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Onboard
To begin the first phase of your setup, follow the actions below. Click each step for a list of resources to guide you through the suggested actions.
Plan your Cisco Catalyst Center project
- Planning the deployment – Review and complete these planning tasks before installing your appliance.
- Reviewing the appliance features – Read the feature summary and the physical, environmental, and power specifications.
- Cisco Catalyst Center compatibility information – Read about supported devices and device information.
Learn about Cisco Catalyst Center
- Learning more about Cisco Catalyst Center – How you can use advanced AI and machine learning to proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise your network.
- Cisco DNA Automation – Learn how to use Cisco DNA Automation to streamline your intent-based network.
- Cisco Catalyst Center compatibility information – Read about supported devices and device information.
- Cisco Catalyst Center automation and Assurance – Watch to learn about the evolution of traditional management systems to network-wide automation and how it’s made possible.
- Cisco Catalyst Center data sheet
- Setting up Cisco Smart Accounts – Simplify your software experience with this easy-to-use, centralised, organised solution to license management.
- Getting started with intent-based networking – Learn how to control access to your network and evolve.
- Expert guidance for enterprise networks – Receive an overview of available services to accelerate your transition to an intent-based network.
Complete your Cisco Catalyst Center installation
- Installing the appliance – Learn the workflow, inspection, warnings, rack requirements, and more about LED.
- Cisco Catalyst Center upgrade guide – Receive guidance and recommendations for a successful upgrade experience.
- Cisco Catalyst Center for access wireless and switching subscription FAQ
- Complete first-time setup – Understand the setup workflow, compatible browsers, logging in, integration, configuration authentication, and more.
- Getting started with Cisco Catalyst Center– How to log in for the first time as an administrator.
- Configuring system settings – Review and complete these procedures.
- Cisco Catalyst Center compatibility information – Read about supported devices and device information.
- Release notes for Cisco Catalyst Center – Review the features, limitations, and potential bugs.
- Cisco Catalyst Center high availability guide – Read these requirements that need to be met to use high availability, deployment and admin best practices, and scenarios you may encounter.
- Troubleshoot the Cisco Catalyst Centerusing Data Platform – Understand how Data Platform displays synthesised data from various inputs to help identify patterns, trends, and problem areas.
Implement
Ready to build upon your initial setup? The actions in this phase will help you build and scale your network. Click each step for associated resources.
Discover your network with Cisco Catalyst Center
Complete your automation configuration
Use
To complete the next phase of your setup, follow the steps below. Each one is accompanied by resources to guide you through the necessary actions.
Import and assign Golden Images
- Managing software images – Review how to designate software images and software maintenance updates as golden.
- Campus SWIM using Cisco Catalyst Center deployment guide
- Golden Software Images – Read how to designate software images and software maintenance updates as golden.
- Importing a software image – Learn how to import software images and software image updates from your local computer or a URL.
- Specifying a Golden Software Image – View how to specify a Golden Software Image for a device family or for a particular device role.
Create device onboarding configuration templates
Assign created network profiles to sites
Onboard devices via the pre-provisioning or unclaimed workflow
Scale the network infrastructure
- Discovering your network – Features that will help with inventory and device controllability.
- Onboarding devices with network Plug and Play – Learn how to use Plug and Play provisioning to automatically and remotely provision and onboard new network devices.
- Assigning network devices to sites based on external data source – Use Cisco Catalyst Center APIs to automate the assignment of devices to sites.
- Defining an automated onboarding workflow in Cisco Catalyst Center for new devices – Pre-define an automated onboarding workflow for new devices being connected to the network.
- Creating templates to automate device configuration changes – Read about Template Editor, a centralised CLI management tool.
- Cisco Catalyst Center upgrade guide – Receive guidance and recommendations for a successful upgrade experience.
Engage
Ready to realise more value from your Catalyst Center investment? These resources will show you how:
View the Plug and Play page
View the inventory page
Scale the network infrastructure
- Discovering your network – Features that will help with inventory and device controllability.
- Onboarding devices with network Plug and Play – Learn how to use Plug and Play provisioning to automatically and remotely provision and onboard new network devices.
- Assigning network devices to sites based on external data source – Use Cisco Catalyst Center APIs to automate the assignment of devices to sites.
- Defining an automated onboarding workflow in Cisco Catalyst Center for new devices – Pre-define an automated onboarding workflow for new devices being connected to the network.
- Creating templates to automate device configuration changes – Read about Template Editor, a centralised CLI management tool.
- Cisco Catalyst Center upgrade guide – Receive guidance and recommendations for a successful upgrade experience.
Adopt
Learn how to use Cisco Catalyst Center to maximum potential and to expand the solution across your full ecosystem.
Scale the network infrastructure
- Discovering your network – Features that will help with inventory and device controllability.
- Onboard devices with network Plug and Play – Learn how to use Plug and Play provisioning to automatically and remotely provision and onboard new network devices.
- Assigning network devices to sites based on external data source – Use Cisco Catalyst Center APIs to automate the assignment of devices to sites.
- Defining an automated onboarding workflow for new devices
- Creating templates to automate device configuration changes – Read about template editor, a centralised CLI management tool.
- Cisco Catalyst Center upgrade guide – Receive guidance and recommendations for a successful upgrade experience.
Add role-based users to Cisco Catalyst Center
Configure Cisco Catalyst Center system backups
Optimise
Get the best practices in using Cisco Catalyst Center to ensure you are getting the most from your investment. Follow the steps below.
Upgrade Cisco Catalyst Center
- Cisco Catalyst Center upgrade guide – Receive guidance and recommendations for a successful upgrade experience.
- Cisco Catalyst Center high availability overview – Understand how to utilise this feature, designed to reduce downtime, resulting from failures, and makes your network more resilient.
- Managing applications – Review how application management enables you to install and run applications or uninstall ones depending on your preferences.
If you are currently running a version of Cisco Catalyst Center software that is below version 1.3.1.4, your software is in need of an update. Get your update guide to learn more.
Upgrade
Cisco Catalyst Center upgrades are critical to reducing risks, improving software experience, and streamlining the benefits of rapid technology. Discover the latest release, upgrade prerequisites, and key resources to start planning your upgrade.
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