Cisco ACI vs Sangfor aBOS [EOL] comparison

Cisco ACI automates data center networking, centralizing management and configuration of diverse network environments. It's used for micro-segmentation, replacing legacy networks, and deploying software-defined networking.

Cisco ACI enables seamless integration with cloud platforms and multi-site connectivity. It ensures high availability and redundancy, supports network-centric applications, enhances security, and facilitates agile service implementations across different regions and data centers. The platform offers high throughput, ease of configuration, centralized management, and programmability. Users find value in its single management interface, policy-based routing, Service Graphs, and simplified deployment. Cisco ACI also excels in scalability, automation, low latency, and supports data center expansion efficiently.

• High Throughput: Ensures fast data transmission and network efficiency.
• Ease of Configuration: Simplifies setup and changes to network configurations.
• Centralized Management: Provides a single interface for managing the entire network.
• Micro-Segmentation: Enhances security by isolating network segments.
• Integration with VMware: Seamlessly integrates with VMware environments.
• Scalability: Easily expands to accommodate growing organizational needs.
• Automation Capabilities: Reduces manual tasks through advanced automation.
• Policy-Based Routing: Optimizes network traffic based on set policies.

• Seamless integration with cloud platforms and multi-site connectivity.
• High availability and redundancy ensuring consistent service uptime.
• Enhanced security with micro-segmentation and policy-based control.
• Agility in service implementations across regions and data centers.
• Efficiency in network management with centralized control.

Organizations in industries such as finance, healthcare, and technology implement Cisco ACI to modernize data centers, improve security, and streamline network operations. Its capabilities support expanding infrastructure, integrating with cloud services, and managing complex network architectures with minimal effort.

In reality, branch offices face IT obstacles such as lack of specialized IT personnel and physical space and power resources needed to support traditional datacenter platforms. They expect to be more productive to meet the increasing business needs; they want to be able to quickly set up a light data center and achieve rapid gateway deployment in order to fulfill requirements like securing operating systems, providing fast access and enabling remote office, etc. Sangfor aBOS (the Mini HCI) is specifically designed to cater to this demand. With virtualization technology, it only takes one server to provide Network Function Virtualization (NFV), virtual switch, virtual router and other virtual services through a unified management platform for resource allocation. Inheriting Sangfor’s strength in security and optimization, NFV allows users to deploy vIAM, vAF, vWANO, vSSL and etc. according to their needs.