Summary
The Cisco ACI solution allows you to use standard Layer 3 technologies to connect to external networks. These external networks can be Layer 3 connections to an existing network, WAN routers, firewalls, mainframes, or any other Layer 3 device.
This chapter covered the following topics:
L3 physical connectivity considerations
Static and supported routing protocols
Access control in and out of the fabric through the use of contracts
Multitenant routing considerations
WAN integration
Quality of Service
Multicast best-practice recommendations
No matter what you are connecting to, ACI has the ability to provide reliable and high-performance connectivity to meet simple or complex application and data center needs.