ACI Multi-Pod Introduction

• Software Defined Networking Quick Review
• ACI Fabric Quick Review
• ACI Workflows Review
• Evolution of ACI from Single POD to Multi-Cloud
• ACI Multi-Site compared to ACI Multi-Pod
• ACI Requirements for Multi-Pod
• Devices and Licensing
• ACI Multi-Pod Deployment and Configuration Workflow

Inter Pod Network (IPN) Deployment

• Configuring the IPN
• Configuring a VRF instance
• Configuring the OSPF process
• Configuring multicast
• Configuring DHCP relay
• Configuring IPN interfaces for DHCP relay

Configuring Cisco APIC for a Multi-Pod setup

• Configuring Cisco APIC
• Using the Cisco APIC fabric setup script
• Configuring the Multi-Pod setup

Verifying the configuration

•  Verifying fabric membership and topology
•  Verifying the IPN
•  Verifying external TEP interfaces on spine switches
•  Verifying spine MP-BGP EVPN
•  Verifying the COOP database entry

Building dynamic tunnels

• Dynamic tunnel: Same bridge domain and EPG
• Dynamic tunnel: Different bridge domains and EPGs

Configuring the Multi-Pod setup manually

• Configuring the routed-outside interface for EVPN
• Updating the infrastructure interface: external routed
• Configuring fabric membership for Pod2 spine switches
• Creating the routed-outside interface for Pod2

Troubleshooting ACI Multi-Pod

• Data plane troubleshooting
• Control plane troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting scenarios