Item: Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Ideal replacement for traditional stretched data centers. Ease of deployment and management by utilizing the APIC controllers.

Pros and Cons

Intent-based networking
Controller-based single pane of glass
The ability to have active-active data centers

Smarter wizard workflows
Simplify policy objects
Ability to make changes to multiple objects at the same time

Return on Investment

Hours saved deploying switches
Hours saved managing the DC network
Programmability to create and deploy at scale

Alternatives Considered

VMware NSX

NSX works well as an overlay technology where ACI in combination with secure workload provide a better overall solution

Scalability

Time is saved by utilizing the API to deploy switches and large-scale policy objects.

Automation

Manual, repetitive tasks are eliminated by utilizing the API to deploy and interrogate the ACI fabric

Key Insights

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

Other Software Used

Cisco Meraki vMX, Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

Likelihood to Recommend

ACI is well suited to replace data center networks that make use of stretched DCI. Also, customers that make use of Cisco SDA have the ability of data center integration using ACI.

Cisco ACI - great choice for the data center of the future

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)