Acknowledgments

We would like to specially thank the technical editors Mioljub Jovanovic and Joe LeBlanc for providing their expert-level technical knowledge in editing the book. Being well-known for their subject matter expertise in Cisco and outside with ACI technology, both of the technical editors paid close attention in reviewing the material and were very blunt in identifying our mistakes and shortcomings; they helped make the content accurate and valuable for readers.

We would also like to acknowledge and appreciate Cisco Data Center Business Unit (DCBU) for the guidance and knowledge sharing. As the owner and developer of ACI, Cisco DCBU has empowered us to learn and excel this technology since the day of its inception, and this helped us successfully finish up this book. Cisco DCBU included us as part of Cisco Tiger Team in learning and developing the initial content of ACI before it was even publicly announced.

Big applause goes out to the production team for this book. James Manly and Christopher Cleveland have been incredibly professional and a pleasure to work with. This book could not have been completed successfully without their constant push and support.

Last but not least, we would like to acknowledge the services and support of our beloved friend and coworker Andy Gossett, whose in-depth technical expertise has not only helped in writing this book but has in general been a great help to Cisco teams and the extended customer base.