Cisco APIC Appliance - Medium Configuration (Upto 1000 EdgePorts)
The infrastructure controller is the main architectural component of the Cisco ACI solution. It is the unified point of automation and management for the Cisco ACI fabric, policy enforcement, and health monitoring. The APIC appliance is a centralized, clustered controller that optimizes performance and unifies operation of physical and virtual environments. The controller manages and operates a scalable multitenant Cisco ACI fabric.
The main features of the controller include:
- Application-centric network policies
- Data-model-based declarative provisioning
- Application and topology monitoring and troubleshooting
- Third-party integration (Layer 4 through Layer 7 [L4-L7) services and VMware vCenter and vShield)
- Image management (spine and leaf)
- Cisco ACI inventory and configuration
- Implementation on a distributed framework across a cluster of appliances
- Health scores for critical managed objects (tenants, application profiles, swi