DNA CENTER

CCIE ENTERPRISE WIRELESS: CATALYST 9800 AND DNA CENTER INTEGRATION

WHO AM I?

Samuel Clements
 Presidio - Engineering Director, Office of the CTO, Mobility
 Based out of the Greater Nashville, TN area
 CCIE #40629 (Wireless) and CCIE Board of Advisors
 CWNE #101 and CWNE Board
 Cisco Champion
 Regular Tech Field Delegate (Wireless & Mobility)
 Twitter: @samuel_clements
 Blog: http://www.sc-wifi.com/
WHAT WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

 DNA Center on-premises integration with

 Catalyst 9800 (9800-CL)
 DNA Center CMX integration

 Things to note when troubleshooting

WHAT WE’RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT

 This is not a 1-hour session on how to pass an 8-hour lab

 This is Cisco material, not a VMware/AWS/KVM material
 This is not a marketing webinar – no Cisco datasheets
 DNA Center positioning, etc (you should already know this!)
 This is not going to cover SDA/Fabric, or ISE integration
 This is not going to cover how to get DNA Center into your lab:
 dCloud, VM, etc (this was discussed on the last webinar)
 Our gear is where we last left it – online with APs & clients
 Things we do in the lab are sometimes not Best Practices
 Lab strategy is about speed and accuracy
FIRST TO NOTE – SOME QUICK PLACES TO GET INFO (1/2)

 The Cat9800 Best Practices Guide:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/guide-c07-743627.html
 CCIE Wireless Online Resources:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/article/ccie-wireless-online-resources
 Dave Benham’s Blog: http://www.wifireference.com
 Jiri Brejcha’s Blog: https://www.jiribrejcha.net
 Rasika Nayanajith’s Blog: https://mrncciew.com
FIRST TO NOTE – SOME QUICK PLACES TO GET INFO (2/2)

 Cert Trust Points for IOS-XE

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/9800/config-guide/trustpoints/b-configuring-trustpoints-
on-cisco-catalyst-9800-series-controllers.pdf
 DNA Center Assurance CVD:
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/solutions/CVD/Campus/dnac-assurance-brownfield-deployment-guide-
2019oct.pdf
 Campus Design guide
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/solutions/CVD/Campus/cisco-campus-lan-wlan-design-guide.pdf
WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING

 Configuring management on 9800-CLs

 Configuring prerequisite DNA Center options
 Inventory importing (WLC and APs)
 Discover, Assign, Configure – Oh my!

 Ideally, we arrive at a DNA Center deployment that is displaying management data about the network
A QUICK REFRESHER

1. Discover and manage the network devices – switches, routers, and wireless controllers (WLCs).
2. Assign network devices to sites.
3. Configure network devices for telemetry with Optimal Visibility within Cisco DNA Center.
IT’S WORTH REMEMBERING

 DNA Center is a complex product that does more than what we’re going to see here
 You will see things on the lab that we’re not covering here today
 We will cover things here today that you will not see in the lab

 Cisco has a storied past with NMS products

 AireOS had WCS/WCS Navigator
 Then NCS (Network Control System)
 Then Prime Infrastructure
 Now DNA Center
 It’s exceedingly difficult to be an expert at a new product
BUCKLE UP!

 Let’s see what we can break…

 Pay attention to the following:

 The blueprint
 DNA Center software versions
 NTP
 Console output from 9800-CL (particularly around auth & netconf messages)
 Preconfiguration tasks in DNA Center
 Time investment for getting DNA Center tasks accomplished
Tech Tip: The network administrator should see telemetry from their devices approximately 25 minutes from the time that the devices are
added to the inventory and telemetry is enabled.