Cisco ACI is great for scalability
February 05, 2024
Cisco ACI is great for scalability
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) is used as L2 infrastructure mainly. DR site connectivity, scalability, administration.
- Adding a new Switch
- Configuring a port.
- Separating control and data from traffic plane
- Easy deployment of EPG/VLAN
- No STP
- Policy reusable.
- TEP pool exhaustion.
- Upgrade process tends to be unpredictable.
- Reduced time spent on L2 configurations
- Network uniformation
- One mgmt console
Switching from NX OS to ACI OS made configuration easier after initial migration and getting to know ACI principles. There are no L2 loops and configuration mistakes as often as it used to be. There is only one management console, and policies are easily reused. The “Submit” option when making changes made an administrator's life less stressful compared to typical CLI NX OS configuration.
Cisco ACI's automation features have helped a lot. They are especially doing the migration from the NX OS to ACI OS. Also, having ACI helps reduce repetitive tasks, and once written, the script is used by multiple administrators Who do not necessarily need to be aware of the code used. Overall, ACI helped a lot in that sense.
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