Cisco DNA Center Ordering Guide 2.x
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Cisco DNA Center: Solution components
Cisco DNA Center Solution Components
Cisco DNA Center hardware appliance ordering
Cisco DNA Center appliance – scale and hardware specifications
Table 1. Cisco DNA Center Appliance Hardware Specification
| DN2-HW-APL |
DN2-HW-APL-L |
DN2 – HW-APL-XL |
|
● 44-core M5
● 5000 network devices
● 1000 switches and Routers
● 4000 APs
● 25,000 endpoints (concurrent)
|
● 56-core M5
● 8000 network devices
● 6000 APs and 2000 switches/routers
● 40,000 endpoints (concurrent)
|
● 112-core M5
● 18K devices
● 13K AP/5K switches and routers
● 100,000 endpoints
● 60K wireless/40K wired)
|
Cisco DNA Center Appliance
* Quantity to order
● Qty = 1: standalone, 25,000 endpoints, 5000 network nodes
● Qty = 3 or more: HA and scale-out (scale TBD)
* Quantity to order
● Qty = 1: standalone, 40,000 endpoints, 8000 network nodes
● Qty = 3 or more: HA and scale-out (scale TBD)
* Quantity to order
● Qty = 1: standalone, 100,000 endpoints, 18,000 network nodes
● Qty = 3 or more: HA and scale-out (scale TBD)
Cisco DNA Center appliance license for greenfield and brownfield customers
Cisco DNA Center appliance license
● One of the Cisco DNA Center Appliance licenses listed below will get deposited into the customer’s Cisco® Smart Account by default when purchasing a new Gen 2 Cisco DNA Center Appliance (regular/large/XL) with software version 2.1.2.x and above.
● Cisco DNA Center Appliance needs to be registered with the respective Smart Account/Virtual Account to consume this Cisco DNA Center Appliance license. Refer to Cisco DNA Center Administration Guide 2.1.2. x and above for more information.
Cisco DNA Center appliance licenses
Table 2. Cisco DNA Center appliance licenses
| License SKU |
Description |
| DN2-HW-APL-LIC |
Cisco DNA Center Gen2 Regular (44 Core) Appliance License |
| DN2-HW-APL-L-LIC |
Cisco DNA Center Gen2 Large (56 Core) Appliance License |
| DN2-HW-APL-XL-LIC |
Cisco DNA Center Gen2 XL (112 Core) Appliance License |
Brownfield Cisco DNA Center appliance customers
● Brownfield Cisco DNA Center Appliance customers will also get a Cisco DNA Center Appliance license based on the appliance type.
● Existing Cisco DNA Center Appliance customers must upgrade to Cisco DNA Center software Release 2.1.2.x or above.
● They need to register their appliances one by one with Cisco® Smart Software Manager (CSSM) and leverage the self-serve option in CSSM to deposit the respective the Cisco DNA Center appliance license in the customer’s Cisco Smart Account.
Ordering Cisco DNA Center appliance in CCW
Cisco DNA Center appliance license
● When performing self-serve, the customer must select the appropriate Cisco DNA Center Appliance license with QTY 1 based on their appliance model (regular-regular/large-large/XL-XL).
Table 3. Cisco DNA Center Appliance types
| Appliance type |
License to select |
QTY |
| DN2-HW-APL |
DNAC Gen2 Appliance - Regular (44 Core) |
1 |
| DN2-HW-APL-L |
DNAC Gen2 Appliance – Large (56 Core) |
1 |
| DN2-HW-APL-XL |
DNAC Gen2 Appliance - XL (112 Core) |
1 |
● Customer should follow the steps mentioned in the upcoming pages to deposit the Cisco DNA Center Appliance license in the respective Smart Account/Virtual Account automatically.
Cisco DNA Center appliance registration
1. Register Cisco DNA Center Appliance with CSSM using the option “Smart License Registration.” Refer to Cisco DNA Center Administration Guide 2.1.2. x and above.
2. Check the registration status and license authorization status after registering with CSSM. Go to CSSM, if the authorization status is “Out of Compliance.”
Cisco DNA Center appliance license self-serve
3. Enable self-serve in CSSM by navigating to Inventory > Product Instances > Select the Product Instance with type “DNASW“> Actions > Add to Inventory.
4. Select the appliance license based on the hardware appliance model. Enter “1” against “DNAC Gen2 Appliance -Regular (44 Core)” if you are registering a regular DNAC appliance.
Click “Next” and review the added license.
Click “Add to Inventory” to add the appliance license to the inventory.
Note: Reach out to GLO team If you have selected the wrong appliance license or quantity.
5. In CSSM, navigate to Inventory > licenses check whether DNAC appliance self-service license has been deposited.
6. In Cisco DNA Center, navigate to System > Settings > Cisco Accounts > Smart License Registration > Reregister. Now the authorization status will be changed to “Authorized.”
● SD-Access ordering guide: Click here
● Routing and SD-WAN ordering guide: Click here
● Wireless access points ordering guide: Click here
● ISE ordering guide: Click here
The documents below can be accessed by partners from Cisco® SalesConnect:
● EN promotions: Click here
● Switching license construct: Click here
● Routing license construct: Click here
● Wireless license construct: Click here