Overview

Provides information on first-time setup for the Catalyst Center appliance, including logging into the GUI with an HTTPS-enabled browser, initiating the Quick Start workflow to discover managed devices, and enabling telemetry collection.

First-time setup workflow

Information about the Catalyst Center appliance installation.

Compatible browsers

Information about Catalyst Center browser support.

Log in to Catalyst Center for the first time

After you have installed and configured the Catalyst Center appliance, follow these steps to log in to its GUI for the first time.

Complete the Quick Start workflow

After you log in for the first time as the admin superuser (with the username admin and the SUPER-ADMIN-ROLE assigned), the Quick Start workflow automatically starts. Complete this workflow to discover the devices that Catalyst Center will manage and enable the collection of telemetry from those devices.

Integrate Cisco ISE with Catalyst Center

Explains how to integrate Cisco ISE and Catalyst Center.

Configure authentication and policy servers

Instructions to configure AAA server and Cisco ISE for Catalyst Center.

Configure SNMP properties

Information about configuring SNMP properties, including retries and timeouts.