Catalyst Center Global Manager is a platform that provides you with a single pane of glass (SPoG) interface to easily manage multiple Catalyst Centers. Catalyst Center Global Manager integrates information from various Catalyst Center platforms into a single display.

Key features of Catalyst Center Global Manager are:

• Unified view with all the sites, inventories, and alerts of all the connected controllers.

• Enhanced administrative efficiency.

Catalyst Center Global Manager provides an overview of network status changes, including alerts and visibility into well-performing sites, as well as poor-performing sites. You can view and monitor summaries reported by any connected Catalyst Center, covering:

• Routing

• Switching

• Wireless

• Endpoints

• Software-Defined Access

Catalyst Center Global Manager supports up to 25 controllers and a maximum of 10 active users. Once these controllers are registered with Catalyst Center Global Manager, they will continue to monitor and control networks.

Catalyst Center Global Manager has a global search feature that lets you search for devices or clients by many attributes such as IP address, hostname, MAC address, software version, client user name, application name, or site name. This enables cross-launching into the 360 view of the client or device in Catalyst Center. You can cross launch into the Catalyst Center interfaces without entering your username and password again, if the same user exists in both the systems. Your passwords can be different.

This guide is designed for:

• System administrators responsible for deploying the Catalyst Center Global Manager virtual appliance, connecting controllers, and provisioning access to other users to enable further configurations.

• Network administrators responsible for monitoring aggregated network details and controller health via a Single Pane of Glass (SPOG).

• Users or operators responsible for managing or operating Enterprise-scale network infrastructure.