Welcome to the ACI portion of the Data Center Development repository! This section contains automation scripts and configurations for managing Cisco ACI and Nexus Dashboard environments.

• ansible_aci: Directory for Ansible playbooks and roles specific to ACI automation.

• mso_aci: Scripts and documentation related to Cisco Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) for ACI.

• nexus_dashboard:

  • ansible_nexus_dashboard: Ansible playbooks for Nexus Dashboard automation.
  • ndfc: Scripts and documentation for Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC).
  • ndo: Scripts and documentation for Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO).
  • python_nexus_dashboard: Python scripts for automation tasks related to Nexus Dashboard.
  • terraform_nexus_dashboard: Terraform configurations for Nexus Dashboard.

• python_scripting_aci:

  • aci_cobra_sdk: Scripts utilizing ACI COBRA SDK for automation.
  • aci_toolkit: Scripts utilizing ACI Toolkit for automation.

• terraform_aci: Directory for Terraform configurations specific to Cisco ACI.

For ACI, we will be utilizing the ACI Simulator Always-On sandbox from Cisco DevNet.

Here is the infrastructure of the sandbox:

In addition, DevNet also offers a Reservable ACI Simulator 6.0 sandbox, although we don not make use of it in this repo.

Note: If you want to learn more about ACI, check out these FREE ACI Learning Labs from DevNet.

• You should have an enviornment with ACI running. This could be a physical setup with APIC, a DevNet sandbox, or ACI Simulator software.
• An IDE (e.g. VS Code)

• Navigate to APIC and login with the following credentials:

admin

!v3G@!4@Y

• Observe the APIC:

Once you've stablished connectivity between your local system and the Nexus 9k, you can proceed to the labs in this directory.