Cisco Hardware

Cisco Hardware is an aggregated index of programmable interfaces for managing Cisco network and data center hardware, including routers, switches, wireless access points, data center fabric, and unified computing systems. The index covers Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly DNA Center), Meraki cloud-managed devices, IOS XE RESTCONF, ACI APIC, UCS Manager, and Intersight cloud infrastructure management. Cisco hardware APIs are exposed through Cisco DevNet, with sandboxes available for developers to test integrations against live hardware without owning physical devices.

Cisco Hardware publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, CommandRunner API, Devices API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Hardware, Infrastructure, Networking, Routers, and Switches.

The Cisco Hardware catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Cisco Hardware’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, sandbox, support, and 11 more developer resources.

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49.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

11 APIs

HardwareInfrastructureNetworkingRoutersSwitches

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Composite quality — 49.2/100 · developing

Contract Quality 14.1 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 7.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13

Governance 2.5 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 11

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cisco Hardware Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Sandbox

Sandbox

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Spectral

Spectral

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Code Exchange

Code Exchange

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Learning

Learning

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Community

Community

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cisco-hardware
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cisco-hardware.png
name: Cisco Hardware
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cisco-hardware/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-04-23'
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consumer
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Hardware
- Infrastructure
- Networking
- Routers
- Switches
description: Cisco Hardware is an aggregated index of programmable interfaces for managing Cisco network and data center hardware,
  including routers, switches, wireless access points, data center fabric, and unified computing systems. The index covers
  Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly DNA Center), Meraki cloud-managed devices, IOS XE RESTCONF, ACI APIC, UCS Manager, and Intersight
  cloud infrastructure management. Cisco hardware APIs are exposed through Cisco DevNet, with sandboxes available for developers
  to test integrations against live hardware without owning physical devices.
apis:
- aid: cisco-hardware:catalyst-center-api
  name: Cisco Catalyst Center API
  tags:
  - Automation
  - Catalyst
  - Network Management
  - SDN
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/api/
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://devnetsandbox.cisco.com/
    type: Sandbox
  description: The Cisco Catalyst Center API (formerly Cisco DNA Center) provides programmatic management of Cisco enterprise
    network infrastructure, including discovery, inventory, provisioning, assurance, software image management, and policy.
    Authentication uses a basic-auth token exchange that returns a session token used as the X-Auth-Token header for subsequent
    calls. Responses are JSON.
- aid: cisco-hardware:ios-xe-restconf-api
  name: Cisco IOS XE RESTCONF API
  tags:
  - IOS XE
  - RESTCONF
  - Routers
  - Switches
  - YANG
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/ios-xe/
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/ios-xe/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/YangModels/yang/tree/main/vendor/cisco/xe
    type: YANG Models
  - url: https://devnetsandbox.cisco.com/RM/Topology
    type: Sandbox
  description: The IOS XE RESTCONF API exposes Cisco enterprise routers and switches running IOS XE through a model-driven
    RESTCONF interface that maps directly onto YANG data models. Operations include retrieving device configuration, applying
    configuration changes, and reading operational state. Authentication uses basic auth and payloads are negotiated as JSON
    or XML.
- aid: cisco-hardware:apic-rest-api
  name: Cisco APIC REST API
  tags:
  - ACI
  - APIC
  - Data Center
  - Fabric
  - SDN
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/aci/
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/aci/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/apic-mim-ref/
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://github.com/datacenter/acitoolkit
    type: SDKs
  description: The Cisco APIC REST API manages Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) data center fabric. The API operates
    on the ACI Management Information Model and supports tenants, application profiles, endpoint groups, contracts, and fabric
    infrastructure. Authentication uses login endpoints that return a token cookie used for subsequent object queries and
    configuration changes.
- aid: cisco-hardware:ucs-manager-api
  name: Cisco UCS Manager API
  tags:
  - Compute
  - Data Center
  - Servers
  - UCS
  - XML
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/site/ucs-dev-center/
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/ucs-manager/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/CiscoUcs/ucsmsdk
    type: SDKs
  description: The UCS Manager XML API is the legacy programmatic interface for managing Cisco Unified Computing System blade
    and rack servers. The API uses an XML over HTTPS request-response model targeting the UCS object model and provides endpoints
    for chassis discovery, service profile association, firmware management, and policy configuration.
- aid: cisco-hardware:cisco-hardware-authentication-api
  name: Cisco Hardware Authentication API
  description: The Authentication API from Cisco Hardware — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/
  baseURL: https://api.meraki.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-hardware-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-latest/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api/getting-started/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://intersight.com/apidocs/introduction/overview/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/intersight-python
- aid: cisco-hardware:cisco-hardware-commandrunner-api
  name: Cisco Hardware CommandRunner API
  description: The CommandRunner API from Cisco Hardware — 1 operation(s) for commandrunner.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/
  baseURL: https://api.meraki.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - CommandRunner
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-hardware-commandrunner-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-latest/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api/getting-started/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://intersight.com/apidocs/introduction/overview/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/intersight-python
- aid: cisco-hardware:cisco-hardware-devices-api
  name: Cisco Hardware Devices API
  description: The Devices API from Cisco Hardware — 3 operation(s) for devices.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/
  baseURL: https://api.meraki.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Devices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-hardware-devices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-latest/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api/getting-started/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://intersight.com/apidocs/introduction/overview/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/intersight-python
- aid: cisco-hardware:cisco-hardware-discovery-api
  name: Cisco Hardware Discovery API
  description: The Discovery API from Cisco Hardware — 1 operation(s) for discovery.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/
  baseURL: https://api.meraki.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Discovery
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-hardware-discovery-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-latest/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api/getting-started/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://intersight.com/apidocs/introduction/overview/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/intersight-python
- aid: cisco-hardware:cisco-hardware-network-api
  name: Cisco Hardware Network API
  description: The Network API from Cisco Hardware — 1 operation(s) for network.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/
  baseURL: https://api.meraki.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Network
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-hardware-network-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-latest/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api/getting-started/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://intersight.com/apidocs/introduction/overview/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/intersight-python
- aid: cisco-hardware:cisco-hardware-sites-api
  name: Cisco Hardware Sites API
  description: The Sites API from Cisco Hardware — 1 operation(s) for sites.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/
  baseURL: https://api.meraki.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Sites
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-hardware-sites-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-latest/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api/getting-started/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://intersight.com/apidocs/introduction/overview/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/intersight-python
- aid: cisco-hardware:cisco-hardware-topology-api
  name: Cisco Hardware Topology API
  description: The Topology API from Cisco Hardware — 1 operation(s) for topology.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/
  baseURL: https://api.meraki.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Topology
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-hardware-topology-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-latest/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api/getting-started/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://intersight.com/apidocs/introduction/overview/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/intersight-python
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cisco-hardware-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/cisco-hardware-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cisco-hardware-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cisco-hardware-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://developer.cisco.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://devnetsandbox.cisco.com/
- type: Code Exchange
  url: https://developer.cisco.com/codeexchange/
- type: Learning
  url: https://developer.cisco.com/learning/
- type: Support
  url: https://developer.cisco.com/site/support/
- type: Community
  url: https://community.cisco.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cisco.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/legal/cloud-and-software/end_user_license_agreement.html
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/legal/privacy-full.html
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/cisco-hardware-context.jsonld
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/cisco-hardware-rules.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com