L3Out
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L3Out is a core Cisco ACI construct that defines and manages external Layer 3 connectivity between the ACI fabric and outside networks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| L3Out canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7836035 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L3Out Context triple: [Cisco ACI, keyAbstraction, L3Out]
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A.
Equinix Fabric
Equinix Fabric is a software-defined interconnection service that enables private, on-demand connectivity between enterprises, cloud providers, and network services within Equinix’s global data center ecosystem.
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B.
Cisco DNA Center
Cisco DNA Center is a centralized, intent-based network management and automation platform for designing, provisioning, monitoring, and securing Cisco enterprise networks.
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C.
SD-WAN
SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) is a networking technology that uses software-based controls to intelligently route traffic across multiple WAN connections, improving performance, reliability, and manageability for distributed networks.
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D.
Cisco vManage
Cisco vManage is a centralized network management and orchestration platform used to configure, monitor, and manage Cisco SD-WAN deployments.
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E.
EVPN
EVPN (Ethernet VPN) is a modern network technology that uses BGP to provide scalable, flexible Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN services over an IP or MPLS backbone.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L3Out Target entity description: L3Out is a core Cisco ACI construct that defines and manages external Layer 3 connectivity between the ACI fabric and outside networks.
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A.
Equinix Fabric
Equinix Fabric is a software-defined interconnection service that enables private, on-demand connectivity between enterprises, cloud providers, and network services within Equinix’s global data center ecosystem.
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B.
Cisco DNA Center
Cisco DNA Center is a centralized, intent-based network management and automation platform for designing, provisioning, monitoring, and securing Cisco enterprise networks.
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C.
SD-WAN
SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) is a networking technology that uses software-based controls to intelligently route traffic across multiple WAN connections, improving performance, reliability, and manageability for distributed networks.
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D.
Cisco vManage
Cisco vManage is a centralized network management and orchestration platform used to configure, monitor, and manage Cisco SD-WAN deployments.
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E.
EVPN
EVPN (Ethernet VPN) is a modern network technology that uses BGP to provide scalable, flexible Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN services over an IP or MPLS backbone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cisco ACI construct
ⓘ
Layer 3 connectivity policy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bridge Domain
ⓘ
External EPG ⓘ VRF ⓘ |
| canUse |
Port-channel interface
ⓘ
Routed physical interface ⓘ SVI (switched virtual interface) ⓘ Sub-interface (dot1q) ⓘ |
| configuredOn | Cisco ACI tenant ⓘ |
| configuredPer | Tenant ⓘ |
| configuredVia |
APIC CLI (bash + moquery)
ⓘ
APIC GUI ⓘ APIC REST API ⓘ
linked to:
REST API
|
| connects |
ACI fabric
ⓘ
outside networks ⓘ |
| controls |
route advertisement to external networks
ⓘ
route import from external networks ⓘ |
| definedIn |
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco ACI
|
| definedInTerminology | External Routed Network ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Cisco ACI configuration guides ⓘ |
| enforces | policy-based connectivity ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Contract association
ⓘ
External EPG ⓘ Logical Interface Profile ⓘ Logical Node Profile ⓘ |
| hasScope | VRF-level routing domain ⓘ |
| operatesAtLayer | Layer 3 ⓘ |
| provides | external Layer 3 connectivity ⓘ |
| relatedTo | ACI contracts ⓘ |
| requires |
Association to a VRF
ⓘ
Routed interface on leaf switch ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
ECMP
ⓘ
Multipod and Multisite connectivity ⓘ Route filtering ⓘ Route summarization ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
BGP
ⓘ
EIGRP ⓘ OSPF ⓘ Static routing ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hybrid cloud connectivity
ⓘ
Inter-tenant communication via external networks ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Internet connectivity
ⓘ
WAN connectivity ⓘ data center interconnectivity ⓘ routing between ACI fabric and external networks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: L3Out Description of subject: L3Out is a core Cisco ACI construct that defines and manages external Layer 3 connectivity between the ACI fabric and outside networks.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.