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Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)

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Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)

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Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)

Automate network provisioning in multi-cloud data centers

The Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Cisco APIC) is the primary architectural component of the Cisco ACI solution. It unifies the automation and management of the Cisco ACI fabric, policy enforcement, and health monitoring. This controller optimizes performance, manages and operates a scalable, multi-tenant Cisco ACI fabric.

Features and functionality

Centralized application-level policy engine for physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure.

Detailed visibility, telemetry and health scores by application and tenant
Designed around open standards and open APIs (sysin)
Implement strong multi-tenant security, quality of service (QoS) and high availability
Integrate with management systems such as VMware, Microsoft and OpenStack
Deploying cloud APIC devices for public cloud environments for Cisco Cloud ACI

Designed for automation, programmability, and centralized management, Cisco APIC provides northbound APIs via XML and JSON. It provides a command line interface (CLI) and a GUI, both of which use APIs to fully manage the fabric.

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Learn how ACI makes application deployment simpler, faster, and more efficient (sysin).

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Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is an architecture that allows applications to programmatically define network requirements. This architecture simplifies, optimizes and accelerates the entire application deployment lifecycle. The Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is the software or operating system that acts as a controller.

Release Notes for 6.0(1g) document describes the features, issues, and limitations of Cisco APIC software. For Cisco NX-OS Software features, issues, and limitations for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches, see Cisco Nexus 9000 ACI Mode Switches Release Notes, Release 16.0(1) .

date	describe
July 13, 2022	Version 6.0(1g) is available.

New software features

feature	describe
Cisco N9K-C93600CD-GX and N9K-C9316D-GX switches support branch ports	Cisco N9K-C93600CD-GX and N9K-C9316D-GX switches now support dynamic and automatic breakout ports. For more information, see Cisco APIC Layer 2 Network Configuration Guide, Release 6.0(x) .
Cisco Nexus 9000 Switch Secure Wipe	Cisco Nexus 9000 switches utilize persistent storage to maintain system software images, switch configurations, software logs, and operational history. Each of these areas can contain user-specific information, such as details about the network architecture and design, as well as potential targeting vectors for potential attackers. The Secure Erase feature enables you to completely erase this information, which you can do when returning a switch using a Return Material Authorization (RMA), upgrading or replacing a switch, or decommissioning a system that has reached the end of its useful life. For more information, see Cisco APIC Getting Started Guide, Release 6.0(x) .
Support BFD on secondary IPv4/IPv6 subnets	Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) is now supported for static routes reachable using secondary IPv4/IPv6 subnets configured on routed interfaces. This feature was originally introduced in version 5.2(4) and is now available in version 6.0. For more information, see Cisco APIC Layer 3 Network Configuration Guide, Release 6.0(x) .
Support for PTP G.8275.1 on remote leaf switch peering links and vPC	You can now use the PTP telecom profile (G.8275.1) on virtual port channels (vPC) and remote leaf switch peering links. For more information, see Cisco APIC System Administration Configuration Guide, Release 6.0(x) .
Support SyncE on vPC and remote leaf switch peering links	You can now use SyncE on vPC and remote leaf switch peering links. For more information, see Cisco APIC System Administration Configuration Guide, Release 6.0(x) .
Transport Layer Security version 1.3 supported	Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.3 is now supported. This feature was originally introduced in version 5.2(5) and is now available in version 6.0.
Weight-based symmetric policy-based redirection (PBR)	In weight-based symmetric policy routing, the weight can be set for the destination (service node) of policy routing based on the capacity of the service node, and the traffic is load-balanced based on the set weight. For more information, see Cisco APIC Layer 4 to Layer 7 Services Deployment Guide, Release 6.0(x) .
Supports user group mapping rules for SAML and OAuth 2	In addition to standard CiscoAVpair-based authentication, external server authentication for SAML and OAuth 2 is based on user group mapping rule information. For more information, see Cisco APIC Security Configuration Guide, Release 6.0(x) .
BGP Autonomous System (AS) Enhancements	Cisco APIC now supports the Remove Private AS option to remove the private autonomous system number from the AS_path in eBGP routes and supports AS-Path matching clauses when creating BGP per-peer route maps. For more information, see Cisco APIC Layer 3 Network Configuration Guide, Release 6.0(x) .
Extended filter entries	Within a SPAN session, you can now configure extended filter entries for a filter group using the APIC GUI, NX-OS style CLI, or REST API. For more information, see Cisco APIC Layer 3 Network Configuration Guide, Release 6.0(x) .
Supports remote pools with subnet masks up to /28	Remote leaf switches now support remote pools with subnet masks up to /28. Previously, remote leaf switches supported remote pools with subnet masks up to /24. For more information, see Cisco APIC Basic Configuration Guide, Release 6.0(x) .

New hardware features

For new hardware features, see Cisco Nexus 9000 ACI Mode Switch Release Notes, Release 16.0(1) .

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Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) Release 6.0(1j)

Baidu network disk link: https://sysin.org/blog/cisco-apic-6/

Release Notes for 6.0(1)

Image	FileName	Release Date	Size
APIC Image for 6.0(1g) Release	aci-apic-dk9.6.0.1g.iso	14-Jul-2022	7293.73 MB
Vapic Image for 6.0(1g) Release	aci-apic-dk9.6.0.1g.ova	14-Jul-2022	7106.67 MB
VRA Image for 6.0(1g) Release	apic-vrealize-6.0.1g.tgz	14-Jul-2022	4.85 MB
VCenter Image for 6.0(1g) Release	vcenter-plugin-6.0.1g.tgz	14-Jul-2022	72.67 MB
APIC Image for 6.0(1j) Release	aci-apic-dk9.6.0.1j.iso	14-Oct-2022	7104.46 MB
Vapic Image for 6.0(1j) Release	aci-apic-dk9.6.0.1j.ova	14-Oct-2022	7286.59 MB

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) Release 6.0(2h)

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Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) Release 6.0(3e)

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