Cisco DNA Spaces Configuration Guide

System Requirements

The System requirements for Cisco DNA Spaces is described in the following table.

Table 1.
Item	System Requirements
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP or later Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Browser	Windows OS Firefox Version 30 or later Chrome Version 34 or later Safari Version 5.1.7 or later Mac OS Firefox Version 30 or later Chrome Version 34 or later Safari Version 5.1.7 or later
Cisco Wireless Controller	8.3 or later
Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX) - this is required only for Cisco AireOS/Catalyst Controllers used with Cisco CMX.	10.6 or later
Cisco DNA Spaces Connector (Only applicable for Cisco AireOS/Catalyst Controllers)	vCPU: 2/4/8 RAM: 4/8/16 GB Hard Disk: 60 GB

Bandwidth Requirements to Deploy Cisco DNA Spaces

The following table shows the Internet bandwidth requirements for Cisco DNA Spaces Connector and Cisco Wireless Controller Direct Connect to send location updates.

Table 2. Bandwidth Requirements for Location Updates
Test Data	Type	Required Bandwidth
5k-APs,60k-Clients	Cisco Wireless Controller Direct Connect	250 Kbps
5k-APs,60k-Clients	Cisco DNA Spaces Connector	4 Mbps

Accessible Ports and IP Addresses

Cisco DNA Spaces is a cloud-based solution, and there is no physical installation involved. So, there is no need to open any port to deploy Cisco DNA Spaces for cloud-based wireless networks such as Cisco Meraki. For some networks such as Cisco AireOS or Cisco Catalyst that are not cloud-based, you must have to open the required ports to establish a connection between your wireless network and Cisco DNA Spaces. You can establish this connection through a public IP or VPN. In addition, certain Cisco DNA Spaces IP addresses must be allowed in the customer infrastructure. For more information on the IP addresses to be allowed, see the Allow Cisco DNA Spaces IP Addresses. For a default Cisco Unified Wireless Network installation, ports 80 and 443 must be open to be publicly accessible.

Cisco CMX must be publicly accessible in the following scenarios where Cisco DNA Spaces has to establish a connection with Cisco CMX:

Connecting to Cisco CMX
Importing location and access points
Viewing Cisco CMX maps
Viewing Cisco DNA Spaces reports

Allow Cisco DNA Spaces IP Addresses

To establish a connection between Cisco DNA Spaces and Cisco Unified Wireless Network (Cisco Catalyst), you must allow certain Cisco DNA Spaces IP addresses in your network infrastructure. To view the IP addresses that should be allowed, in the Cisco DNA Spaces dashboard, click the Configure Manually link in the SSIDs window that is accessible from the Captive Portal app.

Contact Cisco DNA Spaces support team for establishing a VPN connection.

Note

You do not require a publicly resolvable domain name to connect to Cisco DNA Spaces.

Certain domain names must also be allowed in a customer’s infrastructure for the Cisco CMX instances that are deployed in a customer’s network is able to communicate with the Cisco DNA Spaces analytical and notification servers. To know the domain names that should be allowed, in the Cisco DNA Spaces dashboard, click the Configure Manually link in the SSIDs window.

Cisco DNA Spaces Compatibility Matrix

Table 3. Cisco DNA Spaces Compatibility Matrix

Application

AireOS Controller

Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller

Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller

3375 Appliance

Cisco Prime/ Cisco DNA Center

Cisco DNA Spaces (with Detect and Locate, Captive Portal, Engagements, Location Personas, Behavior Metrics)

Cisco Wireless Controller Native Cloud Connector- 8.3 or later (except 8.3.102 for Presence)
Cisco DNA Spaces Connector- 8.0.119 or later.

16.10 or later

16.11.1s or later

NA

3.0 or later for maps

Note

Cisco Prime support is not there for maps on Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller.

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Cisco DNA Spaces Configuration Guide

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Cisco DNA Spaces Prerequisites

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Chapter: Cisco DNA Spaces Prerequisites