Cisco Catalyst Center 3.1.x on Azure Deployment Guide

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Verify the Catalyst Center deployment

Updated: March 31, 2026

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Overview

Outlines the steps to verify that the Catalyst Center VA is functioning correctly by checking the IP address configurations and testing access to the management interfaces.

Use this procedure to verify that Catalyst Center is functioning.

Before you begin

After you manually deploy Catalyst Center on Azure, wait 1 hour before logging in to the Catalyst Center UI.

Procedure

1.

Verify that the IP address for the Catalyst Center VA matches the corresponding configuration on the Azure network interface.

  1. Log in to the Azure portal.

  2. Navigate to the virtual machine page using the search bar.

  3. Select your virtual machine.

  4. Under Network, click Network Settings.

  5. Go to the network interface.

  6. Verify that the IP address for the Catalyst Center VA matches the corresponding configuration on the Azure network interface.
2.

(Optional) Ping the Catalyst Center IP address from an on-premises server.
3.

(Optional) After a successful deployment, wait 45 to 50 minutes and then establish an SSH connection with Catalyst Center using port 2222.

Use the SSH public key and stored key that you configured when you manually deployed Catalyst Center.
4.

Verify that the Catalyst Center UI is accessible using the Catalyst Center IP address and port 443.

When you log in for the first time, use the default admin username (admin) and password (P@ssword9). After, create a new admin user with a new username and password.

Changing this password is critical to network security, especially if the people who set up the Catalyst Center VA on Azure are different from those who will serve as its administrators.