Cisco DNA Center Primary Use Case

SI
Chief Technology Officer/ Network Engineer at Dunamis Networks Inc

Currently, we are working on building a small data center for a client. The goal is to connect all their branches and host various in-house developed services, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications. 

We are utilizing Cisco DNA Center with at least 9000 series switches and a couple of SD-WAN solutions. With Cisco DNA Center's single interface, we can efficiently manage and deploy devices across all branches.

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SinaGhozati - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Solutions Architect at SPIE ICS

My company uses the solution frequently for configuration, monitoring, and ZTP, which is Zero-touch provisioning. The solution is for configuration purposes, making it a centralized configuration tool.

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Technical Consultant at KPN IT Solutions - Trusted Services

Our primary use case is for building and maintaining networks while adhering to security policies. It offers automation, security enforcement, analytics, and integration with other Cisco technologies, making it a key driver for efficient network operations and compliance with security protocols.

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Saleh Alsalamah - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Manager at Qassim University

The solution is useful when an organization has a mature infrastructure with all Cisco devices.

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Aruna Udawatte - PeerSpot reviewer
Director -Digital Transformation at Convergence Lanka

I have been using Cisco DNA Center for almost two and a half years.

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Jeroen Devroede - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Network Administrator at DHL

Cisco DNA Center helps to manage user networks. 

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ES
Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

In my former company, we used Cisco DNA Center specifically for monitoring. I also used the solution as a troubleshooting tool to investigate issues on the wireless infrastructure.

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JB
Network Engineer at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

We are using Cisco DNA Center for network management and wireless assurance.

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Syed Aathif Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I used Cisco DNA Center for centralized management for the projects I worked on. My projects had different sites and fabric networks connected. A fabric module was created for every site, and Cisco DNA Center acts as a centralized manager, so you don't need to configure the switches. You need to integrate the device with Cisco DNA Center, and the configuration will be centralized.

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SI
Tech Specialist, Client Network DeliveryTech at AT&T

I used Cisco DNA Center for LAN automation for the DnaC.

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AM
Consultant - Enterprise Managed Services Centre Of Excellence (EMS-COE) at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

We use the solution’s capabilities to the maximum.

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LeighShepherd - PeerSpot reviewer
Advisory Consultant CCIE at BCX

We are using the solution for network management.

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MunkhjinNyamtsogt - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Director at SSystems

We use this solution for network architecture and data implementation. I was working on a project, designing a city. We used Cisco DNA Center as the software-defined solution for this city.

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Vicente Manuel - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Technician at OMNIdata

We use Cisco DNA Center for management. You can configure any device, and if you put the device without configurations, you can start to configure it through Cisco DNA Center. For example: if you get a new Cisco switch, and you have other Cisco switches configured, you can plug in the new switch, copy the configuration, make the changes, and make the template, or you can use an existing template and just upload it to the device.

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Selva Subramaniam - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Analyst at a media company with 51-200 employees

We use the solution as a management platform for campaign work. 

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NK
Managing Director at Allot Group

The solution is mainly used for setting up SPN or intent-based networking for the customers.

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YK
Senior Network Engineer at a museum or institution with 501-1,000 employees

We use the solution for location tracking. We have to monitor the traffic in our environment since we have more than 3000 visitors per day.

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MS
Network Security Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The availability endpoint is in the Cisco DNA Center dashboard, which allows us to push configurations and address compliance issues to all devices on Cisco network from a single location.

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Aymen FHOULA - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Administrator at Banque de l'Habitat Tunisie

I use DNA Center for network administration. Four people in the IT department use this solution.

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Olajide Olusegun - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Team Lead at Atlas Security

We deploy the Cisco DNA Center through Cisco Prime Migration, and we use Cisco DNA Center to monitor all the wired connections, endpoints, and switches such as access switches, data center switches, and routers. We also manage the wireless access points through the Cisco DNA Center.

We get reports on availability, health, manageability, logs, and critical errors. We monitor and maintain all the network devices using the solution.

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MR
Cloud and Digital Transformation Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We use it to manage and monitor our branch network equipment.

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Chandrasekhar Rao Gajarao - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Architect at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

I am a solution architect. I design for the data center and I also write technical presentations.

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Joni Saputro - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at Packet System Indonesia

It can assess traditional networks.

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CF
Analyst of IT at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use it for incorporating around four hundred wireless access points into our network infrastructure.

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BR
Solution Selector Communication and IT Security at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

My experience with Cisco DNA Center is with selling it and receiving feedback from my customers. I have not personally done any configuration or management with it.

I have worked with the demo and also presented it to customers.

My clients use this solution to give them more visibility into their network, and the management mode helps with to troubleshoot and fix problems.

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ST
Senior Manager, Customer Life Cycle Management Specialist at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Our primary use case is for real-time data transmission. I'm a senior manager and we are customers of Cisco. 

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Mostafa Gouda - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Data Center Supervisor at a hospitality company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We are an educational environment that is similar to a university, but we only teach management and leadership. We have a variety of visitors every day, more than 2,000 of them, and they are unknown to us. This makes it very difficult to centrally manage using a traditional network.

We are currently in the second round of the implementation phase for this solution. We have two buildings with the solution implemented now, and we are working on other buildings. We are on the same campus but we are doing the work in four phases. Now that two are complete, we have two more that we are about to finish.

Everything is secure in our environment, so we are using the overlay of the DNA Center to separate the visitors and the employees and the trainers. We are using a multi-segmented network, so DNA was a very good solution for us to deal with this type of environment.

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it_user1000944 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Engineer at Lutech Group

Automating customers' campus networks, redesigning their networks and giving much more visibility on traffic flows.

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Mostafa Gouda - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Data Center Supervisor at a hospitality company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We are using Cisco DNA Center for four key major areas. The first area we use it for is for setting the policy for multiple devices and from one single point of configuration. 

The second use is for provisioning because we will have a lot of switches and access points. The provisioning has been very helpful for us. 

The third use is the assurance module and the fourth use is automation. 

We have not started the automation phase. We used it for policy, provision, design, and assurance.

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FL
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We use this solution for network assurance and automation, network segmentation with ISE integration, and LAN automation deploying new devices out into the switching estate.

This was for a TSA project that we were doing for a client.

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SO
Sr. Solutions Architect, Consulting Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The solution helps in user microsegmentation. 

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it_user1189812 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Engineer at PT. Mastersystem Infotama

We are a solution provider and this is one of the products that we implement for our customers.

Our clients use this solution to manage their network, including their access points.

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BG
Consultant - Enterprise Network at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I am a solution architect. I design solutions using Cisco DNA Center.

We use Cisco DNA Center to provide network management.

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