Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) is fine
February 10, 2026
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) is fine
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
DC Core Infrastructure
Mass deployment of thousands of apps/servers
Mass deployment of thousands of apps/servers
Pros
- Automation use cases
- Deployment time reduction due to policy-model re-use
- Fine GUI
Cons
- Complex object model which really cannot be changed but perhaps could be simplified
- Certain migrations to e.g. new FWs, LBs or Service Graphs are complex and often require Cisco Professional Services help
- Not really newbie friendly, requires extensive study
- Delivery times reduction
- Automation capabilities
Due to Clos fabric redundancy and multiple redundant components of Spine/Leaf devices, uptimes are high. However certain behaviors are not well document and even TAC cannot find the reason for them (e.g. COOP bounce malfunction and others) and are causing troubles from time to time
With Ansible, it did
Without it wasn't really saving time
Without it wasn't really saving time
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?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) again?
Yes
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