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Love ACI but needs better troubleshooting and flow tools
February 20, 2021

Love ACI but needs better troubleshooting and flow tools

James Molnar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)

Cisco ACI is being used in our data centers to manage traffic for our commerce applications . It has the virtual API that works with our developers to create and tear down application environments
  • API calls for appdev
  • Targeted routing
  • Microsegmentation
  • Troubleshooting
  • Searching for an IP or DNS name
  • Showing path through ACI for data flows
  • Works well with API calls
  • Internal DC routing is very secure
  • Needs better troubleshooting tools
Provides the basis for ACI to run
Very reliable devices and works well with our environment.
The separation of VLAN traffic has worked very well for us. Finding out what the VLAN is is a bit of a chore. They need to make it easier to show data flows through the environment.
We don't use the zero trust security model... yet.
AWS is similar to ACI and has some nicer features, but they do work well together to provide the hybrid cloud model for redundancy.

Do you think Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) again?

Yes

The API functions very well and once you get the process straight, it can be a scripting boondongle.