Cisco Catalyst Center Administrator Guide, Release 3.2.x
This guide explains how to perform administrative tasks on Catalyst Center 3.2.x, which provides end-to-end network visibility and uses network insights to optimize network performance.
This table summarizes the new and changed features in Catalyst Center 3.2.2 and tells you where they are documented.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Out-of-band AP image download |
The wireless controller pushes the image to the APs after the image is distributed to it. Catalyst Center allows image download on APs from the wireless controller, over HTTPS. This out-of-band file transfer efficiently upgrades the AP image. Refer to Access point image transfer. |
| Reset CA certificate |
The reset CA feature allows you to manage CA during renewal issues or expiration. You can create sub CAs with a defined lifetime. This feature allows you to reset the CA easily when a sub CA expires or when you want to switch to another sub CA. Refer to Reset CA certificate. |
| Site-based, role-based access control support |
You can create custom roles for site users, enabling precise allocation of read/write access to Field Notices, EoX Status, Security Advisories, Network Bug Identifier, and Network Reasoner. |
| Smart Licensing Using Policy reporting through On-Prem CSSM |
You can upload resource details to CSSM through On-Prem SSM. Refer to Smart Licensing Using Policy reporting through On-Prem CSSM. |
Information about system settings, including user role definitions, system 360, and system maintenance tasks.
Learn how to manage system and device certificates, including internal Certificate Authority (CA) configuration, trustpoint management, and security best practices for certificate lifecycles.
Learn how to manage external Cisco service connections, including PnP connect, smart licensing, and smart account credentials.
Learn how to configure device-level operational settings, including software image management, SNMP, device controllability, configuration archiving, and Plug and Play (PnP) onboarding.
Learn how to integrate Catalyst Center with external platforms and services, such as Cisco AI Network Analytics, Cisco Spaces, ThousandEyes, Webex, and ISE for authentication and policy.
Learn how to manage system configurations, including health monitoring, high availability (HA), proxy settings, debugging logs, and visibility and control of configurations.
Learn how to manage terms and conditions for product telemetry.
Learn how to manage trust and privacy settings including account access policies, IP access control, and data anonymization.
Explains how to manage the applications on Catalyst Center.
Describes how to manage users on Catalyst Center.
Provides information about managing licenses on Catalyst Center.
Describes the backup and restore functions to create backup files to restore to a different appliance, if required.
Details how to implement disaster recovery on Catalyst Center. Disaster recovery adds another layer of redundancy to safeguard against network downtime.
Explains the Multiple Catalyst Center functionality, which lets one Catalyst Center cluster (Author Node) centrally manage and share SD-Access and GBP policies with other clusters (Reader Nodes) via Cisco ISE, enabling global administration across multiple clusters.