We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and Cisco DNA Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Data Center Network Manager are consistency and the core server. The teams have had a good experience."
"We use the product to manage access points."
"It uses push technology, which pushes the changes to all relevant devices to ensure they are updated accordingly."
"After installation, you almost forget that it is working."
"The product has excellent stability."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the stability of the solution."
"VCNM provides a unique capability of managing the admin VDCs of Nexus boxes."
"Monitoring system provides a clear indication of what's going on in the network."
"What I found valuable in Cisco DNA Center is the Software-Defined Access Network, so the entire LAN network can be centralized and managed from a single dashboard. Cisco DNA Center is suitable for centralized management and lets you deploy switches in a centralized fashion. You can also do multiple switch port configurations simultaneously and segregate your traffic into multiple fabrics. Another valuable feature of Cisco DNA Center is enhanced security through Scalable Group Tags. Cisco DNA Center can be integrated with your Cisco ISE to enhance the port securities, and this paves the way for Software-Defined Networking in the LAN segment, which is the main advantage of Cisco DNA Center. I also like that you can use Cisco DNA Center for data assurance or correlation. The solution shows your network and client health parameters, which I find convenient for troubleshooting."
"The product offers an intuitive and automated way to manage user networks. It gives me an insight into the network health."
"It is simple to manage and it is all done from a single dashboard."
"It enables monitoring of various components such as access points, switch cards, and other elements within the company's solutions."
"The monitoring features are very useful for network engineers."
"Cisco DNA Center is a user-friendly solution."
"DNA Center is scalable."
"The most valuable features of Cisco DNA Center are wireless assurance and visibility."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The reporting is not very intuitive and has room for improvement."
"It is not very easy to monitor or to browse."
"The configuration is too complicated and you have to create templates and use a lot of menus."
"The visibility of applications is not great."
"Data Center Network Manager is a little complex because it includes a lot of hardware to be installed."
"One of the biggest challenges is that we aren't always able to push the configuration onto the target device. Whenever this happens, we have to do a factory reset, put on the script, and then reconfigure it again. In the next release, I would like to have a troubleshooting feature."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"Automation for the RMA process can be added."
"Cisco could improve the security side of their solutions."
"There are some software problems from version to version. It takes a long time for DNA Center to recognize the video and control access devices."
"The network, data center, and SD-WAN are all being treated as different services, but I would like to have only one solution to manage all of them."
"The tool's IoT integration should be better."
"As a user, it would be good if I could plug in controllers, suites, and devices from other vendors to Cisco DNA Center."
"The solution’s security side could be improved."
"They can improve the network visibility. Licensing and its maintenance are also needed."
"Requires more focus on the digital side of things."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 26th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while Cisco DNA Center is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 36 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Data Center Network Manager writes "Provides insight into the network's health data and has an excellent support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and SolarWinds NPM, whereas Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and Juniper Mist Wired Assurance. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. Cisco Data Center Network Manager report.
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