> Source: https://docs.nometa.az/v4.8.0/device-panels/apic

# Cisco ACI (APIC)

SAMURAI Networks reads the ACI fabric through the APIC controllers (fabric nodes, tenants, application profiles, EPGs, bridge domains, VRFs, contracts and filters) and resolves endpoints to their owning leaf.

> Open a device from the **Devices** page or the sidebar to reach these tabs.

## Fabric

ACI fabric inventory (spine/leaf switches and APIC controllers) with role, model and reachability.

![Fabric](https://docs.nometa.az/img/05-device-panels/apic/apic-01-fabric.webp)

## Hosts

Endpoints learned by the fabric (fvCEp), resolved to tenant / application-profile / EPG.

![Hosts](https://docs.nometa.az/img/05-device-panels/apic/apic-02-hosts.webp)

## VRFs

VRFs (private networks) and their associations.

![VRFs](https://docs.nometa.az/img/05-device-panels/apic/apic-03-vrfs.webp)

## BDs

Bridge domains and their subnets.

![BDs](https://docs.nometa.az/img/05-device-panels/apic/apic-04-bds.webp)

## EPGs

Endpoint groups, the policy unit endpoints belong to.

![EPGs](https://docs.nometa.az/img/05-device-panels/apic/apic-05-epgs.webp)

## Contracts

Contracts and their consumer/provider EPGs, the ACI access policy.

![Contracts](https://docs.nometa.az/img/05-device-panels/apic/apic-06-contracts.webp)

## App Profiles

Application profiles grouping related EPGs.

![App Profiles](https://docs.nometa.az/img/05-device-panels/apic/apic-07-app-profiles.webp)

## Filters

Filters and entries (protocol/port) referenced by contracts.

![Filters](https://docs.nometa.az/img/05-device-panels/apic/apic-08-filters.webp)

## Changes

Configuration changes for this device, grouped by sync on a timeline. Added, removed and reordered rules render as structured cards (source and destination zones, addresses, applications and services laid out like the rule itself), each attributed to the responsible admin and access method where audit data is available. **Compare** diffs any two snapshots, and **Analyze with AI** explains a change in place when an AI provider is configured.

![Changes](https://docs.nometa.az/img/05-device-panels/apic/apic-10-changes.webp)