[c-nsp] N7K ACI Support

[salman sadiq]

Hi Andy,
           This is really good information. Did they expound on the
differences and similarities between the two? Or can you direct me to any
document which compares ACI and DFA?

BR
Salman


On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Andy Bourges <andy-lists at bourges.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tuesday 18 March 2014 08:57:18 salman sadiq wrote:
> >              We are finalizing our data-center design but the
> announcement
> > of N9k has put us in a fix. Although ACI enabled LPs are still not
> > available but the question remains whether to go for the tried and tested
> > N7k series or wait for the ACI capable N9K. Could anyone please comment
> on
> > the availability of ACI support on the 7700 platform? Any recommended
> > readings explaining the road map if it is going to be available at all?
>
> ...at ciscolive in milan they stated that only n9k will (currently)
> support ACI. Nexus 7k/6k/5k will
> go for DFA :( This was one of the most irritating things at cisco-live -
> no clear strategy for the
> new datacenter, but competing ACI and DFA :(
>
> DFA looked to be a bit closer than ACI, though...
>
>
> regards,
>
> Andreas
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