Software Defined Network and ACI - a review
June 16, 2025
Software Defined Network and ACI - a review
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
We as Cisco Premier Enterprise customer have Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) deployed in our infrastructure for couple of years and we have had a great experience using Software Defined Networking.
Pros
- EPG
- Bridge Domain
- VRF
- Connecting and policing porta
- Having unilateral policy across fabrics
Cons
- Security group policies
- Micro segmentation
- Firewall protecting Virtual machines
- Very effective ROI
- Implement once, deploy multiple times
- Portable resources
Every effective
Everything we have wanting to do, has been implemented using ACI. Highly scalable and expanding
Automation is built in within ACI using ReST API and Ansible playbooks.
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
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