Cisco ACI & VXLAN/EVPN — Data Center Fabric Deployment

About the Course

Master end-to-end Cisco ACI and VXLAN/EVPN fabric engineering — from Day 0 design to Day 2 operations. This hands-on course covers the ACI policy model, EPG/Contract design, multi-pod and multi-site architectures, VXLAN BGP-EVPN underlay/overlay configurations, and Nexus 9K provisioning. Delivered by engineers who have deployed production ACI fabrics across enterprise and government clients.

You Will be Able to know:

By the end of this course, you will have production-ready skills in Cisco ACI & VXLAN/EVPN. You will be confident designing, deploying, and troubleshooting real-world enterprise network environments.

• Design and deploy Cisco ACI fabric with EPGs, BDs, VRFs, and Contract policies

• Implement VXLAN BGP-EVPN underlay and overlay for scalable data center fabrics

• Configure multi-pod and multi-site ACI deployments for geographic redundancy

• Integrate bare-metal, VMware, and Kubernetes workloads with ACI VMM domain

• Perform Day 2 operations — health scores, fault isolation, and fabric upgrades

Prerequisite:

• CCNP-level understanding of routing, switching, and data center fundamentals

• Familiarity with Nexus NX-OS CLI and basic data center topologies

• Understanding of virtualization concepts (VMware vCenter, hypervisors) is helpful

Who Is This Course For?

• Network engineers responsible for enterprise data center design and operations

• Infrastructure architects planning ACI or VXLAN/EVPN migration projects

• Engineers preparing for the Cisco DCACI (300-620) certification exam

Certification Alignment

Prepares for Cisco DCACI (300-620)