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Workload Mobility with Cloud Network Controller on AWS

September 23, 2022

Table of Contents: Introduction How to implement Active/Standby VPCs Workflow Needed to accomplish Active to Standby Switchover References Introduction For Critical Applications running in AWS you would normally place your workload in multiple zones and even multiple regions. Depending on the application, you could use Application Load Balancers, Network Load Balancers or Global Accelerators to … More Workload Mobility with Cloud Network Controller on AWS

Understanding RBAC for Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator

September 14, 2022

Table of Contents: Introduction Quick Refresher for RBAC rules for APIC 2.a.Defining the Provider 2.b.Creating Login Domain 2.c.Defining a role 2.d.Defining a Security Domain 2.e.Tie in Tenant to Security Domain 2.f. Configure AV Pairs in Radius Server 2.g. Testing out the configuration RBAC for NDO 3.a. Create Login Domain and tie to Radius Server 3.b. … More Understanding RBAC for Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator

Cloud Network Controller (previously cAPIC) Access Policies

September 12, 2022

Table of Contents: Introduction Access Policy Details 2.a.Global Level Access Policies 2.b.Account/Tenant Level Access Policies 2.c.VPC Level Access Policies 2.d.Subnet Level Access Policies References Introduction This writeup will explain the purpose for Access Policies from cAPIC release 25.0.4. If you recall, I had written an article previously on Cloud ACI 25.0.2 AWS Brownfield Integration to … More Cloud Network Controller (previously cAPIC) Access Policies

Deploying cAPIC on Azure With Terraform

April 18, 2022

Table of Contents: Introduction Getting Started 2a. Clone the git repo 2b. Modify override.tf and terraform.tfvars 2c. Run the terraform script 2d. Destroying the cAPIC Infra How to obtain attribute for variable "_artifactsLocation" References Introduction This writeup will show how to install cAPIC on Azure using Terraform. You can follow this and create your own … More Deploying cAPIC on Azure With Terraform

Upgrading Cloud Routers from CSR1KV to Catalyst 8KV

March 14, 2022

Table of Contents: Introduction What happens when you upgrade to cAPIC 25.0.3 AWS: Upgrading CSRs to CCRs 3.a AWS: Subscribe to Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software – BYOL 3.b AWS: Start The Upgrade 3.c AWS: Will need to change role/permissions for ApicAdmin/ApicAdminFullAccess in AWS 3.d AWS: Verify Upgrade Azure: Upgrading CSRs to CCRs 4.a Azure: … More Upgrading Cloud Routers from CSR1KV to Catalyst 8KV

Ansible Automation for Nexus Dashboard/Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator

November 30, 2021

I am writing this article to make you aware of Ansible usage with Cisco Nexus Dashboard/Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator.  I will write one for Terraform with NDO soon. Previously, I had written an article  Getting Started: Cisco MSO with Ansible which is still valid for the most part. However, a few things changed from then to … More Ansible Automation for Nexus Dashboard/Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator

Openstack with ACI Integration – Part 2 ( installing with packstack)

September 13, 2021

Contributors:  Soumitra Mukherji and Alec ChamberlainWith Expert Guidance from: Filip Wardzichowski In Part 1 of this article, we discussed that I would write 4 parts for this. Part 1:  General Discussion of Openstack / ACI Integration Part 2: Guided Install for Openstack/ACI with Opensource CentOS7  or with RedHat Registered CentOS7 using packstack (works but unsupported,  … More Openstack with ACI Integration – Part 2 ( installing with packstack)

Openstack with ACI Integration – Part 1 (General Discussions of Openstack with ACI)

September 9, 2021

Contributors:  Soumitra Mukherji and Alec ChamberlainWith Expert Guidance from: Filip Wardzichowski If you have been using ACI as your data center fabric and you are like most enterprise customers, you probably have ACI integrated VMM domain and are reaping the benefits of that.  ACI also integrates seamlessly with Openstack creating a Openstack VMM domain.  For … More Openstack with ACI Integration – Part 1 (General Discussions of Openstack with ACI)

ACI with IPv6

May 10, 2021

This is a running list of ACI/IPV6 support notes that I will add to as I learn more items.  Most of the items here have been taken from Cisco ACI Infrastructure Fundamentals Release 5.1(x), Networking and Managemcnt Connectivity.  In addition I’ve also added items here that I’ve obtained by querying the field. Supported: IPv4 only, … More ACI with IPv6