Schmidt C. ACI Advanced Monitoring and Troubleshooting 2021

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ACI Advanced Monitoring and Troubleshooting provides a solid conceptual foundation and in-depth technical knowledge for monitoring and troubleshooting virtually any problem encountered during testing, deployment, or operation of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) infrastructure. Authored by leading ACI support experts at Cisco, it covers all you’ll need to keep your ACI deployment working optimally. Coverage includes:
- Core ACI concepts and components, including Nexus 9000 Series platforms, APIC controllers, and protocols
- In-depth insight into ACI’s policy model
- ACI fabric design options: single and multiple data centers, stretched vs. multiple fabrics, and multi-pod/multi-site
- Automation, orchestration, and the cloud in ACI environments
- ACI topology and hardware/software specifications
- End host and network connectivity
- VMM integration
- Network management configuration, including SNMP, AAA, and SPAN
- Monitoring ACI fabrics and health
- Getting immediate results through the NX-OS command line interface
- Troubleshooting use cases: fabric discovery, APIC, management access, contracts, external connectivity, leaf/spine connectivity, end-host connectivity, VMM problems, ACI multi-pod/multi-site problems, and more