Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure review
February 08, 2024
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure review
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
Automation and integration of virtual networking via switch app in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure for fiber interconnect.
- Residence
- Flexibility
- Control
- Visibility
- Monitoring
- Recovery
- Autorecovery
- Config validation
- Bug checks against functionality when making changes
- Reduced operating costs
- Simplified network management
- Automated tasks
- Improved resource utilization
LAN, Storage network and compute were already Cisco so we moved from Nexus to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure as natural alignment and simplified the dc operations.
This has saved engineering time and given assurance to businesses of the stability and security control by micro segmentation.
Automating the network helped to simplify operations and business confidence due to its pervasive security and stability.
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
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
We followed the recommendation to get the support from Cisco and reseller, which was pretty much we normally get for all DC infrastructure.
Cisco TAC provided continuous support throughout 12 hours period during our P1 in January 2024. Engineer to engineer handover was smooth and escalation was done in time to pool in all relevant engineers from Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, UCS and Nexus team. This is not very often we experience, but it was great to see Cisco delivering to its promise.