White Papers
- Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Policy-Based Redirect Service Graph Design White Paper 16/Jul/2024
- Cilium and ACI: Modular design for Network Visibility and Load Balancing White Paper 03/Jun/2024
- Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Connectivity to Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Cisco NX-OS and Cisco® Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) Mode
- Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure K8s Design White Paper 19/Jul/2023
- Cisco ACI Contract Guide White Paper 17/Aug/2024
- Cisco Hybrid Multi-Cloud Networking Design Guide
- Understand and Manage ECMP Scale in Cisco ACI White Paper 20/Jul/2023
- Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) design guide
- Cisco ACI Design Guide for Telco Data Center Deployments 01/Oct/2020
- Cisco ACI SR/MPLS Handoff Architecture White Paper 14/Aug/2024
- Cisco ACI Multi-Site Architecture White Paper 10/Aug/2024
- ACI Fabric L3Out Guide
- ACI Fabric Endpoint Learning White Paper 08/Mar/2024
- ACI Multi-Pod White Paper 09/May/2022
- Cisco ACI Multi-Pod and Service Node Integration White Paper 31/May/2022
- Cisco ACI Multi-Site and Service Node Integration White Paper 26/Jun/2024
- Cisco ACI Multi-tier Architecture White Paper 12/Mar/2024
- Cisco ACI Remote Leaf Architecture White Paper 21/Aug/2024New
- Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Multi-Pod Configuration White Paper 21/Sep/2021
- Design Guide to Run VMware NSX-T with Cisco ACI White Paper 16/Sep/2022
- Cisco ACI Multi-Site/Multi-Pod and F5 BIG-IP Design Guide 02/Jun/2023
- Service Graph Design with Cisco ACI (Updated to Cisco APIC Release 5.2) White Paper 26/Jul/2021
- Service Graph Design with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure White Paper for ACI versions 5.1 and earlier 20/Jun/2022
- Cisco ACI and F5 BIG-IP Design Guide White Paper 18/May/2023
Cloud Infrastructure Orchestration & Automation
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Cross-domain Orchestration
Design & Implementation Details
Layer 4-7 Services Integration
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- Enterprise Strategy Group Report: Cisco: ACL Survey (PDF - 899 KB) 27/Apr/2015
- IDC: Cisco ACI Helps Integra Compete in Next-Generation Telecom Services Market (PDF - 454 KB) 24/Sep/2018
- IDC: Optimizing the Datacenter Network for Improved Scalability, Orchestration, and Automation (PDF - 242 KB) 14/Nov/2015
- IDC: Pulsant Delivers Agile and Cost-Effective Hybrid Cloud Services with Cisco ACI (PDF - 371 KB) 24/Sep/2018
- IDC: Symantec Delivering on Its Strategic Vision with Next-Generation Secure Datacenter Powered by Cisco ACI (PDF - 718 KB) 24/Sep/2018
- Lippis Report: Cisco Preps ACI for General Availability: What to Expect (PDF - 1 MB) 09/Sep/2014
- Miercom Report: Cisco Nexus 9516 (PDF - 1 MB) 14/Nov/2015
- ZK Research: An Application-Centric Infrastructure Will Enable Business Agility (PDF - 963 KB) 14/Nov/2015
- ZK Research: Cisco's Data Center Strategy is Built on Openness (PDF - 706 KB) 28/Jul/2015
- ZK Research: Understanding Acquisition Costs of Cisco ACI vs VMware NSX (PDF - 10 MB) 18/Jun/2015
- Cisco ACI and Cisco Secure ADC Design Guide 10/Sep/2021
- Deployment Guide: Radware Alteon Cloud Control Integration for Cisco ACI 31/Aug/2021
- Cisco Secure Automation with Red Hat Ansible Design Guide 06/Jul/2022
Data Sheets and Literature