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Former NSA Cyber Director on the Emerging AI Threat Landscape

AI-powered nation-state cyber threats have entered a new phase. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT's Head of National Security and Critical Infrastructure Madison Horn joins former NSA Director Rob Joyce to break down what's changed and why business leaders should be paying close attention.
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•1:55
•Jan 13, 2026

MP-BGP EVPN VXLAN for the beginner

The article below covers VXLAN encapsulation and how MP-BGP is used to learn and forward layer two and layer three traffic across the encapsulation. To better understand the content, we recommended that readers have prior knowledge of BGP and the MP-BGP routing protocol. For those unfamiliar with these concepts, we suggest reading our foundational learning path's "MP-BGP for the beginner" article beforehand. It's important to note that MP-BGP EVPN VXLAN may initially seem intimidating, but this beginner's guide will clearly understand how it works. It's a technology that has gained popularity over the last few years, with many companies adopting it.
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•Apr 23, 2025

Network Engineering Foundations

This Learning Series covers the fundamentals of network engineering. Through hands-on labs and real-world examples, you will develop the practical skills necessary to build and maintain robust networks. It is perfect for aspiring network engineers, IT professionals, or anyone interested in understanding the backbone of today's interconnected world.
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6 Steps to Understanding Cisco ACI

When understood, these six concepts will help anyone new to ACI to understand a more detailed technical discussion.
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•Jul 28, 2025

Cisco ACI Fundamentals Lab Part 1

This lab is the Cisco ACI Fundamentals Lab Part 1, and after completion, the student can launch Cisco ACI Fundamentals Lab Part 2 to complete the entire lab. The lab uses the ACI virtual simulator based on ACI Version 6.1(3f), emulating an APIC, 2 leafs, and a spine. Part 2 uses a shared physical ACI fabric to complete the policy and verify data plane connectivity. The ACI Virtual Simulator was needed to demo the building of the ACI fabric from scratch, bootstrapping the APIC, adding the spine and leafs, fabric discovery, and completing VMM integration. Since the Cisco ACI Fundamentals Lab, Part 2 is a shared on-demand environment, to decouple the APIC build process from the APIC policy creation. Due to limitations, the virtual ACI fabric is a control plane-only simulator, and no data plane testing (Ping, SSH) can get done for validation. Cisco ACI Fundamentals Lab Part 2 uses a Tenant inside of a physical ACI, and data plane functionality can get tested ( Ping, SSH)
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Intent Based Networking with Juniper Apstra

This lab will enable a student to build a basic Multi-Site fabric using Apstra for complete end-to-end connectivity.
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Partner POV | Ask EDA: AIOps built for network engineers

What if your network could talk? What if troubleshooting didn't mean wading through CLI outputs and dashboards? What if network alarms could explain themselves? Nokia Event-Driven Automation (EDA) is turning these questions into real features. We just announced an AIOps-driven future for data center networking, and the future is bright for network teams.
Partner Contribution
•Jan 23, 2026

ASAv integration in Cisco ACI using PBR Service Graph redirection Lab

The goal of this lab is to show how policy-based redirection to a L4-7 device can be used with a single bridge domain needed for Cisco ACI fabrics. The use of a single bridge domain and single PBR redirection is known as "one-armed mode."
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Cisco vFTD integration in ACI using PBR Service Graph redirection Lab

The goal of this lab is to show how policy-based redirection to a L4-7 device can be used with a single bridge domain needed for Application Centric (ACI) fabrics. The use of a single bridge domain and single PBR redirection is known as "one -armed mode."
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Cisco ACI Segmentation Migration Lab

Over the past few years many customers deploying ACI have opted for using the "Network-Centric" approach for implementing their ACI installations. Customers who no want to migrate to a Application-Centric approach often find their workloads are spread across multiple subnets, and grouping them by application is difficult. This lab provides a technique on how to make this migration simpler
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Cisco ACI: Fabric & Hypervisor Setup

This is part 1 of our ACI fundamentals training, with Part 2, "Cisco ACI: Tenant & Fabric Connectivity," as the next step in the series. Cisco's APIC functions like a switch supervisor, configuring the fabric as if it were a single switch. The Spine/Leaf fabric discovery and self-assembly occur seamlessly, similar to plugging in the supervisor (APIC), fabric module (Spine), and blades(Leafs). This Learning Path delves into ACI's discovery process, fabric construction, and its extension to hypervisors via VMM integration, thereby expanding ACI control to the hypervisors' vSwitch. Part 2 will dive deeper into configurations that are applied to designate ports as access, trunk, or L3 ports.
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Arista EVPN VXLAN 101 Lab

This Arista MP-BGP EVPN Lab provides exposure to the new technology and capabilities of the products used. This lab introduces the Arista Cloud Vision Portal(CVP) and introduces students to the basics of building the VXLAN L3LS Underlay, MP-BGP overlay, MLAG, Asymmetric and Symmetric IRB, and eternal L2/L3 connectivity. It also provides an in-depth look at Arista Cloud Vision Portal(CVP) and how to use it for day 0,1 building and day 2 operations. 3 VXLAN EVPN scenarios based on best practices from the Arista design guides, ACE3 course material, Arista TAC support the Arista EOS forum posts. There are many different ways to create an Arista-based VXLAN EVPN fabric; these labs present a migration phase from a standard 3 tier VLAN and SVI-based network to a VXLAN fabric, Then the fabric changes to using Asymmetrical IRB and Symmetrical IRB. BGP routing is the underlay, overlay and connectivity to the remote data center under migration.
Foundations Lab
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Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1 Platform

Cisco has long led the development of standalone tools for data center networking, collectively known as the Day 2 Operations Suite. Recently, these tools have begun converging into a single unified platform called NEXUS Dashboard, which delivers a consolidated interface and shared data repositories to improve application correlation. This learning path is designed for administrators responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of the NEXUS Dashboard platform. It includes videos and a hands-on lab covering the essential tasks a typical administrator must perform. We'll explore what's new in NEXUS Dashboard 4.1, how to configure management-network routing, set up syslog, integrate remote NFS and SFTP storage and perform backups. We'll also walk through creating users and roles, and configuring Intersight. Finally, we will deploy an ACI simulator and onboard the ACI fabrics into the NEXUS Dashboard environment.
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NetBrain Essentials for Network Operators

This NetBrain Learning Path is a guided, hands-on journey that teaches network teams how to use NetBrain to build an always-current network digital twin, automate troubleshooting, standardize configuration and compliance through assessments with features such as intents, runbooks, scheduling, and dashboards.
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Cisco's 2026 agenda prioritizes AI-ready infrastructure, connectivity

World Wide Technology recently published its IT infrastructure Modernization Priorities for 2026 report, which reinforced that the rise of AI has heightened the importance of IT modernization. Cisco's wide-ranging partnership with NVIDIA reinforces its plans to promote that kind of modernization.
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•Jan 14, 2026

Former NSA Cyber Director on the Emerging AI Threat Landscape

AI-powered nation-state cyber threats have entered a new phase. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT's Head of National Security and Critical Infrastructure Madison Horn joins former NSA Director Rob Joyce to break down what's changed and why business leaders should be paying close attention.
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•Jan 13, 2026

Cisco LAN Switching Configuration Lab

This configuration workbook lab aims to equip learners with a solid understanding of Cisco Layer Two switching technologies. Participants will learn to configure and manage VLANs, trunk links, port channels, and Spanning Tree Protocol, while also exploring additional features like DTP and Port Security. By the end, learners will be able to validate their configurations, ensuring effective implementation of these technologies in real-world networking environments.
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Quantum Systems: A Beginners' Guide for Classical Engineers (Part I)

Quantum systems are not mystical black boxes, but rather rigorously structured architectures with familiar analogs. This note provides a foundation for quantum computing using concepts familiar to classical engineers, x86 architects and network professionals. It maps qubits, quantum gates and qubit connectivity graphs into well-known ideas such as transistors, instruction sets and data center fabrics, making quantum systems easier to understand without diluting the physics.
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•Jan 13, 2026

Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1: VXLAN EVPN Fabric Deployment

Nexus Dashboard provides a centralized platform to simplify the deployment, management, and extension of VXLAN EVPN fabrics. In this hands-on lab, you will start by onboarding devices, then configure vPCs, VRFs, and networks to enable segmentation and tenant connectivity. You'll also implement external route advertisement, route leaking between VRFs, and explore the roles of Border Gateways versus Border Gateway Spines. Finally, you'll integrate multiple fabrics into a Multi-Site Domain, building a scalable, distributed architecture. This lab demonstrates the value of Nexus Dashboard in providing centralized visibility, streamlining operations, and simplifying complex fabric management across sites.
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Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1: VXLAN EVPN Fabric Deployment

This learning path introduces you to deploying and operating VXLAN EVPN fabrics using Cisco Nexus Dashboard as a centralized orchestration and automation platform. You'll begin by onboarding and preparing your Nexus switches, then progress into core fabric configuration, including vPCs, VRFs, and networks to support segmentation and tenant connectivity. Next, you'll implement external route advertisement and route leaking to enable inter-VRF communication, while examining how Border Gateways and Border Gateway Spines function within the fabric. The path concludes with integrating multiple fabrics into a Multi-Site Domain, giving you hands-on experience building a scalable, distributed architecture. Throughout the journey, you'll see how Nexus Dashboard delivers unified visibility, streamlined workflows, and simplified end-to-end management across fabrics and sites.
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Optical Data Center Interconnect (DCI) Briefing

Optical Data Center Interconnect (DCI) is a widely deployed architecture that provides high density, layer 1 connectivity between two physically disperse locations. Traditionally, most enterprise network operators lease these services from various service providers, paying a monthly recurring fee based on size and quantity of circuits. Though leased circuits have their benefits, deploying your own DCI network has become a very popular option amongst network operators of all sizes. Cost savings, flexibility of bandwidth growth, security and operational control are some of the reasons driving operators to deploy their own DCI system.
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Optical Data Center Interconnect: Connecting Your Data Centers With Private DWDM Technology

Optical Data Center Interconnect (DCI) provides a cost saving, high density, flexible alternative to leased circuits for connecting geographically separated data centers.
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•Jan 7, 2026

Partner POV | Building AI-ready resilient networks with serial consoles

In an era of AI-driven workloads and hybrid cloud systems, serial consoles emerge as vital tools for IT resilience. Offering secure remote access and streamlined management, they ensure uninterrupted connectivity and enhanced security, even during network outages.
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•Jan 6, 2026

Inside the AI Factory: Why Cisco Believes Security Will Define Our AI Future

Cisco's Nicolas Sagnes and World Wide Technology's Bob Watson outline why the next generation of AI infrastructure must be engineered as a secure, observable, full-stack system — and why enterprises relying on pilots risk falling behind.
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•1:45
•Dec 15, 2025

Partner POV | Intel, Cisco Collaboration Delivers Industry's First Systems Approach for AI Workloads at the Edge

Cisco Unified Edge with Intel Xeon 6 delivers a future-ready AI infrastructure, boosting performance and security while reducing network traffic through real-time inferencing at the data source.
Partner Contribution
•Dec 9, 2025

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