Cisco ACI or Application Centric Infrastructure DC 2015

Cisco ACI

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/data-center-virtualization/application-centric-infrastructure/index.html

Data Center Solution

SDN Solution : application centric
Provision the network "Infrastructure" physical and Virtual
Interconnect EPG ( End Point Groups or BMS, VM or Container )
Apply policy or Application Network Profile:  allow connection, QoS , Security
Multi-hypervisor:  VMware, ZenServer, KVM, 
North to South Architecture >>> East to West because application/micro-application: container/services more distributer

Elements
Spine

Nexus  9508

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Leaf

Nexus  9396

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3x Controller

Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)

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Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Overview