DNA Center Setup Prerequisites Prerequisites What do I

DNA Center Setup Prerequisites

Prerequisites – What do I need ? § DNA Center Appliance (DN 1 -HW-APL) • Installation as a VM or custom UCS server is not supported § Review environmental requirements in Installation Guide and provision for 2 x PSUs § Network Patch Requirements for each DNAC Appliance (based on best practice recommendations): § • Appliance Management port – CIMC (recommended) • 10 Gbit port [enp 9 s 0] - Enterprise Network • 10 Gbit port [enp 10 s 0] - Intra Cluster Link • 1 Gbit port [enp 1 s 0 f 0] - Management (optional *) • 1 Gbit port [enp 1 s 0 f 1] - Cloud Update Connectivity (optional *) Additional Settings for Configuration Wizard • DNS Server IP Address (1 required, 2+ recommended) • NTP Server IP Address (1 required, 2+ recommended) • Proxy Server IP Address (required if direct internet access is not available – http proxy only) • Proxy server port if required Proxy server username / password if required • © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential * Required only if the Management network and/or the Cloud Update server is not reachable via the Enterprise Network

Prerequisites – IP Address Requirements § DNA Center Cluster • • Cluster Virtual IP Address – Used to connect to the Enterprise Network • This IP Address should be taken from the Enterprise Network subnet • The Cluster Virtual IP must not be same as any of the node IP address (because it floats around the live nodes) Cluster subnet and Service subnet address pool - /21 subnet for each • § Used for internal cluster communications and should not conflict with any other IP in the Enterprise Network For each DNAC Appliance • CIMC – Management of the DNAC Appliance hardware (recommended) • Enterprise Network – Interface that is connected to the Enterprise network • • All DNA appliances should be in the same subnet as the Cluster Virtual IP address (see above) Intra Cluster Link – isolated network used for communication between the DNA Center cluster nodes • All DNA appliances should be in the same VLAN • Management (optional *) – used for DNA Center management • Cloud Update Connectivity (optional *) – used to update the DNA Center software © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential * Required only if the Management network and/or the Cloud Update server is not reachable via the Enterprise Network Note: The Intra Cluster Link IP address and the Cluster/Service subnet address pools cannot be changed after installation.

Recommended Appliance Patching 10 Gbit Enterprise Network 10 Gbit Intra-cluster network (isolated) 1 Gbit (optional *) Cloud Connectivity 1 Gbit (optional *) Management network © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential * Required only if the Management network and/or the Cloud Update server is not reachable via the Enterprise Network

Cloud Connectivity Requirements The following URLs need to be accessible from the DNA Center for various operations : Use Case DNA Center Update package downloads URLs https: //*. ciscoconnectdna. com/* https: //*. cloudfront. net/ https: //maglev-catalog-1. s 3. amazonaws. com https: //maglev-catalogstaging. s 3. amazonaws. com Smart Account and SWIM Software Downloads Rendering Geo-Maps on the DNA Center UI Meraki Integration IPAM Integration © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential https: //*. cisco. com/* https: //*. tiles. mapbox. com/* https: //*. meraki. com/ URL for the IPAM-server

Min SW and HW Requirements for DNA Assurance § Controllers supported: § • • DNA Optimized Infrastructure: CT 3504, 5520 and 8540 APs Supported • DNA Optimized Infrastructure: Wave 2 APs (1810, 1815, 1830, 1850, 2800 and 3800) • Other APs supported: Wave 1 APs (1700, 2700, 3700) and 11 n APs (700, 1600, 2600, 3500 and 3600) • XOR Radio and AP as a Sensor capability is only supported on Wave 2 APs • Cisco Aironet Active Sensor 1800 S is supported • SDA is only supported on Wave 1 and Wave 2 APs Software Releases supported: • Suggested Release: 8. 5. 120 (8. 5 MR 2) • Latest Release: 8. 5. 120 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential