ACI/Tetration/CloudCenter/UCSD weekly updates v7

Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

• From Tech Zone
• Cisco ACI Multipod FAQ
• Third Party Interoperability Issues with ACI
• Videos
• ACI Microsegmentation using the VMware vDS – Robert Burns
• 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 switches such as UCS B-Series.
• Cisco ACI - Multipod Phase1 IPNv2
• Securing virtual and bare metal apps with Cisco ACI 
• Cisco ACI Configuration - Fabric Policies and Access Policies 
• SAP HANA and Cisco ACI
• Radware joins the Cisco ACI Ecosystem
• Cisco ACI in SevOne 5.6
• ACI for Network Engineers Episode 1 Menu System
• Why You Should Choose Cisco ACI: Cisco Live WOW Moments

ACI/Tetration/CloudCenter/UCSD weekly updates v6

ACI

• Durham County Upgrades Data Center Network with Cisco ACI to Speed New Services and Applications for County Residents, Businesses, and Employees
• Cisco ACI - Using API Inspector and Postman
• An Intro to Cisco ACI - Recorded Webinar from Sunset Learning

N9K

• Cisco Press BGP Troubleshooting Book is coming soon
• Configure and Verify Maximum Transmission Unit on Cisco Nexus Platforms

Tetration

• Cisco Tetration Analytics Overview
• Microsoft Ignite 2016 Bring new levels of visibility to your datacenter with Cisco Tetration 

Cloud Center

• 10 ways Cisco CloudCenter simplifies AWS 

Cisco ECS

• UCS Director Enablement Video Series

ACI/Tetration/CloudCenter/UCSD weekly updates v5

General Info

• Cisco 40-Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver Modules Compatibility Matrix

ACI

• Cisco ACI Virtualization 
• Cisco ACI Virtualization Guide, Release 2.1(1)
• Youtube Videos
• Cisco ACI - Creating Application Profiles Demo
• Running VMware NSX on a Cisco ACI Fabric

Nexus 9000

• Cisco Nexus 9508: A New Speed Record in Data Center Switching

Tetration

• 5 Steps to Zero Trust Data Center with Cisco Tetration Analytics

Blogs

• AWS or Private Cloud or both, what’s your strategy?

ACI/Tetration/CloudCenter/UCSD weekly updates v4

General Info

• Start Using the ASAP Data Center Message and Assets
• CCO - http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/data-center-virtualization/index.html

 ACI

• Cisco Press - Order this book here...Deploying ACI: The complete guide to planning, configuring, and managing Application Centric Infrastructure
• F5 iWorkflow & ACI
• F5 BIG-IP Service Insertion with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure using iWorkflow
• Youtube of F5 BIG-IP Service Insertion with ACI using iWorkflow
• ACI Guides
• Minimum and Recommended Cisco ACI and APIC Releases – Updated Guide
• Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Fundamentals – Updated Guide
• Cisco APIC and Transit Routing – Updated Guide
• ACI Training Resources - The Cisco Learning Network
• ACI Training Videos
• ACI How-To Videos
• ACI Technical Docs
• ACI Discussions
• Youtube Videos
• Cisco ACI Programmability - Intro to Postman

Tetration

• IDC Business Value Brief:  Tetration
• Ebook - Big Data Analytics For Dummies Book
• Blogs
• A Visit from Tetration Analytics - Ian Chard
• A data center with a view - Joachim Mason

Cloud Center

• Whitepapers
• Cisco CloudCenter Solution
• http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/cloudcenter/at-a-glance-c45-737051.pdf
• Cisco CloudCenter Solution with Cisco ACI
• http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/cloudcenter/at-a-glance-c45-737053.pdf
• Cisco CloudCenter Solution: Gain the Hybrid IT Advantage
• http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/cloudcenter/solution-overview-c22-737052.pdf
• Cisco CloudCenter Solution with Cisco ACI: Common Use Cases
• http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/cloudcenter/guide-c07-737054.pdf
• Cisco CloudCenter Solution: Architecture Overview
• http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/cloudcenter/white-paper-c11-737224.pdf
• Cisco CloudCenter Solution: Security Design (Internal)
• http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/cloudcenter/white-paper-c11-737226.pdf
• Cisco CloudCenter Solution: Optimize DevOps and Continuous Delivery
• http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/cloudcenter/white-paper-c11-737221.pdf
• Cisco CloudCenter Solution with Cisco ACI: Deployment Topologies and Requirements
• http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/cloudcenter/white-paper-c11-737225.pdf

• Blogs
• How to manage a successful multi-cloud strategy

ECS (UCSD)

• UCSD - Example of running Java Script (Custom Workflow Task) from Command line for rapid testing
• https://communities.cisco.com/docs/DOC-70636
• UCSD Compatibility Information Link

ACI/Tetration/CloudCenter/UCSD weekly updates v3

ACI

• Sales Announcement - 100G Optics Bundles for Nexus 9300EX
  • Introducing 2 pack switch bundles for both Nexus 9K with a choice of 4x100G optical transceivers and 1 pack Nexus 3232 switch bundled with a choice of 8x100G optical transceivers.
    • Multi-mode optics: QSFP-100G-SR4-S $1,995 US list
    • Single-mode optics: QSFP-100G-PSM4-S $1,995 US list
    • Bundle PIDS:
      • N9K-C93180-EX-B24C = $50K
        • 2xNexus 93180YC-EX w/ 4x QSFP-100G-PSM4-S OR QSFP-100G-SR4-S
      • N9K-C93108-EX-B24C = $50K
        • 2xNexus 93108TC-EX w/ 4x QSFP-100G-PSM4-S OR QSFP-100G-SR4-S
      • N9K-C93180LC-EX-B2 =
        • 2xNexus 93180LC-EX w/ 4x QSFP-100G-PSM4-S OR QSFP-100G-SR4-S  
  • Cisco IT Insights - Migrating Hadoop to ACI
  • ACI + Mirantis 9.1 Plugin NOW AVAILIBLE on CCO 
  • ACI & Youtube
    • ACI F5 integration
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2n9bnPvzGQ
    • Cisco ACI - Creating VRFs and Bridge Domains
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evfsb03CpHk
    • CloudCenter with ACI Use Case Overview
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ab0ptNWx9w
    • Changing the game with Cisco ACI and NetScaler MAS Integration – Customers benefit from full L2-L7 Automation and Native Operational Flexibility
      • http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/changing-the-game-with-cisco-aci-and-netscaler-mas-integration-customers-benefit-from-full-l2-l7-automation-and-native-operational-flexibility
    • Restoring ACI Fabric to Factory Defaults
      • https://supportforums.cisco.com/sites/default/files/attachments/document/files/technote-restoringfabric2factorydefaults_01.pdf
    • Multi-Pod WP
      • http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtualization/application-centric-infrastructure/white-paper-c11-737855.html?cachemode=refresh&dysig_tid=d14f6616b89f4a059ecc6b003cec467e&POSITION=DynamicSignal&REFERRING_SITE=LinkedInh

N9K

• Sales Announcement - 100G Optics Bundles for Nexus 9300EX
  • Introducing 2 pack switch bundles for both Nexus 9K with a choice of 4x100G optical transceivers and 1 pack Nexus 3232 switch bundled with a choice of 8x100G optical transceivers.
    • Multi-mode optics: QSFP-100G-SR4-S $1,995 US list
    • Single-mode optics: QSFP-100G-PSM4-S $1,995 US list
    • Bundle PIDS:
      • N9K-C93180-EX-B24C = $50K
        • 2xNexus 93180YC-EX w/ 4x QSFP-100G-PSM4-S OR QSFP-100G-SR4-S
      • N9K-C93108-EX-B24C = $50K
        • 2xNexus 93108TC-EX w/ 4x QSFP-100G-PSM4-S OR QSFP-100G-SR4-S
      • N9K-C93180LC-EX-B2 =
        • 2xNexus 93180LC-EX w/ 4x QSFP-100G-PSM4-S OR QSFP-100G-SR4-S
    • Breakout Support
      • Ports on N93108TC-EX support dynamic breakout and also from release 7.0(3)i5(1) support QSA adapter on those ports.

Cloud Center

• Cloud Center 4.6.1 released this week.
  • Release Notes : http://docs.cloudcenter.cisco.com/display/CCD46/4.6.1
• Cloud Center & Youtube
  • CloudCenter IT-as-a-Service Use Case Overview
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgm62pI84eg
  • CloudCenter with ACI Use Case Overview
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ab0ptNWx9w
  • Cisco Summit 2016 - Cisco CliQr
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB2vA92f2-c

UCSD

• Equip Your Cloud Management Platform: Integrating UCS Director with ServiceNow
  • https://www.thinkahead.com/blog/equip-your-cloud-management-platform-integrating-ucs-director-with-servicenow/
• Updated UCSD Use Cases
  • https://communities.cisco.com/docs/DOC-56419

ACI/Tetration/CloudCenter/UCSD weekly updates version 2

The content in this blog will be updated weekly by a group of Cisco ACI/Tetration/CloudCenter/UCSD Technical Solution Architects. It will be updated every week on Sunday/Monday.    

Some topics in the email will include a SHAREME! Link.  The SHAREME! Link will point to a pre-positioned message to be tweeted via your personal Twitter account.  Please feel free to repost on other social media outlets. 

ACI/NXOS

• ACI APP Center unleashed - http://www.unleashingit.com/articles/D16A3.aspxSHAREME
• Cisco IT Insights - Migrating Hadoop to ACI https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/enterprise/cisco-on-cisco/i-aci-10312016-migrating-hadoop-to-aci.pdfSHAREME
• Cisco Press - Programming and Automating Cisco Networks: A guide to network programmability and automation in the data center, campus, and WAN - http://www.ciscopress.com/store/programming-and-automating-cisco-networks-a-guide-to-9781587144653SHAREME
• Technical “how to” and use-case videos for ACI. I've recently created a YouTube channel called Cisco ACI and uploaded all the videos there.  Please subscribe to the Cisco ACI channel. - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-U0ud423cfgHls0bV2jxXwSHAREME
• Rapid Threat Containment with APIC - https://youtu.be/zSfDT1-47Hg
• Learn how to automatically quarantine infected workloads in the ACI fabric, using Firepower integration with ACI. Customers can use Firepower family of products (Firepower NGFW(v), FirePOWER services in ASA and NGIPS(v) appliances) with newly released FMC Remediation Module for APIC to block attacks and contain infected workloads.
• APIC software 2.1(1h) on CCO.  Adds Distribute EVPN Type-2 Host Routes features. Very useful to fix asymmetric routing in multi-data center environments.  http://bit.ly/2fuQo02 

CloudCenter

• CloudCenter with ACI Use Case Overview - Cisco Video Portal http://video.cisco.com/detail/videos/cloud-and-systems-management/video/5191545852001/cloudcenter-with-aci-use-case-overviewSHAREME

Tetration

• Tetration Analytics Shines a Light on Your Data Center - http://bit.ly/2eFl7WVSHAREME
• Data Center Visibility on a Whole New Scale - http://www.digitalinnovation.com/reimagine-digital-reality-cisco-tetration-analyticsSHAREME
• Tim Garner Video - Cisco Tetration Analytics Overview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsHiP2uMMII&feature=youtu.be
• Tetration Analytics Shines a Light on Your Data Center 

USCD 

• UCSD + ACI Integration work flows https://communities.cisco.com/docs/DOC-56419?mobileredirect=true
• UCS Programmable Infrastructure.  Unified APIs provide a common interface for Unified and Hyper-Converged UCS deployments. Combine with UCS Director and Cloud Center APIs for complete programmatic access for infrastructure, DevOps and applications developers.  http://bit.ly/2fxorkG

ACI/Tetration/CloudCenter/UCSD weekly updates

The content in this blog will be updated weekly by a group of Cisco ACI/Tetration/CloudCenter/UCSD Technical Solution Architects. It will be updated every week on Sunday/Monday.    

Some topics in the email will include a SHAREME! Link.  The SHAREME! Link will point to a pre-positioned message to be tweeted via your personal Twitter account.  Please feel free to repost on other social media outlets. 

• ACI Integrated with vmware's DVS including ACI micro-segmentation:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpwXbFHnfCc

• Firepower in ACI - NGIPS NICs with Bypass to L1: https://youtu.be/qVFnS9qULHM
• How to clone ACI interface policy groups.  Brandon Beck wrote a simple python script using the acitoolkit. Thought it might be useful. https://github.com/techBeck03/aci/blob/master/acitoolkit/aci-clone-int-policy-group.py
• Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Release 2.0 Design Guide White Paper http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtualization/application-centric-infrastructure/white-paper-c11-737909.html
• Cisco IT Migration to ACI:  http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/white_papers/Cisco_IT_Migration_to_ACI.html
• Tufin and ACI Webinar:  https://goo.gl/9ZGmzE
• Large multi-national security company simplifies network operations with Cisco ACI and Avi Networks solution:
  ]http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/large-multi-national-security-company-simplifies-network-operations-with-cisco-aci-and-avi-networks-solution
  SHAREME!
  
  
• Nginx device package – Thank You Fabrice!  An example of its usage in a lab environment can be found in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLiydsFUOYcThe video is structured describing different steps to use the DevicePacakage: Show the topology using the LB (all devices are VMs in this case)  Show the interfaces of the VM containing the DB.  Launch the agent (https://github.com/FServais/NGINX-Agent) providing a communication entry point for the APIC to push future Nginx configuration to the LB SHAREME

• Youtube:  Cisco Advanced Security in ACI (playlist) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvnemMVdgW1s77HuPk04VWwP47Y8EvlQl

• NXOS team just released 7.0(3)I5(1) and the image is live on CCO.  7.0(3)I5(1) is a major software release with more than 60+ new features.  Some of the key features being introduced in this release are listed below:  http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus9000/sw/7-x/release/notes/70351_nxos_rn.html#_Toc456959075

• Ansible for 9k - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-devel/ucQws_rx0KE

Tetration

• Tech Brief on Cisco Tetration Analytics:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsHiP2uMMII
• Tetration Whitepapers:
• DC Flow Telemetry - Features Comparison - Cisco Cloud Scale ASICs vs Mmerchant ASICs - White Paper
• Tetration - Simulate, Test, & Verify Network Policy in Nearly Real Time - White Paper 
• Behavior-Based Application Insight - Helping You Understand What’s Running in Your DC - White Paper 
• Tetration - Real-Time DC Analytics - Pervasive Visibility - IDC Report
• Tetration - Cisco IT DCs - Visibility & Reduced Security Risk - 70% Less Time & Cost - IDC Report 

CloudCenter

• How To Deploy from Jenkins to Any Data Center or Cloud From Kurt Milne - http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/deploy-from-jenkins
• SHAREME!

• Cloud Field Day – Everything CloudCenter - http://blogs.cisco.com/cloud/cloud-field-day-everything-cloudcenter
• SHAREME!