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    Cisco ACI

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ACisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is network virtualization technology.N/A
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    Cisco ACI
    Editions & Modules
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    Cisco ACI
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Cisco ACI
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Every effective
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    Individual device management vs centralized management through Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure.
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    None others used
    Incentivized
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    New technology, Scalable
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco ACI
    I've used the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller 9800. I was quite surprised. It was very good to manage access points in a campus network setup that was good. There's a Cisco SD Access solution that I use. I forgot the name of it, to manage also the campus. It was also good. Yeah, …
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    Very competitive in terms of form factor and port density.
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    To manage easily
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    Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure sits well with other stack of Cisco products
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    Chose Cisco ACI
    We have selected Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure compared to Catalyst Switches mainly because of the vPC and Port channel capability. With port channel, it loadbalance the bandwidth. While with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure vPC, they don't have spanning …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco ACI
    Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure is a more mature and proven product in different types of customer data centers. Currently this is the best solution for on-prem or hybrid cloud environments as other products nowhere close to Cisco as feature wise. Though most vendors …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco ACI
    Actually we start our learning in networking career with Cisco. So it is very useful or easier to learn this product. And honestly speaking, I didn't work in any other data center solution other than Cisco. So I cannot compare what it gives us more than other popular stuff. …
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    Chose Cisco ACI
    I have not selected Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure. I only just started working with it. But speaking from a classical networking background, the possibilities are endless.
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    Chose Cisco ACI
    Ease to install and support.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco ACI
    LAN, Storage network and compute were already Cisco so we moved from Nexus to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure as natural alignment and simplified the dc operations.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco ACI
    My management chose after a deep evaluation involving the Cisco account manager and no one else. I was actually quite impressed by Aruba solutions but not in the position to correctly compare.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco ACI
    Moving from Nexus 7k, 5k and 2k platform to a next gen SDN, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure suited our needs very well.
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    We have only Cisco ACI.
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    Chose Cisco ACI
    Cisco ACI is more a complementary solution to separate the underlay and overlay network than VMware NSX.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco ACI
    We use Cisco Nexus Series Switches on Cisco ACI. It helps to make new and easy connections. It will better if we can use Generative Artificial Intelligence with them.. We manage many domains in one place. We manage more than one company’s network, so Cisco ACI is really helpful.
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    Chose Cisco ACI
    Switching from NX OS to ACI OS made configuration easier after initial migration and getting to know ACI principles. There are no L2 loops and configuration mistakes as often as it used to be. There is only one management console, and policies are easily reused. The “Submit” …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco ACI
    The availability and support for Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure is significantly better than that of other options that we have tested/implemented. Some features, however, are significantly more expensive, which at times has driven the need to use other clunkier …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Cisco ACI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (83 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (9 ratings)