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J. JanovicCisco ACI: Zero to Herohttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8838-2_3

3. Fabric Initialization and Management

Jan Janovic1  
(1)
Prague, Czech Republic
 

After two mainly theoretical chapters about ACI concepts and components, you will finally get to practice this new knowledge. My goal for this chapter is to help you deploy the ACI fabric with a best practice configuration and optimize it for maximal durability, all with an emphasis on troubleshooting tools and verification commands available for effective issue resolution. You will start with a switch conversion to ACI mode, the APIC cluster initialization for either single or multi fabric deployment, ...

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