Application Policy Infrastructure Controller

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The Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is Cisco ACI’s centralized software controller that automates, manages, and monitors application-centric network policies across data center fabrics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cisco ACI component ⓘ
centralized management system ⓘ
network controller ⓘ
policy controller ⓘ
software appliance ⓘ
abbreviation APIC ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cisco APIC ⓘ
linked to: Cisco ACI
architecture cluster of controller nodes ⓘ
configurationInterface Python SDK (via API) ⓘ
RESTful API ⓘ
web-based GUI ⓘ
configurationModel declarative policy model ⓘ
controlsPlane policy and management plane of ACI fabric ⓘ
developer Cisco Systems ⓘ
doesNotForward user data traffic ⓘ
enables centralized firmware management for ACI switches ⓘ
policy-based automation ⓘ
zero-touch fabric provisioning ⓘ
exposes object model for ACI fabric ⓘ
fullName Application Policy Infrastructure Controller ⓘ
highAvailability provided through controller clustering ⓘ
manages Cisco ACI fabric ⓘ
application network profiles ⓘ
bridge domains ⓘ
contracts ⓘ
endpoint groups ⓘ
leaf switches ⓘ
spine switches ⓘ
tenants ⓘ
market data center networking ⓘ
monitors endpoint learning ⓘ
fabric health scores ⓘ
faults and events ⓘ
partOf Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure ⓘ
linked to: Cisco ACI
primaryFunction centralized automation of network policies ⓘ
management of Cisco ACI fabrics ⓘ
monitoring of application-centric network policies ⓘ
policy orchestration ⓘ
provides CLI access ⓘ
GUI dashboard ⓘ
REST API ⓘ
centralized policy repository ⓘ
fabric discovery ⓘ
fabric inventory ⓘ
fault management ⓘ
health monitoring ⓘ
role-based access control ⓘ
statistics collection ⓘ
telemetry ⓘ
securityFeature AAA integration ⓘ
RBAC ⓘ
audit logging ⓘ
supports L2 and L3 networking ⓘ
integration with Kubernetes (via ACI CNI) ⓘ
integration with OpenStack (in some releases) ⓘ
integration with VMware vCenter ⓘ
integration with hypervisors ⓘ
multi-tenant segmentation ⓘ
service graph insertion ⓘ
supportsConcept application-centric networking ⓘ
intent-based networking ⓘ
targetEnvironment enterprise data centers ⓘ
service provider data centers ⓘ
typicalDeployment deployed as three-node cluster ⓘ
usedWith Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches in ACI mode ⓘ
usesProtocol OpFlex ⓘ
vendor Cisco Systems ⓘ

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Cisco ACI → managementPlane → Application Policy Infrastructure Controller ⓘ
Application Policy Infrastructure Controller → fullName → Application Policy Infrastructure Controller ⓘ
OpenDaylight → hasComponent → Group-Based Policy project ⓘ
linked to: Application Policy Infrastructure Controller