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Cisco ACI Pre-Migration – How to Run Legacy L2 Checks?
Learn how to audit the essential ACI pre-migration Layer-2 checks to perform on the legacy switches to eliminate stability risks before migrating to Cisco ACI.
Building an Ansible Playbook for Cisco ACI Automation
Master the structural anatomy of an Ansible playbook for Cisco ACI automation. Learn how to confidently write playbooks for ACI fabric in less than 15 mins.
YAML Essentials: Cisco ACI Automation with Ansible (7 mins)
Master the foundational YAML syntax rules needed to build error-free Ansible playbooks for Cisco ACI. Learn YAML essentials to drive modern data center infrastructure-as-code.
BGP MED: Inbound Traffic Engineering (NX-OS Lab)
Learn how to configure and verify BGP MED (Multi-Exit Discriminator) on Cisco Nexus switches to safely engineer inbound data center traffic paths.
BGP AS-Path for Inbound & Outbound Traffic Engineering
Master BGP AS-Path engineering on Cisco Nexus switches. Learn how to leverage AS-Path length to control both inbound and outbound data center traffic.
BGP Local Pref: Outbound Traffic Engineering (NX-OS Lab)
Control how traffic leaves your data center fabric through multiple upstream BGP routers by using BGP Local Pref as the path attribute.
Cisco ACI Transit Routing: Step-by-Step Lab Guide
Stop struggling with L3Out export route control. Learn how to turn your Cisco ACI fabric into a transit network with this step-by-step lab.
IS-IS Overview: The Easy Way to Get Started
Stop letting IS-IS intimidate you. If you already know OSPF, you are halfway to mastering the “hidden engine” of the modern Data Centers. In this IS-IS overview video, I break…
[Quick Tip] Cisco ACI CLI Aliases: Stop Typing Long Names!
Stop typing long variable names in ACI show commands. In this 50-second quick tip, I show you how to use Cisco ACI CLI Aliases to fix that.
