Cisco Aci Lab Eve-Ng

Cisco ACI offers a comprehensive, policy-based solution for automating application deployment and managing network infrastructure. It helps reduce operational expenses and improve operational agility. The Cisco ACI fabric is composed of leaf and spine switches that use the Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) architecture and Cisco’s Nexus 9000 Series Switches.

The APIC provides a REST API that can be used to automate the creation, modification, and deletion of network resources. The APIC also provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that can be used to manage the Cisco ACI fabric.

In this lab, you will use the Cisco ACI Simulator to create an application profile and deploy a three-tier application. The application will be composed of a web server, a database server, and a client server. You will use the APIC GUI to create the application profile and deploy the application.

The Cisco ACI Simulator is a virtual machine that runs on top of the VMware vSphere hypervisor. The simulator is pre-configured with the required software and hardware to run the Cisco ACI fabric. The simulator has four 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports that are connected to four virtual switches. The simulator also has two 1 GbE ports that are connected to a virtual router.

In this lab, you will use the following equipment:

• 1 Cisco APIC

• 1 Cisco Nexus 9300v switch

• 3 Cisco Nexus 9000v switches

• 1 VMware vSphere server

• 1 computer with a web browser

Step 1: Connect to the Cisco APIC

In this step, you will use a web browser to connect to the Cisco APIC.

1. Open a web browser and go to https://192.168.10.10.

2. Log in with the following credentials:

• Username: admin

• Password: cisco

Step 2: Create an Application Profile

In this step, you will use the APIC GUI to create an application profile.

1. In the left navigation pane, click Applications.

2. Click the + icon to create a new application profile.

3. Enter the following information:

• Name: Web_App

• Description: Web Application

• Application Type: Three-tier

4. Click Next.

5. Click the + icon to add a new application component.

6. Enter the following information:

• Name: Web_Server

• Component Type: Web Server

• Protocol: TCP

• Port: 80

• IPv4 Address: 10.10.10.10

7. Click OK.

8. Click the + icon to add a new application component.

9. Enter the following information:

• Name: DB_Server

• Component Type: Database Server

• Protocol: TCP

• Port: 3306

• IPv4 Address: 10.10.10.20

10. Click OK.

11. Click the + icon to add a new application component.

12. Enter the following information:

• Name: Client

• Component Type: Client

• Protocol: Any

• Port: Any

• IPv4 Address: 10.10.10.30

13. Click OK.

14. Click Next.

15. Click Finish.

Step 3: Deploy the Application

In this step, you will use the APIC GUI to deploy the application.

1. In the left navigation pane, click Applications.

2. Select the Web_App application profile.

3. Click the Deploy button.

4. Select the following options:

• Destination Fabric: Fabric 1

• Destination Cluster: Cluster 1

• Destination Tenant: Tenant 1

5. Click Deploy.

6. Click the Application Monitor tab.

7. Click the Refresh button to monitor the status of the application deployment.

The application deployment will take a few minutes to complete. Once the deployment is complete, the application will be accessible from the client server.