#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we'll be talking about ACI with Cisco Technology Evangelist Lauren Malhoit and Cisco Technical Marketing Engineer Carly Stoughton.

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Cisco SMEs
Lauren Malhoit, @malhoit, Cisco Technology Evangelist
Carly Stoughton, _vCarly, Cisco Technical Marketing Engineer

Cisco Champion Guest Hosts
Michael Aossey, @aossey, Solutions Architect
Chris Nickl, @ck_nic, Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Moderator
Lauren Friedman (@Lauren)

Highlights
What is ACI?
Introducing ACI to traditional networkers
Managing virtual and physical environments from one controller
Declarative vs. Imperative models
ACI Policy Model
Nexus 9000 series and ACI

Resources
Video: How Devices Connect to the Fabric: Understanding Cisco ACI Domains
Video: Understanding the Cisco ACI Policy Model
INSBU Website with ACI and Nexus 9000 Information

Transcript
Cisco Champion RadioAs you've moved to biz discussion consult are companies embracing the change?
chris_nicklthe smarter ones yes, but it takes more conversation during the sales cycles. Its easy to sell boxes, its harder to prove value in services.
PriscillaOppThis is kind of a vague question, but can you comment on scalability of ACI?
PerkzillaEnd to end is a big deal
Perkzillawhitelist model is as well....
aossey distributed execution and procs and ASICs outside the compute
chris_nicklmike, if you want to ask the above question around "scalability"
Cisco Champion RadioQ: How do these differentiations tie into the biz conversations you have?
PriscillaOppACI policy model, if I heard this right? Who's out there? Who are they allowed to talk to? What are they allowed to communicate?