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Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

Deliver simple and secure network management

Make your network agile. Radically simplify, secure, automate, and accelerate your network deployment.

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Reduce complexity. Boost business.

Get consistent, agile connectivity

Simplify operations with policy-driven connectivity to accelerate secure and consistent deployment.

Cisco APIC inventory dashboard

Protect your business

Stay protected with Cisco ACI zero-trust security, automated policies, and hybrid mesh firewall integration for business continuity.

Cisco APIC fabric topology dashboard

Streamline your path to automation

Scale with seamless connectivity for any workload using automated, centralized policy management and dynamic network provisioning.

Cisco ACI view of APJC-TME-ACI-FAB1 journey

Access detailed analytics 

With Cisco Nexus Dashboard, you can configure, operate, and analyze everything connected to your data center—all from one place.

Cisco Nexus Dashboard welcome screen

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Simplify, protect, and accelerate with Cisco ACI

Watch this quick demo to see key features of Cisco ACI and learn how you can simplify your IT infrastructure and operations.

Get more for your network by optimizing with trusted integrations

HashiCorp

Red Hat Ansible

Splunk

ServiceNow

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Cisco ACI

Networking Essentials

For single data center. Includes Cisco ACI management and operations capabilities.

Cisco ACI

Networking Advantage

For multiple data centers and/or clouds. Includes advanced capabilities in addition to Networking Essentials.

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Cisco ACI

Networking Premier

For multiple data centers and/or clouds. Includes Essentials and Advantage as well as insights and orchestration capabilities.

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Integrating cloud and data centers seamlessly

"Our customers are asking for hybrid cloud, co-location, network-as-a-service, and other infrastructure capabilities. Cisco ACI is the solution that integrates data center fabrics with cloud infrastructures," says Durmus. "With our new network, we have the agility and flexibility to offer every type of data center service."

Mehmet Durmus, Data Center Network Manager

Turkcell

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Advancing healthcare innovation and saving millions

"Cisco ACI will enable us to nimbly support a broad mix of users, applications, devices, and partners," says Hull, "and it will also help us with HIPAA compliance, security, backup, and disaster recovery."

Thomas Hull, Sr. Vice President and CIO

Kaleida Health

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 Explore the world’s first cloud-native mobile network

"Our Cisco ACI network is one of the largest data center fabrics in the world," says Ryota Mibu, Vice Division Manager of the cloud platform at Rakuten Mobile. "It's the 'nerve center' that provides connectivity between our subscribers and mobile services."

Ryota Mibu, Vice Division Manager, Cloud Platform

Rakuten Mobile

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 Creating a new, sustainable business model

"It's too tedious and time-consuming to manage tenant environments individually," says Ester. "We're using the multitenancy and microsegmentation features of Cisco ACI to drive operational consistency and efficiency, while maintaining full isolation and protection of each client environment."

Vladimir Ester, CTO and Co-founder

ClusterPower

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Simplify your network

Innovate, automate, and secure your network faster. Get a brief overview of Cisco ACI.

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