Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

Deliver simple and secure network management

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

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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View a demo of Cisco ACI

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

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Red Hat Ansible
Splunk
ServiceNow
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Choose the right software subscription for you

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.

FAQs for Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) is a comprehensive networking solution for data centers. It enables faster innovation and minimizes downtime by simplifying, optimizing, and accelerating infrastructure deployment to expedite application deployment lifecycles.

The Cisco ACI solution consists of two main components: Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series spine and leaf switches for Cisco ACI.

Cisco ACI helps you optimize your network, accelerate multi-cloud, and build protection through business continuity, integrated security features, and consistent security posture at scale.

Yes, common examples include integrations with Cisco Nexus Dashboard, Splunk AppDynamics, Cisco DNA-C/ISE, and Cisco SD-WAN for branch offices (network edge).