Part 2 of the 2-part collection – Campus and Branch Network Management Platforms
In my final weblog, Campus & Branch Network Deployment Flexibility, Part 1, I highlighted digital transformation traits and among the driving forces behind the IT panorama shift we’re seeing right now, corresponding to:
- Network complexity
- The rising variety of units and customers
- Rising cybersecurity threats
- IoT adoption
- Hybrid workspaces
- Cloud migration
These traits influence the best way prospects method community design, deployment, and administration. Cisco has on-premises and cloud deployment options that allow you to simplify community operations whereas reducing your IT prices.
Cisco on-premises deployment choices
For on-premises deployments, lined partly 1, Cisco affords two flavors of community administration platforms to extend visibility into campus or department networks from a single pane of glass:
- Cisco DNA Center bodily equipment provides you the power to deploy a bodily equipment to handle wired and wi-fi networks
- Cisco DNA Center digital equipment for ESXi deployment for on-premises deployment flexibility when you’ve got a virtual-first, on-premises technique.
Now let’s speak about cloud deployment choices.
But first, why cloud?
In half 1 of this weblog, I shared the truth that a number of functions are transferring to the cloud, and many purchasers are embracing the trade’s cloud-first technique. In this weblog half 2, I’ll give attention to Cisco’s cloud deployment choices, particularly cloud-based administration platforms for campus and department networks that may allow you to stay revolutionary whereas transferring to a hybrid cloud world.
With cloud-based deployment choices, now you can deal with the challenges of hybrid work and extra distributed community environments with simplified community administration. You will help tackle essentially the most difficult enterprise use circumstances in a easy, cloud-native manner with the objective of bettering operational effectivity, lowering infrastructure complexity, and enhancing community safety.
Cloud monitoring/administration for Cisco Catalyst merchandise within the Meraki dashboard
Cloud monitoring for Catalyst
Another Catalyst announcement that was made at Cisco Live in Las Vegas in June 2022 was that prospects who at present have Catalyst 9000 collection switches can now onboard them into the Meraki dashboard to achieve visibility, troubleshoot, and reap the benefits of the only pane of glass with a unified cloud-based view. This characteristic is named cloud monitoring for Cisco Catalyst switches. This is yet one more breakthrough innovation to supply our prospects with choices to embrace hybrid cloud options.
Cloud monitoring for Cisco Catalyst switches permits present and new Cisco Catalyst prospects to onboard and monitor Cisco Catalyst 9000 collection switches utilizing the Meraki dashboard. In the Meraki dashboard, prospects can view Cisco Catalyst swap statistics, configuration, and troubleshooting capabilities, and monitor the infrastructure in a single place.
For the second, the Meraki dashboard has read-only entry to the switches, which implies that configuration administration and modifications nonetheless have to be completed utilizing different instruments. The swap IOS XE options corresponding to CLI entry are nonetheless supported and accessible. As of this writing, the next platforms may be monitored within the Meraki dashboard. The minimal really helpful Cisco IOS XE model is 17.3.1 and later:
- Catalyst 9200 collection switches (together with 9200L fashions)
- Catalyst 9300 collection switches (together with 9300L and 9300X fashions)
- Catalyst 9500 collection switches
Monitoring for the remaining platforms corresponding to modular switches in addition to IOS XE wi-fi platforms is on the roadmap.
Cloud administration for Catalyst
Today we assist cloud administration of Cisco Wi-Fi 6E Access Points (APs) by way of twin administration mode. You can handle Cisco Catalyst 9160 collection APs with both Cisco DNA Center or Meraki. Cisco Catalyst 9162, 9164, and 9166 Access Points assist a Cisco DNA mode that allows administration by way of Cisco DNA Center or a Meraki mode that permits administration by way of the Meraki dashboard like some other Meraki MR Access Point. The cloud administration for Catalyst switches characteristic, which can permit full management and configuration modifications of Cisco catalyst switches, is coming quickly. With this characteristic, Cisco Catalyst 9000 collection switches might be appropriate with Meraki MS switches from characteristic parity and functionalities within the Meraki dashboard. Customers will be capable to make configuration modifications on Cisco Catalyst switches as they do with Meraki MS switches.
- Cisco DNA administration mode applies to Catalyst Wi-Fi 6E Access Points with Cisco DNA Software for Wireless licenses and Cisco DNA options.
- Meraki administration mode applies to Catalyst Wi-Fi 6E Access Points utilizing a Meraki license with Meraki options.
Cisco community deployment choices |
Available now |
On the roadmap |
| On-premises administration | ||
| Cisco DNA Center bodily equipment | X | |
| Cisco DNA Center digital equipment for VMWare ESXi | X | |
| Cloud administration | ||
| Cisco DNA Center digital equipment for AWS | X (Early Field Trial) |
|
| Cisco DNA Center digital equipment for Microsoft Azure | X | |
| Cisco DNA Center digital equipment for Google Cloud | X | |
| Cisco Meraki dashboard cloud monitoring for Catalyst switches | X | |
| Cisco Meraki dashboard cloud administration for Catalyst switches | X | |
| Cisco Meraki dashboard cloud administration for Catalyst Wi-Fi 6E Access Points | X | |
| Cisco Meraki dashboard cloud monitoring for Catalyst Wi-Fi | X |
Table 1: A desk summarizing the provision of various administration platforms
Benefits of Meraki cloud monitoring/administration deployments
- Centralized monitoring of Catalyst and Meraki units
- Unified topology view of community units and community system standing
- In-dashboard alerts for swap or port points
- Port-level packet and error counters
- Remote troubleshooting and diagnostics instruments
- Having the power to decide on both Cisco DNA Center or Meraki dashboard as a administration platform
Customers who may favor the Meraki cloud monitoring/administration deployment possibility
- Customers who have already got Meraki platforms; upon refresh, they’ll select to adapt Catalyst switches into their present infrastructure.
- Customers who’re working a hybrid community of Meraki and Catalyst: profit by transferring Catalyst {hardware} into view on the Meraki dashboard with monitoring.
- Catalyst prospects not utilizing Cisco DNA Center because the operational platform: achieve fast worth with cloud monitoring, offering a view of your community from wherever, anytime, providing you with a simple strategy to expertise Meraki dashboard.
- Customers who’ve a cloud-first technique
- Customers with department topology with out central connectivity (WAN)
- Customers with non-IT Catalyst functions corresponding to good buildings and energy over ethernet (PoE) functions
The following articles compile all the pieces you should find out about cloud/administration monitoring for Cisco Catalyst merchandise that will help you get began right now:
In this text, you discovered about cloud-based options now we have accessible for campus and department community administration:
- Cisco DNA Center Virtual Appliance for AWS
- Cloud monitoring and administration for Catalyst merchandise utilizing the Meraki dashboard
You have been in a position to study Cisco DNA Center for AWS deployment, and the way this makes it doable for purchasers to scale and leverage their present cloud environments to proceed to boost their community operations whereas minimizing prices. You additionally discovered about cloud monitoring and cloud administration for Catalyst units to assist prospects who’re adopting a cloud-first technique to have a single pane of glass for his or her community operations.
led by specialists from the Cisco DNA Center enterprise entity crew
Additional Resources:
Innovation on the interior core of Cisco DNA Center
Deployment choices develop with Cisco DNA Center digital equipment
Getting essentially the most out of your community with Cisco DNA Center
Meraki: Getting began with cloud monitoring for Catalyst fast begin information
Meraki: Cloud monitoring overview and FAQ
Witches and Switches: A New Era of Trick-or-Treating
Cisco cloud deployment choices
For cloud deployment flexibility, Cisco affords two community administration platform options:
- Cisco DNA Center digital equipment for Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Meraki dashboard for Catalyst
Cisco DNA Center digital equipment for Amazon Web Service (AWS)
At Cisco Live in Las Vegas in June 2022, Cisco introduced the upcoming Cisco DNA Center digital equipment. For cloud-based deployments, the Cisco DNA Center digital equipment runs on AWS. This deployment will not be a SaaS resolution; the digital equipment is deployed within the buyer’s digital personal cloud (VPC) surroundings, the place all providers are managed by the shopper. The deployment course of takes lower than an hour from begin to end. Cisco DNA Center digital equipment choices in cloud platforms corresponding to Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud are deliberate. Our builders’ crew has labored laborious to embed flexibility for finish customers deploying the digital equipment of the Cisco DNA Center on AWS. Deployments can use a launchpad to automate the set up or a guide mode if the end-user already has a customized AWS surroundings. As of this text, the Cisco DNA Center Virtual Appliance for AWS is at present within the early discipline trial stage. Reach out to your Cisco crew for extra particulars on get began.
Customers who may favor the Cisco DNA Center digital equipment for AWS
• Customers who’ve a cloud-first technique
• Customers who already leverage cloud functions corresponding to AWS
• Customers who’re expert in cloud design and deployments
Cloud monitoring/administration for Cisco Catalyst merchandise within the Meraki dashboard
Cloud monitoring for Catalyst
Another Catalyst announcement that was made at Cisco Live in Las Vegas in June 2022 was that prospects who at present have Catalyst 9000 collection switches can now onboard them into the Meraki dashboard to achieve visibility, troubleshoot, and reap the benefits of the only pane of glass with a unified cloud-based view. This characteristic is named cloud monitoring for Cisco Catalyst switches. This is yet one more breakthrough innovation to supply our prospects with choices to embrace hybrid cloud options.
Cloud monitoring for Cisco Catalyst switches permits present and new Cisco Catalyst prospects to onboard and monitor Cisco Catalyst 9000 collection switches utilizing the Meraki dashboard. In the Meraki dashboard, prospects can view Cisco Catalyst swap statistics, configuration, and troubleshooting capabilities, and monitor the infrastructure in a single place.
For the second, the Meraki dashboard has read-only entry to the switches, which implies that configuration administration and modifications nonetheless have to be completed utilizing different instruments. The swap IOS XE options corresponding to CLI entry are nonetheless supported and accessible. As of this writing, the next platforms may be monitored within the Meraki dashboard. The minimal really helpful Cisco IOS XE model is 17.3.1 and later:
- Catalyst 9200 collection switches (together with 9200L fashions)
- Catalyst 9300 collection switches (together with 9300L and 9300X fashions)
- Catalyst 9500 collection switches
Monitoring for the remaining platforms corresponding to modular switches in addition to IOS XE wi-fi platforms is on the roadmap.
Cloud administration for Catalyst
Today we assist cloud administration of Cisco Wi-Fi 6E Access Points (APs) by way of twin administration mode. You can handle Cisco Catalyst 9160 collection APs with both Cisco DNA Center or Meraki. Cisco Catalyst 9162, 9164, and 9166 Access Points assist a Cisco DNA mode that allows administration by way of Cisco DNA Center or a Meraki mode that permits administration by way of the Meraki dashboard like some other Meraki MR Access Point. The cloud administration for Catalyst switches characteristic, which can permit full management and configuration modifications of Cisco catalyst switches, is coming quickly. With this characteristic, Cisco Catalyst 9000 collection switches might be appropriate with Meraki MS switches from characteristic parity and functionalities within the Meraki dashboard. Customers will be capable to make configuration modifications on Cisco Catalyst switches as they do with Meraki MS switches.
- Cisco DNA administration mode applies to Catalyst Wi-Fi 6E Access Points with Cisco DNA Software for Wireless licenses and Cisco DNA options.
- Meraki administration mode applies to Catalyst Wi-Fi 6E Access Points utilizing a Meraki license with Meraki options.
Cisco community deployment choices |
Available now |
On the roadmap |
| On-premises administration | ||
| Cisco DNA Center bodily equipment | X | |
| Cisco DNA Center digital equipment for VMWare ESXi | X | |
| Cloud administration | ||
| Cisco DNA Center digital equipment for AWS | X (Early Field Trial) |
|
| Cisco DNA Center digital equipment for Microsoft Azure | X | |
| Cisco DNA Center digital equipment for Google Cloud | X | |
| Cisco Meraki dashboard cloud monitoring for Catalyst switches | X | |
| Cisco Meraki dashboard cloud administration for Catalyst switches | X | |
| Cisco Meraki dashboard cloud administration for Catalyst Wi-Fi 6E Access Points | X | |
| Cisco Meraki dashboard cloud monitoring for Catalyst Wi-Fi | X |
Table 1: A desk summarizing the provision of various administration platforms
Benefits of Meraki cloud monitoring/administration deployments
- Centralized monitoring of Catalyst and Meraki units
- Unified topology view of community units and community system standing
- In-dashboard alerts for swap or port points
- Port-level packet and error counters
- Remote troubleshooting and diagnostics instruments
- Having the power to decide on both Cisco DNA Center or Meraki dashboard as a administration platform
Customers who may favor the Meraki cloud monitoring/administration deployment possibility
- Customers who have already got Meraki platforms; upon refresh, they’ll select to adapt Catalyst switches into their present infrastructure.
- Customers who’re working a hybrid community of Meraki and Catalyst: profit by transferring Catalyst {hardware} into view on the Meraki dashboard with monitoring.
- Catalyst prospects not utilizing Cisco DNA Center because the operational platform: achieve fast worth with cloud monitoring, offering a view of your community from wherever, anytime, providing you with a simple strategy to expertise Meraki dashboard.
- Customers who’ve a cloud-first technique
- Customers with department topology with out central connectivity (WAN)
- Customers with non-IT Catalyst functions corresponding to good buildings and energy over ethernet (PoE) functions
The following articles compile all the pieces you should find out about cloud/administration monitoring for Cisco Catalyst merchandise that will help you get began right now:
In this text, you discovered about cloud-based options now we have accessible for campus and department community administration:
- Cisco DNA Center Virtual Appliance for AWS
- Cloud monitoring and administration for Catalyst merchandise utilizing the Meraki dashboard
You have been in a position to study Cisco DNA Center for AWS deployment, and the way this makes it doable for purchasers to scale and leverage their present cloud environments to proceed to boost their community operations whereas minimizing prices. You additionally discovered about cloud monitoring and cloud administration for Catalyst units to assist prospects who’re adopting a cloud-first technique to have a single pane of glass for his or her community operations.
led by specialists from the Cisco DNA Center enterprise entity crew
Additional Resources:
Innovation on the interior core of Cisco DNA Center
Deployment choices develop with Cisco DNA Center digital equipment
Getting essentially the most out of your community with Cisco DNA Center
Meraki: Getting began with cloud monitoring for Catalyst fast begin information
Meraki: Cloud monitoring overview and FAQ
Witches and Switches: A New Era of Trick-or-Treating
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