IADNCA: Implementing and Administering DNA Center for Assurance v2.0
Cisco DNA Center is an open, extensible platform for streamlining IT workflows and greater business innovation.Cisco DNA Assurance, which is the main component of Cisco DNA Center covered by this training, provides a comprehensive solution to assure better and consistent service levels to meet growing business demands. Assurance addresses not just reactive network monitoring and troubleshooting, but also the proactive and predictive aspects of running the network, ensuring client, application, and service performance. Assurance is a multipurpose, real-time, network data collection and analytics engine that can significantly increase the business potential of network data.
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What's Included
- Official Cisco courseware
- Remote lab access
Prerequisites
- Practical network and LAN or WAN management experience
- Cisco Inter-network Operating System (IOS) concepts
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Know and understand Cisco DNA Center concepts, features, benefits, role, terminology and the way this solution innovates common administrative tasks on today's networks
- Be familiar with workflow approach in DNA Center, DNA Center dashboard and its 4 Steps: Design, Policy, Provision and Assurance
- List, describe and use the tools provided by Cisco DNA Center
- Prepare, Install and Setup a Cisco DNA Center Appliance
- Use DNA Center for network discovery, design and provision telemetry profiles
- Realize the concepts, benefits and capabilities of DNA Center Assurance
- Implement Assurance Services on Cisco DNA Center
- Use DNA Center to monitor, troubleshoot and assure network, client and applications health
- Use DNA Center to Integrate with ThousandEyes and Umbrella
- Use DNA Center to for AI and Analytics and Machine Learning (ML)
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center Assurance
- Introduction to DNA Center
- System Architecture
- Key Features and Use Cases
- Introduction to Cisco ISE and DNAC-ISE integration
Module 2: Design
- Network design options
- Sites
- Creating Enterprise and Sites Hierarchy
- Configuring General Network Settings
- Loading maps into the GUI
- IP Address Management
- Software Image Management
- Network Device Profiles
- AAA
- SNMP
- Syslog
- IP address pools
- Creating Enterprise and Guest SSIDs
- Network profiles – Lab on Day 2
- Authentication templates
Module 3: Discovery and Provision
- Device Discovery and Protocols
- Devices Onboarding
- Plug and Play
- Templates
- Templates for Day-0
- Templates for Day-N operations
Module 4: Monitoring Device, Client, and Application Health
- DNAC Telemetry
- Monitoring Network Device Health and Performance
- Monitoring Wired and Wireless Client Health and Performance
- Monitoring Application Health and Performance
Module 5: Application Visibility and DNAC Integration with Umbrella
- Monitoring Application Visibility in DNA Center
- Umbrella Introduction
- DNA Center Umbrella Integration and Use Cases
Module 6: Troubleshooting Issues, Observing Insights and Trends
- Detect Issues, Insights, and Trends in the Network
- DNA Center Integration with other tools for Monitoring and Management
Module 7: Troubleshooting using Cisco DNA Center Assurance Tools
- DNAC Assurance Troubleshooting Tools
- Using Sensor Tests
- Using Intelligent Capture
- Spectrum Analysis
Module 8: DNAC and Thousand Eyest
- Introduction to ThousandEyes
- ThousandEyes Use Cases
- DNA Center and ThousandEyes Integration
Module 9: AI Analytics and Machine Learning in DNA Center
- Overview of AI Analytics and ML (Machine Learning)
- DNA Center AI and ML Use Cases
Module 10: DNA Center Maintenance
- DNA Center Reports
- DNA Center Backup and Restore