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Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

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What you should know

The table below lists key features included with Cisco Nexus 9000 switches running Cisco ACI. The product also requires the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC).
  1. Software features
  2. ​Fabric management and automation
    1. Inventory management and config, zero-touch provisioning, integrated overlay over IP fabric, API-driven automation, and more
  3. ​​Ecosystem​
    1. Third-party integration through open APIs, Layer 4-7 service integration, and ACI application center
  4. ​​Virtualization​
    1. ​Integration with workload orchestrators, ​OpenStack integration, and Kubernetes integration
  5. Security
    1. Zero-trust policy model, role-based access control, Cisco TrustSec® integration, advanced microsegmentation, and more
  6. ​​Streaming telemetry and latency​
    1. Cisco NetFlow​, ​Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
  7. ​​​​Distributed ACI fabrics: Multi-pod​​
    1. ​​Distributed ACI fabrics: Multi-site​
      1. Connects multiple fabrics with the Cisco Nexus Dashboard
    2. ​​Distributed ACI fabrics: Physical remote leaf​

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