https://community.netapp.com/t5/FlexPod-Discussions/Are-there-special-tools-or-information-available-for-deploying-FlexPod-with-ACI/m-p/93641#M135 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:27:05 GMT AggieLandry 2025-06-05T05:27:05Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/FlexPod-Discussions/Are-there-special-tools-or-information-available-for-deploying-FlexPod-with-ACI/m-p/93641#M135 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:27:05 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/FlexPod-Discussions/Are-there-special-tools-or-information-available-for-deploying-FlexPod-with-ACI/m-p/93641#M135 AggieLandry 2025-06-05T05:27:05Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/FlexPod-Discussions/Are-there-special-tools-or-information-available-for-deploying-FlexPod-with-ACI/m-p/94203#M138 <P>Thanks for another good ACI question! &nbsp;We have a recently published validated design document specifically for customers to deploy FlexPod with ACI: FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 5.1 Update 1 and Cisco Nexus 9000 Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Design Guide. The document is <A href="http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi51u1_n9k_aci_design.pdf" target="_blank">available online here</A>. &nbsp;An accompanying Deployment guide will be out by Oct 31. &nbsp;And other guides for deploying applications on top of ACI are being published, for Microsoft <A href="http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/sharepoint2013_aci_flexpod_vmware.pdf" target="_self">Sharepoint</A>, Exchange and SQL Server. &nbsp; In addition, customers and deployment partners can use the tools they are familiar with for deploying FlexPod including the Guided Solution Sizing tool within the <A href="https://solution.netapp.com/" target="_blank">Solution Builder</A>, and the <A href="https://fieldportal.netapp.com/configadvisor.aspx#139861" target="_blank">Config Advisor</A> for helping ensure the health, availability and optimal performance of the deployed FlexPod system.</P> Wed, 22 Oct 2014 20:01:43 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/FlexPod-Discussions/Are-there-special-tools-or-information-available-for-deploying-FlexPod-with-ACI/m-p/94203#M138 mharding 2014-10-22T20:01:43Z