Cisco ACI Reviews

We use it in our data center.

The security component is its most valuable feature.

I would like to see more integration with other Cisco products.

It is a very stable product.

I deployed it in a small environment (a lab), so I cannot comment on scalability.

Going from legacy data center stuff to Cisco ACI, I saw the value it could offer the company that I was working with.

The initial setup was a bit complex. ACI was just out at that time, and there wasn't support at that time. This was the first year it came out. The support and deployments in Africa weren't considerable and resources were a problem. I am from South Africa. So, it was something that we taught ourselves.

There is support for it now. 

It was implemented in-house.

We did not see ROI since this was in a lab.

Get more support from Cisco, as far as the product's concerned. Training is a must.

We use ACI with Nexus 9000 in multi-tenancy scenarios.

We can support multiple VDRs of multiple branch offices at same physical location in the same infrastructure.

It offers multitenancy. The opportunity to install it on the same platform with a huge amount of customers.

It needs more features for integrating with third-party vendors.

The product's stability is quite good.

The scalability's capabilities are very good for our needs.

Our initial setup was complex because we have a very complex scenario. We had to put in place a tricky solution in order to support all of our customers' needs. However, we feel confident that it is a good solution for our needs.

We implemented it in-house.

Leverage the multi-tenant functionalities. We have been quite satisfied with the implementation.

It is installed in the data center, and it works well.

We see it is faster, but still needs improvements.

The flexibility that you can install it everywhere.

It needs more integration with public clouds, like Azure and AWS.

There are some setup issues that need fixing.

The stability is good, but it is not the best. New releases keep coming out all the time.

The scalability is perfect. It is one of the main reasons that we install it.

It is standard Cisco technical support. We have not experienced any specific issues nor benefits.

We are a consultancy company. It was mainly the customer who decided to go with Cisco ACI. The decision, however, was based on the benefits from an investment perspective.

The initial setup wasn't straightforward. We experienced some issues.

I am the integrator at Accenture.

You need a lab to start the test phase before going to production.