The solution's initial deployment takes around a couple of days. The more complex part is the solution's ongoing mapping and implementation.

We used an in-house team assisted by some third-party workers.

Deployment timeframe can vary.  We get a chance to deploy the ACI on a quarterly basis.

We deploy this solution for our customers.

The duration and complexity of the deployment can vary significantly based on the chosen approach, whether it's application-centric or network-centric. In the service recognition phase, especially for application-centric deployments, a deeper understanding of the service infrastructure is required. This involves collaboration with the software team to comprehend the service architecture, which can extend the deployment timeline. This approach differs from a more straightforward network-centric implementation where you might only need to convert legacy VLAN and IP contracts to ACI objects. In my experience, building Cisco ACI from the ground up can take anywhere from four months to nearly a year. For instance, if you aim to migrate swiftly to ACI without relying heavily on advanced features like service graphs and PBR, and simply want to establish ACI as the default gateway for servers, the fabric can be set up in as little as three to four months. Certain operations, such as the physical installation of spine switches, can extend the timeline from three to four months up to nearly a year for a complete project.

We implemented it with the help of an integrator.

Sometimes we handle the deployment ourselves, but for the current deployment we are rolling out, we have a system integrator. We have Cisco itself involved. 

Much staff is needed for maintenance. This varies with the work payload. 

We had Cisco support but everything was done internally. 

A partner helped us with Cisco ACI's implementation. 

We implemented this solution in-house.

We used an in-house team to deploy ACI with support from Cisco.

We used Cisco for the initial deployment. Our experience with them was very good. We have had someone on site regularly, which has been really helpful.

We only worked directly with Cisco's IT, and they provide some consultants onsite to help us.

The implementation was completed with Cisco Professional services.

We relied on an engineer who we hired on a contract side but was well versed in a lot of things. He had not done an ACI in deployment. Between him and our dedicated Cisco support engineers, we were able to stand it up without too many issues.

We used Cisco directly and an integrator. We had very good experiences with both of them.

We are the partner and the integrator.

I joined the team after they did the integration, but I know that they bought the starter kit from Cisco. Our company had a lot of issues with the starter kit.

We had training and support from Cisco and live enrollment. It was helpful. We followed the initial implementation strategy. It depends on the application structure, what type of application, and how the applications are combined on-premises. The types of services and the type of payment, AD DNS, are also considerations together with security services and how the communication is going to happen between the app and the native services like AD DNS. 

This requires us to work with the application team and complete our homework. We used Excel on a per-application basis. Using Postman, we upload it in the format. Usually, it's a subnet IP schema.

We used Maticmind, which is an Italian system integrator and Cisco partner. They are very good.

We used Cisco for the deployment.

We deployed it in-house.

We used an integrator for the deployment. 

When we deployed, we were partnered with defense services. We had engineers on site for the couple of tries that we did for the migration. They helped us and managed to solve our issues in the end.

We used a reseller for the deployment.

Cisco did the integration. They are still adding new things and deploying. They are doing a very good job.

We've used a couple of consultants over the last few years. I believe it was BT that helped us with the initial setup, and we're working with Presidio on the upgrade project. As far as I know, the technical support from BT was great. And the people at Presidio know their stuff, they seem to have good plans for where they're going with it. They put together a concrete plan rather than just saying, "Oh, let's just go for it."

We used Cisco services to help with the implementation. They were involved in the design phase but the rest we tried to keep in-house. Our experience with Cisco was that they were very helpful. 

We used Cisco Professional Services for the deployment. They were outstanding, but very expensive.

My company is the integrator for this solution.

We are the integrator and reseller, so the implementation is always excellent and the expertise is superior.

Cisco's partner did the implementation. The experience was great. They came and helped us to do a zero day setup. In a few weeks, we were up and running with the pro console.

We went with a consultant, i.e. a third party vendor: HCL. They're very good.

We took Cisco's help.

To deploy Cisco ACI, we used Advanced Services. Our experience with them was fifty-fifty. It's still so new in Cisco that it was difficult for them. We deployed Tetration at the same time and there were a lot of issues there. The engineer they put on the project was great. 

We handled the implementation in-house.

We are using Cisco professional services, as well as a VAR, to help us with the implementation. In order for us to go live, we have to make sure that our VAR is ready to support that.

We used an integrator to assist us.

We are the integrator for our customers. The installation is straightforward.

Cisco helped us in the beginning.

We used our partner to develop the ACI in our company. They were really good and have good engineers with a good experience.

We used a Cisco partner who was very good, since we didn't know everything about the product from the start.

We had a consultant company help us deploy and it was a good experience.

We used a partner that Cisco recommended to assist us with the implementation. 

We were one of the first implementations, and I think we were used at the lab during our installation. Some of the things that you learn over time were not known, so it could have been done better.

For one of the setups we used Cisco support, which was very helpful. They have a good core team which provided us support. Cisco's team had three people on the ground. Our team consisted of two or three people for the implementation.

We used our own company to deploy the network. 

We are internally integrated. The integration was simple.

We used two integrator reseller consultants for the deployment: SHI and BTA. Our experience with them so far is good. Next time, I would want to work with all of the professional services more together.

We implemented through a partner. I trust our partner, and I trust any of their recommendations and their deployments.

We directly used Cisco Professional Services for our implementation. They are very professional.

Initially, we had Professional Services assist with hour deployment.

We implemented it ourselves. 

The setup was done by a few consultants and us. The consultants were helpful because when we started, we had no idea about Cisco ACI. The experts helped by saying, "Do this and that."

We are the supplier to the customer and the Cisco partner. We are actually doing the implementation, and the customer hired us to do it.

We used a consultant for the deployment. Our experience with the consultant was good.

We used an international company for the deployment. My colleagues were very happy with them. The deployment happened before I joined the company.

We did the deployment.

We have someone coming from Cisco once a week. We ask him questions and he helps us integrate this new technology in our company.

We implemented the solution in-house. I went through the specifications and documentation and then handled it myself.

We use consultants for the deployment, and they were very helpful. They had experience that we didn't.

It was implemented in-house.

We implemented it in-house.

I am the integrator at Accenture.