Item: Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

So mainly this product is for kind of data center solutions. Before using that we were using Cisco devices and non ACI mode. So the main problem was distributed management. Whenever there is some issues we need to manage the device. All the devices log into different devices to kind of do the troubleshooting. So it provide us kind of single plane pane of glass for management and operations. And this is SDN capable as well. So a lot of integration and automation can be done through using this product.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Mainly whenever we have a requirement to do bulk configurations or multiple objects within the data center needs to create or multiple endpoints needs to be connected to the disease. So in a single go we can configure them all.

Cons

Actually we had some issues in past as well in which this multi ACI, whenever we run it into multi-part architecture mode or design. So we have a lot of multicast issues in between. In which endpoints between the data centers in the single EPG or bds, were unable to connect with each other due to that multicasting loops and other stuff. So this is the problem we faced multiple times in the past.

Return on Investment

So obviously because this is the latest product from Cisco and it is kind of very costly, but because we cannot have cost saving and improvement in the same time. So if we are investing costs but quality of this product is very good.

Alternatives Considered

Actually we start our learning in networking career with Cisco. So it is very useful or easier to learn this product. And honestly speaking, I didn't work in any other data center solution other than Cisco. So I cannot compare what it gives us more than other popular stuff. But this is very nice product like from Cisco.

Scalability

Our time saved is whenever there is a major project or new projects are coming in. So during that time we need to meet the deadlines as well, project deadlines. So during that time, these automation stack or automation, this SDN capability of this product is very helpful. So like I already mentioned, we can configure a lot of devices, a lot of servers and points in a single click using the script.

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

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco ACI is well suited for the user environment like we have in which there are kind of the endpoints or servers are in thousands. So for those environment that is well suited but then in small environment it is not very helpful.

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