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Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)

Score7.7 out of 10

183 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)?

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is network virtualization technology.

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Software Defined Network and ACI - a review

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Mitch Kumar (CCIE-DC)View profile
Sr Solutions Architect in Customer Service at Froedtert Health (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We as Cisco Premier Enterprise customer have Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) deployed in our infrastructure for couple of years and we have had a great experience using Software Defined Networking.

Pros

  • EPG
  • Bridge Domain
  • VRF
  • Connecting and policing porta
  • Having unilateral policy across fabrics

Cons

  • Security group policies
  • Micro segmentation
  • Firewall protecting Virtual machines

Return on Investment

  • Very effective ROI
  • Implement once, deploy multiple times
  • Portable resources

Other Software Used

External User Manager for Microsoft Teams

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure review

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Albert Gonzlaez
Senior Systems Engineer in Engineering at MSIC (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Manages datacenter network

Pros

  • Manages OS updates
  • Logs faults
  • One page view of network, visibility

Cons

  • Documentation between OS versions
  • Applying multiple EPGs on a single leaf
  • Policy nesting is not very intuitive

Return on Investment

  • Positive is central management to network infrastructure
  • Positive ease to distribute OS updates
  • Negative is incorporating newer high bandwidth breakout cables

Other Software Used

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure review

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David Patole
Specialist in Information Technology at CA Dept of Transportation (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Manage ACI network and its devices

Pros

  • Friendly GUI/UI
  • Easy hardware setup

Cons

  • Wider places for physical connections

Return on Investment

  • Consolidation of old devices

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure

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ADAM CRANE
Network Engineer in Information Technology at ManTech (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We moved for NXOS to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure when we life cyled out 7Ks and 2Ks with the 9K platform. We are an air gaped install.

Pros

  • Dashboard
  • Faults

Cons

  • It will be nice when AI is brought into this product. This will save a lot of time that is spent researching how to fix issues and keep things running optimally.

Return on Investment

  • I think this help others that our not as experienced find issues sooner than previously.

Other Software Used

Microsoft Access

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure review

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Monica RobertsView profile
Senior Infrastructure and Virtualization Engineer in Information Technology at Deloitte (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure is the epicenter of our on-premise data center network infrastructure. We integrate it with our vCenters using VMM to shape a cohesive virtualization environment.

Pros

  • Configuration of network fabrics
  • Integration with vCenter
  • Monitoring and audit

Cons

  • Could be more verbose during updates

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

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