Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) review
June 10, 2025

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) review

Albert Gonzlaez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)

In our organization, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) Manages datacenter network

Pros

  • Manages OS updates
  • Logs faults
  • One page view of network, visibility

Cons

  • Documentation between OS versions
  • Applying multiple EPGs on a single leaf
  • Policy nesting is not very intuitive
  • Positive is central management to network infrastructure
  • Positive ease to distribute OS updates
  • Negative is incorporating newer high bandwidth breakout cables
Inter-Pod network to scale network is difficult to configure, needed Cisco professional services
Easily brings new switches into the infrastructure

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?

No

Would you buy Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) again?

Yes

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
I am likely to tell a colleague that I think Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) is Well suited to alert on faults.
I think Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) is Less appropriate to multiple policies needed for diverse end points

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