Network Management Products and Solutions

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Learn how to design, provision, enable policy, and assure network performance from one place.

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Network Management

Improve operational efficiency and reduce downtime, using class-leading products and solutions for managing an enterprise network.

Cisco DNA Center

Centralized dashboard helps you manage your software-defined network across campus, branch, WAN, and cloud
Intuitive work flow makes it easy to design, provision, and apply policy
Policy-driven automation delivers better uptime and improved security
Assurance uses network insights to optimize network performance and the user experience

Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Ideal for wired and wireless access, plus campus and branch networks
Helps enable converged lifecycle management
Provides application-assurance visibility and troubleshooting
Simplifies compliance auditing

Cisco Prime Virtual Network Analysis Module (vNAM)

Offers massive deployment flexibility
Provides consistent visibility in physical, virtual, and cloud environments
Helps improve operational agility, permitting rapid responses to new business demands
Installs on x86 platforms with ESXi and KVM virtualization infrastructures

Meraki Dashboard

Cloud-managed control of the entire network for wireless, switching, and security appliances
Zero-touch provisioning for rapid deployment
Intuitive interface eliminates costly training and added staff
Continuous feature updates delivered from the cloud
Highly available and secure (PCI/HIPAA compliant)

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Network Management for Service Providers

Help maximize efficiencies in operations, management, and fulfillment of carrier-class services, supporting advanced networks.

Overview: OSS and Network Management for Service Providers

Evolved Programmable Network Management

A simplified, converged, and multilayer management solution that provides end-to-end lifecycle management for carrier-grade networks of all sizes
Enables service providers to reduce time-to-market of network services, and time from device introduction or features updates to actual network deployment
Promotes business agility and operational efficiencies through automated device operations, fast provisioning, and proactive assurance

Cisco Prime Carrier Management

Offers comprehensive, unified, multidomain management for multiple technologies, services, and subscriber access domains
Enables carrier-class delivery of voice, video, mobile, cloud, and managed services
Accelerates service deployments through rapid, profile-based provisioning
Enhances quality of service (QoS) by gathering actionable performance statistics across the entire network
Increases operational scale and efficiency through comprehensive device administration and fault management

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Cisco Prime Network Registrar

Provides integrated, scalable DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (IPAM)
Helps automate and manage the transition from IPv4 to IPv6
Provides reliability with DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 failover and avalanche prevention
Centralizes and automates management of IP address space and DNS and DHCP servers

Cisco Prime Access Registrar

Carrier class solution for RADIUS/Diameter AAA services
Supports a broad range of wireless and wireline access technologies
Extensibility: Extremely customizable and flexible to meet unique business, regulatory, and technical requirements
Scalability: Supports tens of millions of simultaneous active sessions

Cisco Prime Home

Automated remote management of connected home devices, including zero-touch provisioning, configuration, and software upgrades
Real-time problem diagnosis and troubleshooting
Configurable threshold-based alerts and work flows triggered by device activity
Easy integration into existing service provider systems using web-based APIs

Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning

Automated identification, unique configuration, and management of residential CPE devices
Fast, efficient provisioning of subscriber services for accelerated activation
High reliability through a distributed architecture and failover support
Scalability: Supports more than 50 million devices in a single customer deployment

Network Management for Small and Midsize Businesses

Find network management products and services tailored for small to medium-sized businesses.

Cisco Configuration Professional for Catalyst

Web-based user interface
Simple configuration
Comprehensive monitoring
Quick troubleshooting

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Cisco FindIT Manager

Improves security and performance
Enhances network reliability with less downtime
Improves troubleshooting
Reduces time and resource requirements

Network Automation

Automate policy-based application profiles, allowing IT to respond rapidly to new business opportunities.

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module (APIC-EM)

Provides automation for Cisco's Digital Network Architecture
Delivers software-defined networking to the enterprise branch, campus, and WAN
Massively simplifies configuration and provisioning
Automates security and threat remediation across the network end to end
Open APIs and programmability can enable rapid innovation

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Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)

Unifying point of automation and management for the Application Centric Infrastructure fabric
Open architecture to integrate Layer 4-7 service, virtualization, and management vendors
Intelligent telemetry and visibility for applications and tenants
Provides security for multitenant environments at scale
A common policy platform for physical, virtual, and cloud networking

Data Center Management

Save time, provide clear visibility, and strengthen control over operations.

Overview: Data Center Management and Automation

Cisco UCS Director

Simplifies data-center operations
Offers central management of network components and services
Automates tasks to improve IT efficiency
Speeds service delivery

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Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data

Automates Hadoop deployment for big-data infrastructure
Offers a single management view for both hardware and Hadoop software
Designed for high performance and massive scalability
Customize by building your own add-ons or integrating with third-party solutions

Cisco Prime Service Catalog

Facilitates self-service for your users, improving efficiency
Automates delivery of application, data-center, and business services
Helps ensure compliance through policy, role, and lifecycle management

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Cisco CloudCenter

Deploy and manage applications in your data center and public and private cloud
Choose your best deployment environment based on price and performance
Combine infrastructure and app automation
Manage policy, cloud migration, and application upgrades
Use a single interface to manage policy and security

Nexus Switching Management and Automation

These products manage Nexus data-center switches.

Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Automation: Accelerate provisioning from days to minutes, and simplify deployments
Visibility: Reduce troubleshooting cycles with. Graphical operational visibility for topology, network fabric and infrastructure
Consistency: Eliminate configuration errors with templates, compliance alerts and automatic remediation