help understandng ACI Fabric

[shallugarg6343]

Hi guys,

We have datacenters where we have ACI fabric, nexus 9k,7k 5k

I am new with ACI stuff and want to learn as we have ASA firewalls that connect to it.

We donot use much with ACI fabric, normally layer 2 and in another datacenter layer3 routing.

So, please suggest some ebook or url or videos or anything so that i can be good with ACI and help understand it completely

[zulfikhar_a]

There are lots, these sites helped me to learn/refresh the basics.
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/learning_center/aci-training-videos/videos --> Basic to ACI programmability
https://adamraffe.com/learning-aci/ --> Basics & concepts
https://rednectar.net/category/cisco/aci/aci-tutorial/ --> Practical approach the way Author explains

There are many more…All the best.

Thanks
Zulfi

[Claudia de Luna]

Hi @shallugarg6343,

You have some good resources from @zulfikhar_a.

My recommendation is to begin with content on Cisco Live On Demand.  It is free but you will need to set up an account.

1. Introduction to ACI - BRKACI-1000
2. ACI for Network Engineers - BRKACI-1002 <--This is a bit dated but a great presentation.  I think this will give you a good base and then you can watch the next two which are more current.
3. How to setup an ACI fabric from scratch - BRKACI-2004
4. Your first 7 days of ACI - BRKACI-1001

After that, here are some of my favorite resources:

Llumos Consulting YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzKhGbl3TTJoUPpYxGHV2A

ACI Unnoficial Guide <- this is better for spot questions and "How Tos" once you have a good grounding.

https://unofficialaciguide.com/page/3/

Udemy and Pluralsight have some good courses as well.

Good luck!