Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

Cisco ACI, the industry leading software defined networking (SDN) solution enables application agility and data center automation. Customers can build multi-cloud networks with a consistent policy model. With ACI Anywhere, customers have the flexibility to move applications seamlessly without compromising high availability and creating a single fault domain environment. What Cisco ACI offers

• Automate IT workflows and help organizations shorten app deployment from weeks to minutes.
• Open and programmable. Build programmable SDN fabrics leveraging open APIs and over 65 Cisco ACI global partner ecosystems.
• Security and analytics. Secure applications through whitelist model, policy enforcement, and micro-segmentation.
• Workload mobility at scale. Deploy and migrate applications seamlessly across geographies with consistent policy.

Cisco ACI building blocks Cisco Nexus 9000 Series High-performance, low-latency, and power-efficient switches operate in Cisco NX-OS software mode or in Cisco ACI mode. Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) Provides single-click access to all Cisco ACI fabric information, enabling network automation, programmability, and centralized management. Cisco ACI Virtual Edge (AVE) Cisco ACI Virtual Edge is designed to support Cisco ACI architecture. It provides support for ACI application policy model as well as switching capabilities with high performance and throughput. Cisco App Center Collaborate with developers, then publish and monetize innovative apps using Cisco APIC.