Deployment Guide

9 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI
3 Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
Cisco ACI is an application focused, software-defined networking solution utilizing both software and
traditional switching hardware. The solution is an overlay on Cisco’s high-performance switches, operating in
an ACI mode managed by a controller. The Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is a
central management appliance that handles policy, visibility, security, and overall network control for the ACI
environment.
Cisco ACI provides the following features within the ACI domain:
• Multi-tenant security
• Microsegmentation
• Application specific policy management
• Network availability and QoS
• Network automation