Data Plane "native" (no ACP)
                                          .
+--------+       +----------------+       .        +-------------+
| ACP    |       |ACP Edge Node   |       .        |             |
| Node   |       |                |       v        |             |
|        |-------|...[ACP VRF]....+----------------|             |+
|        |   ^   |.               |                | NOC Device  ||
|        |   .   | .[Data Plane]..+----------------| "NMS hosts" ||
|        |   .   |  [          ]  | .         ^    |             ||
+--------+   .   +----------------+  .        .    +-------------+|
             .                        .       .     +-------------+
             .                        .       .
          Data Plane "native"         .   ACP "native" (unencrypted)
        + ACP auto-negotiated         .   "ACP connect subnet"
          and encrypted               .
                                    ACP connect interface
                                    e.g., "VRF ACP native" (config)