Last Updated: 9/7/2022
I’m bringing up this page to keep a running list of ACI bookmarks that are really worth reading. If you are working with ACI these are a must read. My colleagues and I will add to this list over the course of time. So, please visit frequently.
Table of Contents:
- Security
- SR-MPLS
- Troubleshooting & Stuff
- Multisite/Multipod
- Upgrades/Downgrades
- Everything ACI
- API/Progammability
- Nexus Dashboard Related
- Cisco ACI Hybrid Cloud Related
- From Unofficial
- From Ricardo’s Blog
- VMM Related
- Miscellaneous
Security
Everything you want to know about ACI Contracts
Cisco APIC Security Configuration Guide
All about Cisco ESGs, (Endpoint Security Groups) – Great for moving from netcentric to appcentric mode
Understanding Scope Of Prefixes in L3Out External EPG in ACI
Configuring LDAP Authentication with Cisco APIC Controller
Understanding Roles in ACI & MSO and integrating with FreeRadius.
Logging ACL/Contract Permits and Denies with ACI
Operationalizing ACI: Contracts Viewer
ACI Multisite Cloud Sec Encryption
Cisco APIC TACACS+, Radius LDAP, RSA & SAML configuration Guide
- The AIC SAML SSO feature has been tested with the following IdPs:
ACI Endpoint Update app 2.1 – Enhancing FTD and ASA policies
Nexus Dashboard – Certificate Install
SR-MPLS
ACI SR-MPLS Handoff for L3 Outs 🦠Proof Of Concept
Cisco ACI SR/MPLS Handoff Architecture White Paper
SR-MPLS Handoff explanation and Packet Walk
SR-MPLS Handoff Configuration
Validated Design for Cisco ACI to SR-MPLS Handoff
Troubleshooting & Stuff
Troubleshooting Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, Second Edition
Cisco
APIC Troubleshooting Guide
Troubleshooting Unexpected Route Leaking in ACI
Cisco ACI Endpoint learing WhitePaper
Overlap VLAN Pool Lead Intermittent Packet Drop to VPC Endpoints and Spaning-tree Loop. ⚠️ Each EPG/AEP could associate multiple domains, but each domain must associate with a vlan-pool containing unique vlan-block that is not overlapped with any other vlan-pool. This is to ensure the global consistent vlan-to-vxlan mapping
Multisite/Multipod
Cisco ACI Multi-Site Architecture White Paper ⚠️Sites should be added in Maintenance Window only, since BGP RID on spines will reset causing disruption
Cisco ACI Multi-Site and Service Node Integration White Paper
Extending Your datacenter policies into the cloud with Cisco ACI Anywhere
Cisco ACI Multi-Site Configuration Guide, Release 3.1(x) 📗 Pay attention to the new avpair format for MSO from 3.1.x
A basic question about VMM domains, Multipod and Multisite
- Cisco ACI QOS Related Notes for Multisite Fabric:
- This is covered in good detail in the Multi-Site white paper and also in Part 2 of the:
Upgrades/Downgrades
Cloud APIC Install/Upgrades/Downgrades
ACI Upgrade Checklists
APIC Software Upgrade/Downgrade Support Matrix
Cisco APIC Installation and ACI Upgrade and Downgrade Guide
Search for Pre-Upgrade Validator App at dcappcenter.cisco.com
ACI -Pre-Upgrade-Validation-Script – Python 🦠Use This !
Moving from MSO 3.1.1 (running on Case) to NDO 3.3.1 or directly to NDO 3.5.x (running on ND)
short Video on migration from MSO 3.1.1 to NDO 3.3.1
Upgrading ACI Fabric and MSO, Please Read This first
ACI / APIC Software Guidance
Upgrading ACI Fabric: The 4.0 Way
APIC Upgrade Tool
ACI Switches: Password Recovery
Wiping an ACI Fabric
Upgrading your ACI Fabric
Upgrading the CIMC for your APICs
Using Standby APIC to move APIC or Replace APIC
Cisco Data Center Network Applications Compatibility Matrix Shows you what Apic/cApic goes with what ND/NDO/NDI
Everything ACI
APIC Landing Page (all aci docs) including Cloud APIC 🛬 Landing Page
White Papers including Cloud ACI
White Papers Nexus 9K
API/Progammability
Cisco ACI System Messages Reference Guide
Cisco APIC Faults, Events, and System Messages Management Guide
APIC Management Information Model Reference
Intersight niatelemetry
APIC System Faults/Events Message Reference 🗝 Search Fault & Event Code by ID
Cloud APIC & APIC Object Model Documentation
Cisco ACI Policy Model Guide
Cisco APIC REST API Configuration Guide
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure MIB Quick Reference
This doc has instructions on creating cAPIC Tenant with Azure using REST API
Short Previous Article on ACI Automation
Look in ND Federated Cluster article Look at this blog for API Calls to ND, Curl to ND, Postman Interceptor to figure out API calls needed
CiscoDevNet/ansible-mso
CiscoDevNet/ansible-nd
Ansible Automation for Nexus Dashboard/Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator
Ansible Collection Index » Collections in the Cisco Namespace » Cisco.Mso
Ansible Galaxy Collection ACI
Ansible Galaxy Collection ND
Ansible Galaxy Collection NDO
Getting Started: Cisco MSO With Ansible
Configuring Cisco ACI with Ansible AWX running in Docker
Terraform ACI Provider
Terraform NDO Provider
Terraform with Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator for building Hybrid Cloud and end to end services
Deploying cAPIC on Azure With Terraform
Nexus Dashboard Related
ND Deployment Guides, Data Sheets, Release Notes, Compatibilty Guides, Install and Upgrade 💡ND Documentation
ND, NDO, NDI Remote Authentication Configuration 💡AV Pairs Needed and scope results in ND, NDO, NDI. Also, Multi-Factor Authentication
Understanding RBAC for Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator 💡 Shows you AVPairs and also Approver/Deployer Roles for NDO
Cisco Nexus Dashboard User Guide 211 💡 Must Read – Also has information on how to replace failed Master from Standby ND
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights User Guide, Release 6.0.2 – For Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Deployment Guide, Release 2.1.x
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Hardware Setup Guide
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Deployment Guide
Cisco Intersight Overview
ND Sizing Tool Based on Physical/Virtual/Cloud ND and what apps you will run on ND + size of Fabric, this will calculate the ND size needed
Moving from MSO 3.1.1 (running on Case) to NDO 3.3.1 or directly to NDO 3.5.x (running on ND)
short Video on migration from MSO 3.1.1 to NDO 3.3.1
Cisco Data Center Network Applications Compatibility Matrix Shows you what Apic/cApic goes with what ND/NDO/NDI
Licensing Guide
ND Ordering Site
NDI Users Guide
NDI Users Guide dcnm
Nexus Dashboard 2.1 – New Features – Federated Clusters
Introduction To Cisco Nexus Dashboard And Installation, Integrating With Radius, Configuring Intersight And Site Onboarding 🗝 Install details & Licensing Simplified/Explained
Deploying MSO on Cisco Application Service Engine ( AWS AMI Based SE) ⚠️OLD – Dont Use SE/MSO – Use ND/NDO !!!
Deploying MSO on Cisco Application Service Engine (OVA based SE) ⚠️OLD – Dont Use SE/MSO- Use ND/NDO !!!
Installing Cisco Nexus Dashboard in AWS
A Guide To: Nexus Dashboard Insights Kafka Exporter to Elasticsearch/Kibana for Data Analysis & Visualization
Jenkins /Ansible for ACI Orchestration and for Automated Configuration Sanity Check / Pre-verification with NAE/ND and Git integration
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Demo – Unlock new value from your hybrid cloud network
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights and Splunk Integration
Part 1 – Installing AppDynamics and Integrating with Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights
Part 2 – Installing AppDynamics APM Agents to report application data to AppD Controller
Part 3 – Monitoring Apps deployed on K8s cluster on ACI Fabric Using AppDynamics/NDI
Nexus Dashboard – Certificate Install
Cisco ACI Hybrid Cloud Related
From CCO
Cloud APIC Documentation
(Azure) – Cisco Cloud APIC for Azure User Guide, Release 5.2(x)I 💡 Lookup what Cloud Service Endpoint types are, — Cloud Native, Cloud Native Managed, Third Party
Cisco Cloud ACI Hybrid Multi-Cloud Deployment Guide 💡 The Definitive Desingn Guide!!!
NDO Schema Design Considerations
Shared On-Premises L3Out for Cisco Cloud APIC Workloads
From Unofficial
(AWS) – Cloud Tenant Only (deploying Application Load Balancer with Service Graph on AWS) 🗝 Also Explains the values of EPG Selectors “equals”, “not equals”, “in”, “not”
(AWS) – Stretched Tenant / EPG between OnPrem ACI Fabric and Cloud Native ACI Fabric with Shared L3Out
(AWS) — When to use Shared Template and When to use Site Only Template
(AWS) – Deploying from Scratch- Physical ACI Fabric With ACI Cloud Fabric
AACI/Cloud Extension Primer: Adding Trusted/Untrusted AWS Accounts and Shared/Managed/Unmanaged Identities for Azure to Cloud ACI Fabric
(Azure) – Adding in Azure Site to ACI Cloud Fabric – Step by Step
(AWS) – A Practical Guide to using AWS Transit Gateway (TGW) with Cloud ACI
(Azure) – ACI 5.0.2 cAPIC Feature Listing and First Time Setup differences
(Azure) – A Practical Guide to using Azure vNET Peering with Cloud ACI 🗝 Debugging CSR Tips here
(Azure) – Simple Service Graph with Azure Application Gateway & vNET Peering
(Azure) – Simple Service Graph with Azure Network Load Balancer & vNET Peering
(Azure) – Multi-Node Service Graph with Horizontal Firewall Scaling using vNET peering and hosting service devices in HUB vNET (overlay-2)
(Azure) – Multi-Node Service Graph with North South Firewall Scaling using vNET peering and hosting service devices in HUB vNET (overlay-2)
Cisco cAPIC / Azure Kubernetes Service Integration with Azure File Share Services for Apps
Cisco cAPIC / Native Azure API Management for serverless Architecture integration
Cloud ACI 5.2: A compelling case for Cisco ACI Hybrid/Multicloud Data Centers
Cloud ACI 5.2: Interconnecting ACI Fabrics Over Cloud Provider’s Backbone at High Speed for both AWS and Azure
Cloud ACI 5.2: Azure Brownfield Integration with ACI Fabric
Cloud ACI 5.2: ACI/Azure Tenant vNET Peering across Azure Acitive Directories
Cloud ACI 5.2: AWS Enhancements in TGW with TGW Connect Attachments
(AWS/Azure) – Cisco Cloud ACI Generic External Connectivity 🗝 Tips on how to put static route on EC2 is here
Cloud ACI 25.0.2: AWS Cloud ACI 25.0.2 AWS Brownfield Integration to Cloud ACI Fabric on AWS (with Proof Of Concept)
Cloud Network Controller (previously cAPIC) Access Policies
Cloud ACI 25.0.2: Connecting ACI/AWS Cloud Fabric to External DC/Branch Site via TGW (with Proof Of Concept)
Upgrading Cloud Routers from CSR1KV to Catalyst 8KV
Deploying cAPIC on Azure With Terraform
ACI Fabric in Google Cloud
AWS Direct Connect for connecting AWS/ACI Fabric to onPrem ACI Fabric
Simple Troubleshooting Steps for Cloud ACI/AWS To OnPrem ACI For End Point Reachability Issues
Fully Managed AWS Brownfield Integration to Cloud ACI
NDO/CNC Fabric Integration with AWS GWLB for protected apps
Shared VPC Subnets across AWS accounts with ACI/CNC Fabric
Consuming AWS Native Services from applications running on onPrem ACI Fabric
From Ricardo’s Blog
Ricardo’s ACI Blogs 📬 Excellent Blogs written by my colleague Ricardo Trentin focused on Cloud ACI
Cisco Cloud ACI Tenancy Design Guide
How to Install Custom SSL Certificates on Cloud ACI managed Application Load Balancer on AWS
Deploying AWS ECS with Fargate on Cloud ACI managed network
Using AWS VPC End Points with Cisco Cloud ACI
Integrating F5 with Azure using Cloud APIC
Network to App Centric Migration on Cloud ACI
Cisco ACI Multi-Site Multi-Cloud Connectivity Scalability and Availability using Multiple Routers
Staging Cloud ACI Configurations on Azure
Naming resources made easy
Inspecting On-Prem Traffic using 3rd Party Firewalls
VMM Related
Openstack with ACI Integration – Part 1 (General Discussions of Openstack with ACI)
Openstack with ACI Integration – Part 2 ( installing with packstack)
Openstack with ACI Integration – Part 3 (installing using Red Hat Director)
Openstack with ACI Integration – Part 4 (using Openstack Integrated ACI)
CPOC Series: ACI MultiPod with Live vMotion from one Pod to another
CPOC Series: VMM integration from ACI to VMware vSphere
CPOC Series: vMotion and vKernel configuration considerations between ACI and vSphere
A basic question about VMM domains, Multipod and Multisite
Part 1 – Cisco ACI 5.2 and Kubernetes 1.21 CNI Integration
Part 2 – Cisco ACI 5.2 and Kubernetes 1.21 CNI Feature Highlights
Miscellaneous
Collection of ACI White Papers (including migration, SRMPLS etc, etc)
Using OpenShift with Cisco Cloud APIC
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on AWS Cloud
Cisco ACI APIC and cAPIC monitoring using Prometheus/Grafana
Spanning-tree (STP) and ACI
ACI TEP Pool Discussion 🗝 Tips on how to look at APIC Setup Parameters from ssh
STP and ACI: Intermittent packet loss due to TCNs
Understanding ACI TCAM Utilization & Optimization
ACI with IPv6
Configuring an APIC Banner (GUI Alias)
Configuring Syslog for ACI
ACI Fabric L3Out Guide
Floating L3Out
Youtube Video on Floating L3Out Enhancements
Meaning of L3Out SVI Scopes: Local Scope and VRF Scope (remember default behavior is local scope)
Understanding Scope Of Prefixes in L3Out External EPG in ACI)
K8s Lens IDE on AWS/ACI EKS infrastructure
Nexus Switch Intersight Device Connector Documentation
Cisco ACI Policy-Based Redirect Service Graph White Paper
Cisco ACI Multi-Pod and Service Node Integration White Paper
Cisco ACI and F5 BIG-IP Design Guide White Paper
Design Guide to Run VMware NSX-T with Cisco ACI White Paper
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