Cisco ACI SDN Review
April 30, 2021

Cisco ACI SDN Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)

As a service consultant and system implementation engineer, ACI is being used to migrate legacy WAN networks to this new SDN architecture. It scales out faster and gives more agility for migrating networks. ACI will also allow faster deployment of greenfield implementations
  • Network segmentation
  • Future-proofing network
  • Speed to implementation
  • SDN architectures are constantly evolving so there's a need to upgrade constantly
  • Some legacy architecture features are still in process of being brought in to ACI
  • Support can be difficult due to changes
  • better cost per port
  • better cost per switch
  • lower power consumption
have looked at other SDN but ACI is fastest and easiest to implement

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?

Yes

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

Yes

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

Yes

Better scaling, lower power consumption, modular and standalone configurations

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) Reliability

Scaling depends on the type of hardware chosen, design considerations and future-proofing if that is taken as a factor
Fastest and lower cost on a per-port basis
Configurability of ports and switches