The Story of Cisco ACI

This covers the history of Cisco in the data center, UCS, Nexus 9K, Spine and Leaf, APIC and other things.

[@SuperShidfar]

The best explanation ever! I finally deeply understand APIC , ACI, UCS, F card, M Card,....BIG THANK YOU!

[@scaryfear21]

There was no mention about F/M-cards. Or I missed something? Timecode?

[@NAZAR26]

"if you can't explain it simply you don't understand it well enough" listening to you is the definition of the above sentence; LOVE it thank you sir you are Awesome.

[@borhom2010]

The most powerful way to explain something is exactly what you did John 👍 big thanks for you, and I hope we can see more explanations from you 😊

[@SGTMonty]

This has helped me so much. Thank you! The spine/leaf to fabric/line card comparison will take some of the fears away from my fellow engineers.

[@steenmason]

This is Wonderfully awesome! I really found the ACI to N7K comparison very helpful! Thank you!

[@jazzkolo1582]

Great job! There are so many videos on KZbin that makes it so difficult to understand Cisco ACI unnecessarily. This is a solid video! Thanks

[@NitinJainNoida]

Simply Amazing. Even a layman can understand SDN after watching this.

[@clickandroast]

This is superb explanation. Kudos to the research and the way you presented. A big thank you, John.

[@townman1]

I like the fact that you have the HISTORY of the technology nicely done.

[@kunalsingh4u]

John Swartz your explanation with story make it so easy to understand.

[@mumbaiuser1]

gr8 info John. A must watch.👍

[@moondoggspicoli1583]

Dude!!!! That was AWESOME!!!

[@TheLithGH]

Best explanation and intro into ACI! Thank you!!!! Although, sounds like us "Route/Switch" guys' days are numbered.

[@darrelstrickland6623]

You are soooo correct. Our next evolution is Cloud Architecture and some sort of scripting language such as Python. Any Route/Switch engineer that fails to do so, will have a hard time getting employed in 5 years.

[@TheLithGH]

@@darrelstrickland6623 Thanks for the info, Darrel! I might just get out of this game before then, haha :-)

[@darrelstrickland6623]

@@TheLithGH Nah don't do that. The game is fun. We get to go to work and play with toys. A Cloud Architect is like playing video games. Bruh we get paid to have funnnnnn lol!!!

[@icywiener5421]

What a brillian idea to cover half of the text plane by the speaker's torso...But video is very usefull. Thanks.

[@mukeshnarayanasingh5407]

Wonderfull !! its the best explanation............... Just awesome History till last new

[@mtan5586]

Great explanation ! Thank you !

[@YuzuYuiAngelaAki]

The best explanation i have ever seen. thank you.

[@nimetgokirmak]

It was great explanation! Thank you very much!

[@marcusanthony9342]

John Swartz, thanks to you, I finally understand SDN, ACI, APIC and etc, in a way that I should. You took something that is difficult to explain and made it look easy to understand. I have been tasked with deploying this infrastructure. Is it possible for me to message you privately? Anyhow, I much appreciate the help you have given with this video presentation.

[@gypsyxtreme]

Wonderful explanation...so fantastic

[@syedsarwarhussain7316]

Big thanks sir.......................final place to learn ACI..................

[@NavidDariya]

What a nice history

[@mfonmbatt6235]

Fantastic explanation

[@MrHurpreet]

very good presentation

[@mohammedshoura831]

Perfect

[@kwawesome]

Light Bulb! 🔥

[@dinhomhm]

do we have to be restricted to Leaf-Spine topology ? or we can build 3 tiers topology ?

[@crazyredneck7244]

Why tho?

[@slimaneb2070]

💙

[@iamnotyourbuddyGUY]

Can you teach me about classfull addressing

[@georgesmith3022]

the whole point of SDN was to use open standards like openflow in order to minimize costs. if you buy cisco ACI you are locked in cisco

[@crazyredneck7244]

Exactly. Disaggregation is where it's at.

[@zer001]

Hub's :)

[@johnswartz6004]

Some notes about the catalyst timeline: Crescendo > Catalyst 1200 Kalpana > Catalyst 3000 Madge > Catalyst 1600 Then: Cisco unveils the Catalyst 5000, a modular backbone switch based on technology from 1993’s Crescendo acquisition. Grand Junction > Catalyst 1700, 1900, & 2800