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If VXLAN is the engine, ACI is the autonomous driving system.

For large fabrics, NDFC provides a GUI to deploy VXLAN EVPN. It handles the tedious part (loopback IP assignments, BGP ASN allocation) automatically. If VXLAN is the engine, ACI is the autonomous driving system

Found primarily in the Nexus 7000 Series , VDCs allow a single physical switch to be partitioned into multiple logical entities, each with its own management and control plane. Key Pillars of Next-Gen Data Center Architectures If VXLAN is the engine