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Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

Licenses

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).

Software featuresEssentials AdvantagePremier

Fabric management and automation

Inventory management and config, zero-touch provisioning, integrated overlay over IP fabric, API-driven automation, and more

   

Ecosystem

Third-party integration through open APIs, Layer 4-7 service integration, and ACI application center

   

Virtualization

​Integration with workload orchestrators, ​OpenStack integration, and Kubernetes integration

   

Security

Zero-trust policy model, role-based access control, Cisco TrustSec® integration, advanced microsegmentation, and more

   

​​Streaming telemetry and latency​

Cisco NetFlow​, ​Precision Time Protocol (PTP)

   
​​​​​​Distributed ACI fabrics: Multi-pod​   

​​Distributed ACI fabrics: Multi-site​

Connects multiple fabrics with the Cisco Nexus Dashboard

   
​​Distributed ACI fabrics: Physical remote leaf​   

 


Dive deeper into Cisco ACI licensing​

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