Category Archives: Nexus 9000

Resolution Immediacy and Deployment Immediacy – ACI Master Class

Posted on 2018/08/17 by

When configuring ACI, have you ever wondered what those Resolution Immediacy options [Immediate | On Demand | Pre-provision] and the Deployment Immediacy options [Immediate | On Demand] do? Continue reading →

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Cisco ACI Naming Standards

Posted on 2017/05/19 by

Have you ever wondered what a L3 Out object is, when there no facility to create an object called L3 Out? I managed to solve this and many other ambiguities by developing and adopting a consistent naming standard. Continue reading →

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Cisco ACI Tutorial 4 – The Access Policy Chain – a new “interface range” command

Posted on 2015/12/28 by

The Access Policy Chain – a new “interface range” command Cisco ACI Tutorial – Part 4 Since you no longer have to configure ports on individual switches, but rather configure multiple ports on multiple switches from a central controller, some … Continue reading →

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Cisco ACI Tutorial 3 – Sing a new song for sorting server groups and policy

Posted on 2015/10/03 by

Sing a new song for sorting server groups and policy Cisco ACI Tutorial – Part 3 If you have been responsible for defining groups of servers and devices to which policy can be applied, you have probably used structures called Access … Continue reading →

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Cisco ACI Tutorial 2 – Goodbye to VLANs. Well… not quite

Posted on 2015/09/21 by

I almost always avoid using the Wizard steps because Wizards are magical creatures that are particularly good at hiding information. Continue reading →

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Cisco ACI Tutorial – A Configuration Guide

Posted on 2015/09/21 by

Cisco ACI Tutorial – A Configuration Guide Cisco ACI Tutorial – Part 1 Note: This is the first of a series of at least eight blog posts that I plan to publish over the coming weeks. Make sure you follow … Continue reading →

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