What Cisco Aci

is

Cisco ACI is built on a standards-based, leaf-spine architecture that uses industry-standard Ethernet and IP protocols. The Cisco ACI controller is a centralized, programmable element that abstracts and automates network configuration and policy enforcement, eliminating manual configuration tasks and reducing operational errors.

Cisco ACI uses an application-focused policy model that enables granular control of application traffic flows. Policies are defined once and applied consistently across physical and virtual resources, making it easy to provision and manage complex application environments.

Cisco ACI provides a rich set of application-aware networking capabilities, including:

-Application-centric policy model -Application visibility and control -Application performance monitoring -Application-aware security -Multi-tenancy -Network virtualization

Cisco ACI is designed to work with a wide range of Cisco and third-party physical and virtual network devices, making it easy to integrate into existing data center environments.