Chapter 4

Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)—Integration and Multi-Domain Capabilities

In this chapter, we discuss the following:

  • Cisco ACI overview—ACI Fabric overview, policy model, and forwarding within the ACI fabric

  • Cisco ACI multi-domain integration use cases and implementation details:

    • ACI and SD-Access pairwise integration

    • ACI and SD-WAN pairwise integration

    • ACI and MPLS/SR-MPLS pairwise integration

    • Hybrid cloud ACI integration

  • General practices, guidelines, and limitations around ACI integration with multi-domain networks

Overview

Cisco ACI is a solution that utilizes a software-defined networking (SDN) fabric to cater specifically to data centers and cloud provider environments. It offers a comprehensive solution for network ...

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