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Software-Defined Access
Get network speed, security, and peace of mind
Ease your network management worries. Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) gives you a single network fabric, from the edge to the cloud. You can set policy-based automation for users, devices, and things.
Provide access to any application, without compromising on security. All while gaining awareness of what is hitting your network.
And with automatic segmentation of users, devices, and applications, you can deploy and secure services faster.
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What you can do with SD-Access
Enhance security and compliance
Use end-to-end segmentation to keep user, device, and application traffic separate without redesigning the network.
Boost operational effectiveness
Deliver a consistent user experience anywhere, without compromise, using a single network fabric.
Improve the workforce experience
Automate user access policy and apply the right policies for users or devices to any application, across the network.
Expand business insights
Bring outdoor, rugged, and industrial IoT endpoints into the IT fold.
SD-Access: A to Z
Get a deep dive on SD-Access, and learn how it powers intent-based networking.
Components of SD-Access
Switches
Get a single fabric to help simplify and secure your digital-ready network.
Routers
Provide access to applications, services, and integrated technologies.
DNA Center
Manage SD-Access with a central dashboard across the entire network.
Identity Services Engine (ISE)
Simplify delivery of identify-based policy for users and devices.
Cisco ONE for DNA
Help to easily buy, manage, and upgrade your network and infrastructure software.
DevNet
Extend automation across the enterprise with open APIs.
Get started with SD-Access
Secure your network access in four easy steps.
Provide highly secure access anywhere using SD-Access.
Design and deploy SD-Access
Get your network ready for SD-Access with our validated design and deployment guides.
SD-Access success stories
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
The hospital delivers excellent patient care by securely connecting and managing thousands of network devices.
University of Northampton
The university is transforming education with intent-based networking.
AmorePacific
AmorePacific completed its intuitive, forward-looking network by deploying Cisco DNA at its new headquarters.
News and events
Dive deep into Software-Defined Access
Get an inside look at the evolution of SD-Access from 1.1x to 1.2x.
Extending intent-based networking
Your campus network is growing. Let TechWiseTV show you how we can help you manage connected devices, cloud computing, IoT, and next-generation wireless.
Get to know SD-Access
Learn how to get started with policy-based automation on TechWiseTV.
About Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)
- Cisco SD-Access helps organizations enable policy-based automation from the edge to the cloud.
- SD-Access gives network architects and administrators the tools to orchestrate key business functions, such as: user mobility, secure segmentation, user onboarding, Internet of Things (IoT) integration, guest access, context-based troubleshooting, and data center and cloud integration.
- Administrators can also now execute full network lifecycle tasks, including design, provisioning, operations, and assurance with Cisco DNA Center.
- You can set network access in minutes for any user or device, to any application, without compromising on security.
Resources
At-a-Glances
- SD-Access At-a-Glance (PDF - 103 KB)
Blogs
Challenge
FAQs
Guides
- SD-Access Segmentation Design Guide (PDF - 2.4 MB)
- SD-Access Design Guide (PDF - 1.6 MB)
- SD-Access Deployment Guide (PDF - 8.9 MB)
- Encrypted Traffic Analytics in Software-Defined Access Deployment Guide (PDF - 5.2 MB)
- SD-Access Upgrade Guide
- SD-Access Ordering Guide
Overviews
- Cisco Software-Defined Access: Enabling Intent Based Networking eBook (PDF - 3.1 MB)
- SD-Access Services Overview (PDF - 241 KB)
- SD-Access Solution Overview (PDF - 683 KB)
- The Cisco DNA-Ready Infrastructure (PDF - 138 KB)
Podcasts
- (Video - 9:40 min)
Videos
White papers
- SD-Access Solution White Paper (PDF - 4.4 MB)
- Release Notes for SD-Access 1.2.x (PDF - 161 KB)
- Cisco ONE Sets Stage for Software-Defined Future in the Access Network (PDF - 707 KB)
- SD-Access: Network as a Sensor and Encrypted Traffic Analytics Integration White Paper
- Demand-Based Control Planes for Switching Fabrics (PDF - 110 KB)
- Network Test: Cisco SD-Access: Enterprise Networking Made Fast and Flexible (PDF - 7.1 MB)
- IDC Report: Cisco SD-Access. A single fabric to support Digital Transformation
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