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Robert Burns · 05-08-2018

This week we're excited to have Ramses Smeyers (Principle Engineer) to give you a basic introduction into Ansible and the ACI automation use-case. Once understood, we will see how to apply this automation language on ACI to automate day-2 operatio...

Robert Burns · 12-07-2016

This video covers an overview of ACI microsegmentation (uSeg) using the VMware vDS including deployment demo, and troubleshooting. We will also discuss the specific requirements & configuration necessary when using ESX hosts running on blade switch...

Robert Burns · 10-31-2016

Below is a sample naming convention I came up with that you're free to use. We find it helps make your policies identification much easy when you implement a solid naming system. Below are a few select policy example to get you started. Attachab...

Robert Burns · 06-29-2016

Attached are instructions to disable LLDP on the Cisco VIC which, if enabled, will prevent an APIC from successfully joining an ACI fabric.

Robert Burns · 04-13-2015

For those looking for a deep peek into ACI technical operations, we have began a Webinar series targeting new & existing ACI customers. Webinars will be hosted on a weekly basis on topics suggested by folks like yourselves and usually run about 1 ho...

Robert Burns · 06-03-2023

When you attach an EPG to a VMM, a VLAN is dynamically allocated from the associated VLAN pool. If you have two separate VMM domains attached to an EPG, it's going to need two VLANs each.Robert

Robert Burns · 06-01-2023

I've confirmed that this functionality (Custom LDAP filter) does not yet exist on Nexus Dashboard. I've opened an enhancement request to port the AAA functionality from APIC > ND so they're functionally similiar. I'd suggest you open a TAC SR, and ...

Robert Burns · 06-01-2023

On ND you only need to set the "LDAP Attribute" under the Provider configuration. I'm using memberOf since I'm authenticating against MS AD with group maps Here's my ND LDAP Provider settings Here's my APIC LDAP provider settings (both to same prov...

Robert Burns · 05-31-2023

If you get the crash dump to TAC they can decode & confirm, but this is likely a known PIM bug, fixed in 5.2 & later. The bug manifests when an external RP address is changed (or possibly added). As PIM BiDir isn't supported on ACI, you can disabl...

Robert Burns · 05-31-2023

Yes, this is simply a Layer2 extension via EPG Static Path. I'd be cautious with this since without MSO/NDO you don't have any ability to limit flooding behavior between the fabrics. Something that MSO/NDO can protect your fabric's flood domain aga...

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