ACI is a modern, powerful, and fully programmable data center fabric. With almost 10 years in production and thousands upon thousands of deployments, there is a lot that can be achieved. For IT Operations Teams, the power of ACI also brings with it an evolution of the processes to design, configure, migrate and troubleshoot.
This e-book is your treasure map to information on various aspects of operating ACI. Its intent is to help you make the most out of your investment in ACI as a solution, avoid common mistakes, and collect various tips and tricks from lessons learned by others.
With anything that dares to call itself “Best Practices” we should also make it clear that the information contained within attempts to address the most common designs and situations. We realize that every customer will have unique requirements that require sometimes unique solutions. In any case, it is always best to consult official Cisco documentation and your own Cisco account team to plan for the best results in your own environment.
The format of this document is organized by major operational topic. In each topic we will detail the intent and share links to video playback plus where to download the source content for your own further use. In addition, and where possible, we will link and refer you to additional sources that you may find useful.
Each topic is more or less self contained but we present them in the order which we feel is most useful. It is not always necessary to know the contents of a previous module before reviewing a later one.
We assume you have at least introductory level knowledge of ACI and its operations.
Offered in PDF and ePUB formats v1.0(3) March 2024