vCenter registration and host connectivity

Verify all switches are online, and part of the fabric

Enable route reflectors and assign Autonomous System

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Create fabric policy group and select bgp and ntp policies

Setup vpc between leaf1-leaf4 and leaf2-leaf3

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Create dynamic pool for vcenter

Create vCenter domain. Specify vlan pool, credentials, vcenter address and version. Assign credentials to
vcenter.

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Create switch profile for leaf2 and leaf3

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Create interface selector profile for Srv5 and select interface 1/1

Assign interface selector Srv5 to switch profiles 102 and 103

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Create AEP for Srv5 connection and select domain CCIE-DVS

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Create Access Port policy group for Srv5 interfaces. Select CDP, LLDP policies and AEP

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Assign policy group to interface selector

Tenant App-Db with epg's App and DB Setup

Create app-db tenant with app-db-vrf

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Configure bridged domain app using vrf app-db-vrf. Set default GW and shared between vrf's option.

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Create application profile app-db.

Create epg app and add VMM domain CCIE-DVS

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Connect to vCenter. Verify aci-app vm is connected to port-group app. Test a ping to default gw 10.3.2.1

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Create bridged domain db. Set default GW and shared between vrf's option.

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Create epg db and add VMM domain CCIE-DVS

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Verify aci-db vm settings and ping the default gw.

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Create a contract app-db with filter icmp of common tenant.

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Add app-db provided contract to epg db

Add app-db consumed contract to epg app

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Test a ping from aci-app vm to aci-db vm

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Tenant ASAv with asav appliance

Create tenant ASAv with vrf asa

Create bridged domain Inside and Outside

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Create application profile ASAv

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Create epg ASA-inside with bridge domain inside

Assign domain CCIE-DVS

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Create epg ASA-Outside with bridge domain outside

Assign domain CCIE-DVS

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Test SSH to asav virtual machine 10.1.1.229 to make sure it is accessible

Deploy ASAv under L4-L7 Devices

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Create Function Profile Group FP

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Create Service Function Profile under FP group. Set routed mode. Set external address and internal
address.

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Under Access List create new entry for icmp. Set the order number and action permit. Set protocol
number 1 (ICMP).

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Create Service Graph Template

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Deploy Service Graph Template

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SSH to ASAv and make sure ip addresses and access list are applied

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Check the CCIE-DVS switch under vcenter. You will notice that after appying asav template there are 2
additional port groups ASAVctx...

Connect ASAv virtual machine to port-groups inside and outside which correspond to epg inside and
outside. Verify Secure VM is connected to port-group inside. Verify Unsecure VM is connecte to port-
group outside.

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Connect to secure vm and ping internal interface of asav.

Connect to unsecure vm and ping external interface of asav

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Ping between unsecure and secure vm's

Connecting a host via FEX

Create static vlan pool to be used by SRV3 connection

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Create physical domain SRV3-VPC using static pool

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Create AEP SRV3-VPC for SRV3 connection. Don't select any interfaces at this point

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Create SRV3-VPC interface policy group for SRV3 connections using SRV3-VPC AEP. Make sure to use
static port channel under Port Channel Policy

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Create fex profile 102 with fex access port policy group

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Add Interface Selector SRV3 to FEX102 using interface 1/1 and policy group SRV3-VPC

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Create FEX103 profile similar to FEX102

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Assign FEX102 interface selector to leaf102 and create fex interface profile

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Assign FEX103 interface selector to leaf103 and create fex interface profile

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If FEX's are powered on you should see fabric extenders detected under inventory, and interfaces on
SRV3 virtual switch should come online

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Create tenant web with vrf web-vrf

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Create bridge domain web-bd

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Create application profile web

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Create epg web and assign bridge domain web-bd

Add physical domain SRV3-VPC

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Check vlan number used to encapsulate web traffic on vcenter, and deploy static vpc binding with the
correct vlan encapsulation

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Configure epg subnet and enable Advertise Externally and Shared Between VRF's options

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Test pinging from web vm to default gw

Communication between Tenants Web and App

Create filter that will permit ping

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Create contract web-app of scope global using web ping filter created earlier

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Export the contract to tenant app-db

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Add provided contract under epg web

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Add consumed contract interface of the exported contract under epg app

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Test ping between web and app vm's

L3Out OSPF

Create external routed domain for web l3 out

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Create AEP web-l3-out using l3 out domain. Don't assign any interfaces yet.

Create web-l3-out interface policy group for VPC using the AEP created earlier. Create and use LACP
active port-channel policy

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Create switch profile for leaf101

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Create interface profile for interface on leaf101 using policy group configured earlier

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Add interface selector profile to leaf 101 switch profile

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Create switch profile for leaf 104

Create interface profile for interface 1/12 of switch 104 using policy group configured earlier

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Assign interface selector profile to leaf 104 switch profile

Under tenant web, created external routed ospf network

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Create logical node profile

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Create logical interface profile using svi interface option

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Create and assign ospf interface profile using broadcast option

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Configure external network

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Verify ospf neighbors are detected

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Assign l3 out domain to web dridge domain

Create contract web-l3-ping permitting icmp

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Assign consumed contract to external network

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Assign provided contract to epg web

Inspect ospf routing table on the outside device

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Test ping between the router and the web vm

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L3Out via common Tenant

Create tenant dci with vrf-dci

Create bridge domain dci and use vrf-dci

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Add subnet to bridge domain

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Create application profile dci

Create epg dci and associate with dridge domain dci

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Add VMM domain

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Verify DCI VM is connected to port group dci and ping the subnet assigned earlier

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Create dci-l3out external routed domain and assign static vlan pool

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Create dci-l3out aep and associate with dci-l3out domain. Don't assign any interfaces yet

Create dci-l3out vpc policy group with dci-l3out aep and make port channel active

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Create interface profile for leaf101 interface 1/5. Add interface selector for interface 1/5 and assign
policy group dci-l3out

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Create interface profile for leaf104 interface 1/13. Add interface selector for interface 1/13 and assign
policy group dci-l3out

Add interface selector profile to leaf101 switch profile

Add interface selector profile to leaf104 switch profile

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Under tenant common create vrf dci-vrf

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Create external routed network

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Create node profile

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Add logical interface profile with SVI virtual port-channel

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Check bgp parameters on the external device; note the address and as number

Add bgp peer connectivity profile to svi interface

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Add external network

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Inspect contract and filter. Change scope to global.

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Assign contract to external network

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Check bgp neighbors being discovered on the external device

Add consumed contract under tenant dci epg

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Check bgp routes on the external device

Test connection between vm and external device

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L2Out Configuration

Create static vlan pool for dci-otv

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Create physical domain using static pool

Create AEP using the previously create domain. Don't assign any interfaces.

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Create access port policy group with previously created aep

Create interface profile for interface 1/14 using policy group created above

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Assign interface selector to switch 104

Add domain dci-otv to aep SRV3-VPC in order to permit vlan100 towards SRV3

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Add domain dci-otv and SRV3-VPC to epg dci

Add static binding for 1/14 of leaf104 and for SRV3 vpc connection with encapsulation vlan-100

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Verify dci vm connectivity to the virtual switch and vlan 100 encapsulation

Send a ping to svi100 from the vm

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