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- In this video we want to take

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look at a way to manage our network

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using a graphical and
a programing interface.

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Its called Cisco DNA Center

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and Cisco DNA Center is an appliance

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that we can install on our network

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or there is an option for having

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DNA in the cloud. But
this is going to give us

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a graphical interface and
a programing interface

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to design our network, to add devices,

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configure devices on the network, monitor,

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trouble shoot our network.

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And I know Cisco in the past has had

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other graphical front ends

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to router configuration such as,

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Cisco Configuration Proffetional.

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But this is just way beyond that

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in the scope of what it can do.

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Lets take a look specifically

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at some of the main areas that

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Cisco DNA Center focuses on.

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First up there's design.

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With design we can take a map of the world

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and we can add an area,

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and we can say within that area

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we got this building

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or there's another area within an area.

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We can put a floor on the building.

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We can import a floor plan

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and we can drag and drop devices

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onto that floor plan.

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We can say what our IP
address alligation is.

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This is a way for us to design

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our network through this
graphical interface.

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In addition to that, Cisco DNA Center

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can apply policy.

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We can assign policy to an entire group

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maybe a allowing or denying

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them access to something.

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We can do IP based access control

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and one of my favorites
is quality of surface.

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We can set up a Queuing Profile

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to say what bandwidth amounts

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are given to different applications.

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We can also do provisioning

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with Cisco DNA Center.

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Here we ca essentially do

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plug and play for our devices.

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We can have a new network device

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sent to whatever location where its

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going to be installed.

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And have somebody there to plug it in

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and when the device boosts up

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it is going to go out and get some

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IP address information from DHCP.

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Including some DNS server information

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and its going to resolve the IP address

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of a DNA Center server and its

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going to go up to that server

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and based on it serial number

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its going to be able to
download a configuration file.

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So we pretty much had zero touch on

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getting that thing installed.

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We just set up the profile of that device

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within the DNA Center.

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Had somebody plug it in
and then installed itself.

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Another big part of Cisco
DNA Center is assurance.

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And this is where we can monitor

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the health of the network.

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This is going to help us
with trouble shooting.

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If there are existing faults,

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we can see what those are and

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based on experience of Cisco tech.

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Cisco DNA Center is
going to give us feedback

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about what we should do to
try to to resolve this issue.

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And its got a path trace tool in it

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so if we're not getting form

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point A in the network
to point B in the network

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we can say what if I tried to do a ping

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or what if I tried to do a

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telet session between these two devices.

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What would happen?

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Lets say there a axis controller

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in the way that might be
blocking that traffic.

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Well its going to give us a graphical

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representation of the net work and

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show us exactly where that acyl lives

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that blocking our traffic.

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We can also do something that's called

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network time travel.

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So if there were some sort of an issue

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that came up at 2:00 a.m. last night

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we could go back in time and see

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what was going on in the
network at that time.

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And one of the most powerful things

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about Cisco DNA Center is its ability

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to act as a programing platform.

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We have a large collection of API's,

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application programming interfaces.

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That will allow us to do via a program

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what we could do graphically.

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If we want to prevision or set a policy

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or gather troubleshooting information.

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We could do that with a
Python script, for example,

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using some of these API's.

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And obviously Cisco DNA Center

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is a very, very robust and there are

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weeks worth of training you can take just

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on DNA Center, but just to give you a

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sense for what's possible lets

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go up to live interface and look through

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some of the menus.

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Oh, by the way as a
comparison you may have

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heard about ACI, application
center infrastructure.

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That Cisco's management
platform for data centers.

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Well think of DNA Center
as Cisco's platform for

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managing enterprise networks.

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Again think ACI for the data center

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and think DNA center for the enterprise.

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Now lets take a look at DNA center.

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We'll go ahead and get logged in.

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And here we see those things we were

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talking about a moment ago,

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design, policy, provision,

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assurance, platform, and
those are and those are our

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menu options at the to as well.

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For example, I could go under design

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and we could pick an area of the world

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maybe under U.S. for example.

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I could go in and I could add an area.

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Perhaps I'll add an area for

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Kentucky where I'm located.

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We'll add that.

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Then I can add an area under Kentucky,

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and we can say that's Richmond.

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And within Richmond,

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I can say I want to add a building

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so we'll say we got the headquarters

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of Kevin Wallace Training, KWT.

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And it wants me to put it in a specific

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longitude and latitude here.

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So I'll just guess at what that is.

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And I can import a floor plan

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and I could also set up policy.

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I could set up IP based access control

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for my access control list.

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One of my favorite things though,

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is under application

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I can do a Queuing Profile.

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I could say that I want to add a profile

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and for different applications

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I could say, "How much bandwidth do

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I want to give those
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Under provisioning I could go in

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and set up a device to be installed

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to the network using
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operation like we talked about earlier.

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I could say I want to add
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This is where we can
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This is where we can monitor

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the health of the network

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and if there are outstanding issues

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we could see those issues and get some

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suggestions for what we should

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do to fix those issues.

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And we could go back in
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Time Travel to see what
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And under platform this is where

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we can do some of our development.

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If you go to the developer tool kit

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check out all these API's that we have.

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Lets say under Know Your Network

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we could have an API to go out

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and get a list of devices on the network.

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Under Sight Management we
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Under operational tools we could

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do the path trace that
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And obviously this is a super

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high level, 30,000 foot
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But the purpose of this video

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was just to help you understand

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what DNA Center is.

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Its Cisco's management
solution for the enterprise.

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And to understand some
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and those things fall under these

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categories, design, policy, prevision,

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assurance, and platform.