networking technologies, and over 6+ years of supporting customers as they implement and manage Data Center Deployments around the globe. Joseph now works closely with the ACI TAC teams to provide assistance on critical customer issues that go unsolved, and has been working on ACI since inception in 2014. Joseph have spoken multiple times at Cisco Live.

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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