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Introduction to Application Centric Infrastructure Lab v1

Last Updated: 17-JANUARY-2016 dCloud: The Cisco Demo Cloud

About This Lab

This lab does not include a standard Cisco dCloud User Guide. The lab environment includes a WalkMe interactive tutorial that
guides users through a series of scenarios. To proceed with the WalkMe lab, follow the steps in the Get Started section.

The WalkMe lab includes the following modules:

Building the ACI Fabric

Creating a Tenant

Creating Contracts and Filters

Creating a 3-Tier Application

Integrating ACI with VMware vCenter

Requirements
The table below outlines the requirements for this preconfigured demonstration.

Table 1. Demonstration Requirements

Required Optional

Laptop Cisco AnyConnect

About This Cisco Solution

The Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Cisco APIC) is the unifying point of automation and management for
the Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) fabric. The Cisco APIC provides centralized access to all fabric
information, optimizes the application lifecycle for scale and performance, supporting flexible application provisioning across
physical and virtual resources.

For additional information, visit www.cisco.com/go/apic.

Topology
This demonstration contains preconfigured users and components to illustrate the scripted scenarios and features of this solution.
All information needed to access the demonstration components, is located in the Topology and Servers menus of your active
demonstration.

Topology Menu. Click on any server in the topology and a popup window will appear with available server options.

Servers Menu. Click on or next to any server name to display the available server options and credentials.

Figure 1 shows the virtual demonstration topology, which consists of the follow ing virtual machines:

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Active Directory 2012 R2

VMware Virtual Center Server 6.0 Appliance

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APIC Simulator version 2.1(1h) includes Spine 1 and Spine 2, Leaf 1 and Leaf 2, APIC1, APIC2 and APIC3

VMware ESXi 6.0u2 Host 1 and Host 2

EMC vVNXe Storage Appliance

Cisco Unified Computing System Platform Emulator 3.1.(2b)

Cisco UCS Director 6.0.1.0

Linux Tools Repository (RHEL 7)

Windows 10 Workstation

Figure 1. Demonstration Topology

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Get Started
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BEFORE DEMONSTRATING

We strongly recommend that you go through this process at least once, before presenting in front of a live audience. This will allow
you to become familiar with the structure of the document and the demonstration.

PREPARATION IS KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL CUSTOMER PRESENTATION.

Follow the steps to schedule a session of the content and configure your presentation environment.

1. Browse to dcloud.cisco.com, select the location closest to you, and log in with your Cisco.com credentials.

2. Schedule a session. [Show Me How]

3. Register and configure your router if this is the first time you will use the router with dCloud. [Show Me How]

4. Test your connection. [Show Me How]

5. Verify that the status of your session is Active in My Dashboard > My Sessions.

NOTE: It may take up to 20 minutes for your session to become active.

6. Click View to open the active session.

7. For best performance, connect to the workstation with Cisco AnyConnect VPN [Show Me How] and the local RDP client on
your laptop [Show Me How]

Workstation 1: 198.18.133.36, (dcloud\demouser/C1sco12345)

NOTE: You can also connect to the workstation using the Cisco dCloud Remote Desktop client [Show Me How]. The dCloud
Remote Desktop client works best for accessing an active session with minimal interaction.

8. The fabric discovery is automatically started at demo setup. Double-click the APIC Login icon and login
(admin/C1sco12345/Advanced).

9. Because the ACI fabric hasnt been discovered yet, an error will appear on the top of the UI window. This can be ignored, but
if you log out and log in after completing module 1 (when the 3 controllers are fully discovered) the error will disappear.

Figure 2. Error

10. Examine the APIC dashboard, which includes several elements of the WalkMe tutorial.

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Figure 3. APIC Dashboard with WalkMe

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11. Click the Lab Agenda button to see the scenarios available in the demonstration. The available scenarios, in the order they
should be performed, are:

Building the ACI Fabric

Creating a Tenant

Creating Contracts and Filters

Creatinga 3-Tier Application

Integrating ACI with VMware vCenter

12. Click the Start button for the Building the ACI Fabric scenario.

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Figure 4. Click Start

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13. Click the Module titles in order to be guided through the steps to build the ACI Fabric.

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Figure 5. Click the Module Title

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14. Module 1 of each scenario is an overview, that is not interactive. Clik Next through each screen.

Figure 6. Click Next Through Overview Screens

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15. At the end of each module, the starter screen for the next module pops up. Click Get Started to begin.

Figure 7. Get Started

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