300-620 Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (300-620 DCACI) Exam

Exam overview
This exam tests your knowledge of Cisco switches in ACI mode including:

ACI Fabric Infrastructure
ACI Packet Forwarding
External Network Connectivity
Integrations
ACI Management
ACI Anywhere

Associated certifications:
CCNP Data Center
Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center ACI Implementation

Exam preparation: Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (DCACI)

Exam Description:
Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure v1.0 (DCACI 300-620) is a 90-minute exam that is associated with the CCNP Data Center Certification. This exam tests a candidate’s knowledge of Cisco switches in ACI mode including configuration, implementation, and management.

The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. To better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.

20% 1.0 ACI Fabric Infrastructure
1.1 Describe ACI topology and hardware
1.2 Describe ACI Object Model
1.3 Utilize faults, event record, and audit log
1.4 Describe ACI fabric discovery
1.5 Implement ACI policies
1.5.a access
1.5.b fabric
1.6 Implement ACI logical constructs
1.6.a tenant
1.6.b application profile
1.6.c VRF
1.6.d bridge domain (unicast routing, Layer 2 unknown hardware proxy, ARP flooding)
1.6.e endpoint groups (EPG)
1.6.f contracts (filter, provider, consumer, reverse port filter, VRF enforced)

15% 2.0 ACI Packet Forwarding
2.1 Describe endpoint learning
2.2 Implement bridge domain configuration knob (unicast routing, Layer 2 unknown hardware proxy, ARP flooding)

20% 3.0 External Network Connectivity
3.1 Implement Layer 2 out (STP/MCP basics)
3.2 Implement Layer 3 out (excludes transit routing and VRF route leaking)

15% 4.0 Integrations
4.1 Implement VMware vCenter DVS integration
4.2 Describe resolution immediacy in VMM
4.3 Implement service graph (managed and unmanaged)

20% 5.0 ACI Management
5.1 Implement out-of-band and in-band
5.2 Utilize syslog and snmp services
5.3 Implement configuration backup (snapshot/config import export)
5.4 Implement AAA and RBAC
5.5 Configure an upgrade

10% 6.0 ACI Anywhere
6.1 Describe multipod
6.2 Describe multisite

QUESTION 1
An ACI administrator notices a change in the behavior of the fabric.
Which action must be taken to determine if a human intervention introduced the change?

A. Inspect event records in the APIC UI to see all actions performed by users.
B. Inspect /var/log/audit_messages on the APIC to see a record of all user actions.
C. Inspect audit logs in the APIC UI to see all user events.
D. Inspect the output of show command history in the APIC CLI.

Answer: C

QUESTION 2
An engineer is creating a configuration import policy that must terminate if the imported configuration is
incompatible with the existing system. Which import mode achieves this result?

A. merge
B. atomic
C. best effort
D. replace

Answer: B

QUESTION 3
Which components must be configured for the BGP Route Reflector policy to take effect?

A. spine fabric interface overrides and profiles
B. access policies and profiles
C. pod policy groups and profiles
D. leaf fabric interface overrides and profiles

Answer: A

QUESTION 4
Which type of policy configures the suppression of faults that are generated from a port being down?

A. fault lifecycle assignment
B. event lifecycle assignment
C. fault severity assignment
D. event severity assignment

Answer: C