Cisco ACI is the way!
June 08, 2023
Cisco ACI is the way!
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
We have moved all our internal infrastructure to Cisco ACI platform. We use it support our internal and external applications, for clients peering with us externally, either through direct connect or VPN.
The main business problem this has addressed for us is latency within our network through the mesh topology.
It has also helped make manageability of our network much easier through the GUI and API. ACI has also enabled us to have much better visibility on faults (such as BGP peers going down or links going down) so we can respond much faster to any issues.
The main business problem this has addressed for us is latency within our network through the mesh topology.
It has also helped make manageability of our network much easier through the GUI and API. ACI has also enabled us to have much better visibility on faults (such as BGP peers going down or links going down) so we can respond much faster to any issues.
- Network Zoning through contacts / Easily isolating endpoints even within the same subnets
- Managability through either the GUI or through Automation via the API helps reduce time for implementing changes
- SLA - with Cisco ACI mesh topology we have multiple redundant paths within our network and 1 link going down won't even be noticed
- viewing contract drops within ACI , there should be a better interface to check this
- Reduced time to implement changes
- less mistakes when implementing changes
- Easier rollback
- Fabric
was not as good
With Cisco ACI it is incredibly easy to spin up a new application within any existing environment on the fly, this can be done with Anisble and this was you can easily standardize all your settings for each application
with the robust API you can script ANYTHING that you can do in the GUI and it is a much more efficient way to push config
Do you think Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
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