Feature Deprecation Notice for Cisco Catalyst Center
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Feature deprecation notice for Catalyst Center
Cisco deprecates features to maintain software security, performance, and reliability. By phasing out legacy components, we reduce technical risk and focus our resources on modern innovations. This process ensures a more stable, streamlined, and high-performing experience for our users. Customer systems information associated with deprecated features, packages, and capabilities will be deleted in accordance with the retention schedules outlined in the Catalyst Center Offer Disclosure.
This document describes the notices and upcoming deprecated features in Catalyst Center. For any questions or concerns, reach out to your account team.
Table 1. Change history to this document since its initial release
| Date |
Change |
| 2026-9-10 |
Updated additional information and added release to be deprecated. |
| 2026-07-07 |
Updated table titles and additional information. |
| 2026-05-05 |
Added feature deprecations for Catalyst Center 3.2.2. |
| 2026-04-16 |
Added upcoming deprecation for Tableau Data Extract. |
| 2026-04-09 |
Initial publication. |
Announcements
Feature deprecation announcements in 3.2.2
| Notice type |
Feature |
Additional information / Alternatives |
Release to be Deprecated |
| Upcoming deprecation |
Endpoint Analytics security sensor |
Entire application/package to be deprecated. No alternative is available. |
3.5.1 |
| Upcoming deprecation |
Cisco Wide Area Bonjour application with Catalyst Center |
Entire application/package to be deprecated. No alternative is available. |
3.5.1 |
| Upcoming deprecation |
Stealthwatch Security Analytics service |
Entire application/package to be deprecated. No alternative is available. |
3.5.1 |
| Upcoming deprecation |
Routing Profile and Provisioning |
Configuration of WAN links removed from workflow. An alternative solution is to use Templates to configure. |
3.5.1 |
| Upcoming deprecation |
Firewall Profile and Provisioning |
ASA and FMC FTD are being removed. An alternative for ASA configuration via Network Profile is through Template Hub. FMC FTD does not have an alternative solution. |
3.5.1 |
| Upcoming deprecation |
Live Traffic |
An alternative solution is Wired Packet Capture, available in an upcoming release. |
3.5.1 |
Feature deprecation announcements in 3.1.6
| Notice type |
Feature |
Additional information / Alternatives |
Release to be Deprecated |
| Deprecated |
Cisco Umbrella |
Entire application/package to be deprecated. No alternative solution is available. |
3.1.6 |
| Deprecated |
Cloud Connect Core |
Entire application/package to be deprecated. No alternative solution is available. |
3.1.6 |
| Deprecated |
Network Reasoner Workflow
● System Bug Identifier
|
This workflow is no longer supported. No alternative solution is available. |
3.1.6 |
| Upcoming deprecation |
Network Reasoner Workflows
● Fabric Count
● SDA Hardware Readiness Check
● SDA Software Readiness Check
● SDA Scale Limits Check
|
All workflows to be removed. No alternative solution is available. |
3.5.1 |
| Upcoming deprecation |
Tableau Data Extracted (TDE) |
Catalyst Center currently supports TDE file format for reports. Because Tableau is discontinuing support for TDE, an upcoming release of Catalyst Center will transition to the Tableau Hyper format for report exports. |
3.5.1 |
Feature deprecation announcements in 3.1.3
| Notice type |
Feature |
Additional information / Alternatives |
| Deprecated |
Cisco User-Defined Network |
Cisco User Defined Network Plus replaces UDN for Catalyst Center as the supported UDN solution. As part of this change, these GUI workflows are no longer supported:
● Provision > Service Catalog > Cisco User Defined Network
● Provision > Cisco User Defined Network
● Workflow > Configure Cisco UDN
|
| Deprecated |
Learn Device Configuration workflow |
Catalyst Center doesn't support the Learn Device Configuration workflow. To manage Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers with existing configurations, an alternative solution can use the Per-Device Configuration feature. |
Feature deprecation announcements in 2.3.7.10
| Notice type |
Feature |
Additional information / Alternatives |
| Deprecated |
Cisco User-Defined Network |
Cisco User Defined Network Plus replaces UDN for Catalyst Center as the supported UDN solution. As part of this change, these GUI workflows are no longer supported:
● Provision > Service Catalog > Cisco User Defined Network
● Provision > Cisco User Defined Network
● Workflow > Configure Cisco UDN
|
Feature deprecation announcements in 2.3.7.5
| Notice type |
Feature |
Additional information / Alternatives |
| Deprecated |
vManage |
Catalyst Center no longer integrates with vManage. |
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