Overview
The Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Cisco APIC) is the unifying point of automation and management for the Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) fabric. The Cisco APIC provides centralized access to all fabric information, optimizes the application lifecycle for scale and performance, and supports flexible application provisioning across physical and virtual resources.
  • Centralized application-level policy engine for physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures
  • Detailed visibility, telemetry, and health scores by application and by tenant
  • Designed around open standards and open APIs
  • Robust implementation of multi-tenant security, quality of service (QoS), and high availability
  • Integration with management systems such as VMware, Microsoft, and OpenStack