Cisco APIC Appliance Medium Configuration | 1,200 Edge Ports — CON-L1NOS-APIC1M42

Keep ACI policy, automation, and fabric operations aligned as your environment grows. The Cisco APIC Appliance Medium Configuration is designed for deployments that need controller capacity for up to 1,200 edge ports, giving network teams a focused control plane for policy definition, endpoint visibility, and day-to-day fabric management. For enterprise infrastructure teams, the value is consistency. Instead of managing policy across isolated devices, APIC provides a centralized model that helps reduce configuration drift and makes operational changes easier to govern. That matters when the network supports critical applications, segmented workloads, and teams that need repeatable outcomes across multiple sites or pods. This appliance fits organizations that have outgrown small-controller footprints but do not need to jump to the largest platform tier. It offers a practical balance of scale and control for mid-to-large ACI environments, helping justify the investment by matching controller capacity to real fabric requirements rather than oversizing for future uncertainty. Use it when policy accuracy, operational visibility, and controlled expansion matter more than raw hardware count. It is built for teams that want a dedicated APIC platform to support disciplined ACI operations at enterprise scale. Ideal For ACI fabric control for mid-sized enterprise data centers Centralized policy management across segmented application environments Operational control for multi-pod or expanding ACI deployments Network governance for teams standardizing configuration across edge ports Why This Product 1 Sized for up to 1,200 edge ports 2 Better fit than entry-level controller footprints 3 Dedicated APIC control plane for ACI operations 4 Matches mid-to-large fabric requirements without oversizing