I almost complete the step-by-step guide in order to build a Cisco SD-WAN Lab using EVE-NG
It contains initial/basic configs for controllers, vedges and legacy devices. Moreover, it includes all the certificates part which is the trickiest IMHO
I'll publish it in a couple of days
Milestone✅
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the people who believed in me from the beginning.
Thank you for the opportunities, reminders and nights spent together.
Thank you to those who supported my growth and to me who always believed.
I’m proud, but still hungry
Site-A
PC-A-1: 192.168.100.10
PC-A-2: 192.168.100.11
Site-B
PC-B-1: 192.168.100.20
Site-A and Site-B are two VLAN BGP EVPN data center fabrics in a multi-site environment. They are managed by NDFC and DCI has been configured manually.
Reachability achieved✅
Yeah, I failed and I don’t want to hide this result. It increases my power and remember me the feeling.
Architecture 92%
Controller deployment 89%
Router deployment 67%
Policies 75%
Security and Quality of Service 89%
Management and Operations 50%
Dear exam, see you in 3 weeks.
Today I want to tell you about a happy ending story.
On August 12 I took and failed the SD-WAN exam with 814/1000
This morning, after 45d of hard work and study, I took the exam and I passed it.
I took all the bad vibes and converted into positive energy.
Thank you all 🙏🏼
Yeah, I failed and I don’t want to hide this result. It increases my power and remember me the feeling.
Architecture 92%
Controller deployment 89%
Router deployment 67%
Policies 75%
Security and Quality of Service 89%
Management and Operations 50%
Dear exam, see you in 3 weeks.
Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX3P
Two are dedicated for Out of band management, two (one already installed) will take part of the ACI fabric for copper connections
I’m extremely honoured, proud and happy to share it with you.👇🏽
For the first time, I’ve been invited to be part of the
#CiscoChampion
community!🥳
This is the first step, more to come!
Thanks to all and hope to see you soon at upcoming events 👋🏽
@CiscoChampion
Good news!🎉 The Ansible playbook works and it now retrieves data from external files!
If you are working with Cisco ACI you know that the EPG propagation to port/PC/vPC is a very annoying and boring task, so I wanted to automate it!
Happy anniversary to me!
I’m not at home so I can’t take a new photo with THE plaque so I just picked it up from my library
I just want to remember this day as always.
6y ago my life changed. The best decision I have ever made.
Datacenter core migration has been successfully completed ✔️
We faced some issues during migration but managed them. Cooperation and collaboration are essential during troubleshooting
Cisco ACI and Terraform
Creation of:
1 Tenant
1 VRF
1 APP Prof
3 EPG -> 3 BD -> 3 Subnets
Sounds great! I've to create a new tenant with 50+ EPG for a customer, here is the way!
Work smart, not harder 💪🏽⏳
when the ping works.... 🥰😍
Created the related network on NDFC and attached to vPCs (SW-A-1 and SW-A-2)
Moreover, I tested also HSRP between the switches and it works!
I'm enjoying NDFC!
What a day!😲
Spoke with friends, vendors and many engineers (SDWAN, ACI and Automation were the main topics)
First
#CiscoLiveEMEA
completed 💪🏽 great experience
Good morning community!💪🏽
It took time, but the post has been finally published🔥
It has been reviewed several times by talented engineers
Please note that the "Prerequisites" is mandatory, if you can not retrieve/download these files the entire guide will be useless for you 1/3
I almost complete the step-by-step guide in order to build a Cisco SD-WAN Lab using EVE-NG
It contains initial/basic configs for controllers, vedges and legacy devices. Moreover, it includes all the certificates part which is the trickiest IMHO
I'll publish it in a couple of days
Cisco ACI EPGs deployment through Postman, 74 EPG deployed to 2 vPC in ca. 25 seconds.
Ok I just saved hours of work, let me use this free time for CCIE DC studies📚
Work smart, not harder!🙏🏽
Happy Monday!👋🏽
#cisco
#programming
#api
#postman
#aci
cool thing:
I am implementing two Direct Connet between two datacenters and AWS.
Both DCs advertise the same prefixes to AWS, but I want to prefer DC1 over DC2 for some prefixes and vice versa for others.
AWS has a default BGP communities to manipulate outbound traffic
In the next few weeks, I'll deploy my first Cisco VXLAN BGP EVPN fabric with NDFC. It's a greenfield solution, I'm excited
In the last three years, I deployed/managed ACI fabrics and standard DC fabrics with NX-OS, never with NDFC (formerly DCNM)
Today it’s not only my birthday, but also my mother’s birthday 🎉
I’m love her and my father, so blessed 🥲🥰
Happy Sunday friends! Hope you have a great day 🎊
I'm going with a Word file for notes, I can easily split the text into chapters and do more things than using Onenote (and also share with peers)
First chapter: Layer 2 Switching on Nexus NX-OS
Where the magic happens...🥰
Officially dismissed the old core, all the physical and logical connections have been moved to Cisco ACI.
From tomorrow we'll start the IPN, POD2 and POD3 installation/deployment
Goodnight 🥳👋🏽
Apparently it’s official now! Thanks to all the community for the support and the open-source materials shared 🥰
View my verified achievement from
@learningatcisco
.
#CiscoLiveEMEA
ok, guys, this is serious..it's impossible, but unfortunately, it isn't.
Environment: EVPN-VXLAN Lab
Issue: Loopback is admin UP but the protocol is down
if I remove the command
-
interface nve1
[no] multisite border-gateway interface loopback100
-
it goes up, suggestions?🤔😅
I'm ready for the CCIE DC journey. This morning, I prepared the timesheet draft and started the INE course (I really missed
@brianmcgahan
so much)
I'm going to track the status and the topics.
For notes, I'll use onenote, but I'm not sure if it's the best tool. Suggestions?
I'm receiving a lot of messages about part2 of the Cisco ACI deployment with Terraform
Guys give me some time to write it 😅🤣The code is ready because I used it in order to deploy a Tenant recently. I need to add some comments to the code and organize the post
Btw, THANKS!
✅ The second article has been published!
The DevNet journey has officially begun! No more procrastination, I promise 😉
Resources: INE, CBT Nuggets and the Official Cert Guide...plus lots of hands-on labs!
👇🏼More information here:
#programming
#blog
2 blog posts are coming:
- Cisco ACI Tearraform - Basic
- Cisco ACI Tearraform - Advanced
I'm not sure about the post’s names.
First one will cover a basic tenant creation
The second one will cover “complex” tenant creation with multiple EPG/BD/APP (iterations)
I have been involved in a new Cisco ACI project, so I decided to write some blog posts about Fabric installation, deployment and configuration!
Today I am publishing the first post in the series, hoping it will be useful to many engineers! 👨💻
#CiscoACI
*premise* : you have all the necessary SFP and cables for both solutions.
Why should I prefer single-homed vs dual-homed? I don't see any advantage here...with single-homed if you lose your parent switch you're fucked, with dual-homed simply don't... Am I missing something?
Good morning Network!👋🏼
I'm happy to announce that I've been selected for the 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱!💥
Thanks
@LearningatCisco
and all the members of this amazing community!
Congrats to all the other winners too!👏🏼
I'm back on Twitter👋🏽
For the past few months I’ve decided to focus on myself and have not been working/posting on blogs,Twitter and LinkedIn
I’ve increased my workouts, lost weight, and met great people. I now feel better both physically and mentally
Ready for tech challenges
Thanks
@CiscoChampion
!
For the second year, I'll be part of this amazing group of experienced engineers with a common passion: technology!
It's a privilege 💪🏽
#CiscoChampion
Today I did a migration with some Test VLANs from legacy to ACI fabric. I love to show the customer some real scenarios before they go live and prepare them all the necessary tests, especially with these "new" technologies.
And LOT of documentation, always!
If you do not specify the vpc ID under port-channel but just type
---
interface port-channel5
vpc
---
It will automatically inherit the port channel ID (5 in this case) reducing the percentage of misconfiguration
Btw, I want to spend a couple of words for my first time at
#CiscoLiveEMEA
.
The event is insane, you can attend several sessions like: Breakout (Q&A part at the end is the key moment), troubleshooting, 1:1 with engineer, Labs and more!
🧵
Good morning network! 👋
I've been very busy lately and this has slowed down the publication of blog posts... BUT in these months I'm preparing for the DCCOR exam (to obtain the CCNP DC and then.... 📷 ) and recently I've focused on VXLAN. 📷 😲
Hey, community!👋🏼
The last weekend I decided to review some automation concepts for Cisco ACI, using Ansible 👨🏼💻
If you work with Cisco ACI, I can bet you hate ACI's static EPG mapping on port/PC/vPC. Come on, don't deny it 😉
Dinner with CCIE
#1410
(Roberto Malatesta)….wtf!!!!! He moved from tech to sales. I’m speechless, it was a great and insightful dinner with such a great man and Expert (capital E).
He also knows my blog!!!!!
So blessed 🥲🙏🏽