Cisco ACI Concepts and Features | Why Cisco ACI Matters | What is Cisco ACI Trying to Accomplish?

*FREE IT certification study plans:* https://training.cbt.gg/h08 CBT Nuggets trainer Jeff Kish introduces the concept of Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure), and why it makes sense. One way to describe ACI is to call it Cisco's SDN solution for the data center space, but what exactly does that mean, and what is it trying to accomplish? Jeff answers those questions and more. All new courses are available on our new Adept platform, for current CBT Nuggets subscribers: https://training.cbt.gg/0cx 00:00 — Modern Data Centers 00:31 — Spine-leaf architecture 02:08 — VXLAN 02:47 — SDN (Software Defined Networking) 04:32 — What does Programmability allow us to do? 05:47 — Controller based architecture 06:32 — Intent based networking/Policy based networking 08:55 — ACI, what are we trying to accomplish? 09:52 — Cisco ACI, bringing it all together and what its doing for us 10:56 — Abstracting 11:30 — Vendor Lock-in 14:50 — Recap of ACI benefits 👉 👉 Watch the entire ACI Fundamentals course: https://training.cbt.gg/mep *Not a CBT Nuggets subscriber? Sign up for a FREE trial today:* https://training.cbt.gg/sbp ----------------- Connect with CBT Nuggets for the latest in IT training: • LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cbt-nuggets • X - https://twitter.com/CBTNuggets • Instagram - https://instagram.com/CBTNuggets • Facebook - https://facebook.com/CBTNuggets #networkadmin #datacenter #cisco #cloud #sdn #spanningtree #automation #python #restapi #ittraining #itprofessional #itcertifications #ittutorial #networking #adept #cbtnuggets