APIC-SERVER-G5

The infrastructure controller is the main architectural component of the Cisco ACI solution. It is the unified point of automation and management for the Cisco ACI fabric, policy enforcement, and health monitoring. The APIC appliance is a centralized, clustered controller that optimizes performance and unifies the operation of physical and virtual environments. The controller manages and operates a scalable multitenant Cisco ACI fabric.

The main features of the APIC include the following:

• Application-centric network policies.
• Data-model-based declarative provisioning.
• Application and topology monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Third-party integration; Layer 4 through Layer 7 (L4-L7) services - VMware vCenter and vShield - Microsoft Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), and Azure Pack - Open Virtual Switch (OVS) and OpenStack - Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, Docker Enterprise.
• Image management (spine and leaf).
• Cisco ACI inventory and configuration.
• Implementation on a distributed framework across a cluster of appliances.
• Health scores for critical managed objects (tenants, application profiles, switches, etc.).
• Fault, event, and performance management.
• Isovalent^®Cilium and eBPF integration for end-to-end observability

The controller framework enables broad ecosystem and industry interoperability with Cisco ACI. It enables interoperability between a Cisco ACI environment and management, orchestration, virtualization, and L4-L7 services from a broad range of vendors.

• Fifth-Generation APIC (combined appliance; no medium/large with this generation)
• Processor: AMD 9354P 3.25GHz 280W 32C/256MB cache DDR5 4800MT/s
• Memory: 32GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM 1Rx4 (16Gb)
• Hard Drive: 1.6TB 2.5in U.3 15mm P7450 high-perf high-end NVMe (3X)
• PCI Express (PCIe) slots: Cisco VIC 15425 4x 10/25/50G PCIe C-Series w/secure boot
• Power supply: 1200w AC titanium power supply for Cisco UCS® C-Series rack servers
• Temperature: Operating
• 41°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C) (operating, at sea level, with no fan fail and no CPU throttling, and with turbo mode)
• Temperature: Nonoperating Dry bulb temperature of -40°F to 149°F (-40°C to 65°C)
• Humidity: Operating 8% to 90% noncondensing
• Humidity: Nonoperating 5% to 93% noncondensing
• Altitude: Operating 0 to 10,006 ft (0 to 3050 meters); maximum ambient temperature decreases by 1°C per 300m
• Altitude: Nonoperating 0 to 39,370 ft (12,000m)