ACI Review
Updated February 10, 2026
ACI Review
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
Actually our ACI is only used in an Network Centric mode as a big Layer 2 Switch to extend Network to other Locations and migration point for old Legacy environment.
Pros
- Possiblity to Stretch Workloads to different locations
- Provide the possiblity to achiev some extra Security
- Simplify the deployment and operation of Datacenter Switches
- Single point of glass and as single source of information
Cons
- Providing seamless integration with VMware Hypervisor, as they are Leader in the Market
- Provide more Security feature like Statefull inspection for Contracts
- Improve logging Security relevant informations like Flows
- Simplification
- Saved time during implementation because of the use of API instead of configuring everythin bz hand.
- Provide easy possiblity to scale the size of the Network without a hughe o
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?
No
Did implementation of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) again?
Yes
Using Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
20000 - Datacenter Network
- Simplified Operations
- Programabilitz
- Reliable Network
- Automation towards Virtualization environment
- More Automation
- Automatet operations
- Securing workloads in the Datacenter
Evaluating Cisco ACI and Competitors
Cisco ACI Implementation
- Third-party professional services
Yes - The Design was broken as the Supplier did not follow Best Practice and internal Deisng principals
- Object can not be renamed
Cisco ACI Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Good followup Kept well informed Support cares about my success | Escalation required Need to explain problems multiple times |
Not in the past but for the future
Using Cisco ACI
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Easy to use Well integrated Feel confident using | Slow to learn |
- Automation with Hypervisor
- Creation of new Networks
- Object Model itself
- Relationships in between Object
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