Cisco DNA Center
5 Steps to Digital Transformation Success at Cisco Live Cancún
Every year IT’s best and brightest gather in Cancún to see the future at Cisco Live. The event is just a few weeks away, so if you’ve not yet registered, now’s the time. And if you’re already joining us on site? Begin building out your agenda today! Here are 5 must-do activities to get you started…
Using the Cisco DNA Center SDK CLI Tool
Find previous blogs in this Cisco DNA Center blog series. API flexibility, with Linux shell CLI convenience Many of my blogs on the Cisco DNA Center API have been focused on Python scripts, most recently with the newly released SDK. Thanks to Jose Bogarin and the team at Altus there is now a CLI wr…
DevNet Certifications – Get Ready for the Enterprise Automation Exam
By now I hope you know about the brand spanking new DevNet Certifications, and I bet you can’t wait for them to come online. But on the off chance you don’t, make sure to check out DevNet’s new certification track offering courses, exams, and real-live Cisco certs for coders and developers. You can…
Fundamentals of Cisco DNA Center Plug-and-Play – Day 0 Networking
Background Network Plug-and-Play allows switches, routers, and wireless access points to be on-boarded to the network. An agent in the device, connects to Cisco DNA center and downloads the required software and device configuration. In order for this to be truly zero-touch, a network connection is…
How to Keep IoT Secure with Intent-Based Networking
The network is transforming at a rapid pace, with multi-cloud environments and an ever-expanding range of devices connecting to the internet across both wired and wireless. Consider the vulnerabilities created by smartphones, HVAC systems, lighting, serverless cameras, robotic tools, medical devices…
Cisco DNA Center Network Operations Center Dashboard
Background One common request from customers is a Network Operations Center dashboard view for Cisco DNA Center. They would like this to be open-authentication (no need for credentials) and automatically refresh. Critical data from Cisco DNA Center, such as network device and user health can be di…
Simplicity Out of Chaos with Intent-based Networking
IT today is overworked, understaffed, and managing an increasingly complex network. Use cases for IoT are expanding. The proliferation of devices isn’t slowing down. The workforce is becoming more mobile. And applications and workloads are moving to the cloud and multicloud at a rapid pace. Without…
Business Benefits of Segmentation with Software-Defined Access
The goal of moving applications to the cloud and integrating with SaaS platforms is to satisfy the growing demand for connectivity to data resources and applications at any time, from anywhere. However, achieving that goal with high levels of Quality of Experience (QoE) for applications depends on t…
Using the Cisco DNA Center SDK
Background What is a Software Development Kit (SDK)? Put simply a set of tools, libraries and documentation to simplify interacting with a REST API. I am super excited, as I know how much simpler it is going to make developing scripts for the Cisco DNA Center API. The Cisco DNA Center SDK is writt…