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Tech Area: Networking
| Level | Stage | [Product] Session Topic | Description | Date |
| Fundamental | Onboard | [Catalyst/Wireless] Deploying Catalyst Center Assurance |
Join us for an introduction to Catalyst Center (formerly Cisco DNA Center) Assurance, including its architecture components and functionality. Our experts will also walk you through the minimal hardware and software requirements and help you to understand licenses and features supported via a guided tour of Catalyst Center. |
Sept 26, 2024 |
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Fundamental | Implement |
[Catalyst Center] Deploying the Catalyst Center on ESXI |
Join us as our experts walk you through the best practices when installing your Catalyst Center on ESXI. We will show you how to use the Launcher tool to deploy the OVA file to your ESXI environment and perform the initial setup, including backing up and restoring using a local VM disk. |
Aug 7 / Sept 5, 2024 |
| Fundamental | Implement | [Catalyst/DNA Center] Moving from Prime Infrastructure to Catalyst Center | Join us as our experts walk you through how to plan for the migration of Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center. Review high-level migration strategies including unique migration features and requirements. |
Sept 10, 2024 |
| Intermediate | Use | [Hybrid Work] Unlocking the Potential of Smart Workspaces and Smart Buildings with Cisco's Network Infrastructure | Join us as our experts show you how Smart Workspaces harness the data from your Cisco and third-party devices to create a safer and smarter workspace. |
Sept 11, 2024 |
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Advanced | Optimize |
[Catalyst Center] Upgrading Your Catalyst Center |
Join us as our experts walk you through best practices for upgrading Cisco DNA Center, both in an air gapped environment and a standard deployment. Learn how to prepare for the upgrade by completing the upgrade checklist and prerequisites, and review a step-by-step upgrade workflow, as well as post-upgrade verification processes. |
Aug 27 / Sept 19, 2024 |
See all upcoming Networking ATXs sessions in different time zones [AMER (PT) │ APJC (SGT) │ EMEA (BT/GMT)]
Tech Area: Data Center
| Level | Stage | [Product] Session Topic | Description | Date |
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Fundamental | Onboard |
[Intersight] Design Considerations: Cisco Intersight Architecture |
Join our experts for a technical overview of Cisco Intersight. Learn how Intersight can help simplify your data center operations while cutting costs and reducing time-to-implement. This session will also cover prerequisites and architecture components of Intersight. |
Sept 3, 2024 |
| Fundamental | Onboard | [Hyperflex] Simplified Hyperconverged Infrastructure | Learn about the benefits and value of Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Solution. Our experts will provide a technical overview and explain the business outcomes of the Simplified Hyperconverged Infrastructure use case. |
Sept 19, 2024 |
| Fundamental | Onboard | Use Case Planning for Advanced Application Performance Monitoring | Join us as our experts walk you through the integral features of Cisco AppDynamics, centering on its Application Performance Monitoring capabilities. They will discuss the pivotal benefits and the substantial value addition offered by the tool. You will gain insights on the Cisco AppDynamics Licensing Model as well. |
Sept 26, 2024 |
| Fundamental | Implement | [Intersight] Deployment: Get Started | Join us for an overview of how to get started using Intersight by creating your SaaS account or deploying the virtual appliances and setting up your on-prem deployment. |
Sept 4, 2024 |
| Fundamental | Implement | [DCNM] Multi-Site Domain with NDFC | Join us to learn how to implement Multi-Site between VXLAN EVPN fabrics. Our experts will share best practices and workflows for enabling the recommended designs, Anycast or vPC BGWs, as well as review how to configure the core router for Multi-Site scalability. |
Sept 5, 2024 |
| Fundamental | Implement | Deployment for Advanced Application Performance Monitoring | Join us as our experts walk you through the onboarding process for Cisco AppDynamics, where you will be introduced to key features such as Business Application and Business Transactions. The session will also cover the procedures for adding users to the AppDynamics controller, ensuring you have a complete understanding of system setup and user management. |
Sept 24, 2024 |
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Intermediate | Use |
[Intersight] Capability Overview: Cisco Intersight and UCS |
Learn how Cisco Intersight interacts with your UCS infrastructure and how you can leverage its features to simplify operations such as deploying UCS domains and UCS servers using Policy-based profiles and templates. |
Sept 5, 2024 |
| Intermediate | Use | [Intersight] Programmability - Ansible and Python | Learn about Intersight's ability to automate and customise operations within the Cisco Intersight platform. Gain knowledge how users can leverage Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to integrate and extend the functionality of the platform to enable automation of repetitive tasks, creation of custom workflows, and integration with other tools and systems using Ansible and Python. |
Jul 23 / Aug 20, 2024 |
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Intermediate | Use |
[Intersight] Programmability - Terraform and Powershell |
Learn about Intersight's ability to automate and customise operations within the Cisco Intersight platform. Gain knowledge how users can leverage Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to integrate and extend the functionality of the platform to enable automation of repetitive tasks, creation of custom workflows, and integration with other tools and systems using Terraform and Powershell. |
Aug 21 / Sept 12, 2024 |
| Intermediate | Engage | [DCNM] VXLAN Fabric Performance Tuning Best Practices | Learn more about common performance issues that may impact VXLAN EVPN fabrics. Our experts will also share best practices to optimize your VXLAN EVPN fabric performance. |
Aug 20, 2024 |
| Intermediate | Use | [ACI] Feature Overview Remote Leaf | Join our experts to learn more about the Cisco ACI remote leaf feature, which enables you to address use cases for distributed services over multiple data centers and helps to extend ACI policy domain from a main data center to a remote location. |
Sept 12, 2024 |
| Intermediate | Use | [Nexus Dashboard] Flow Telemetry with Nexus Dashboard Insights | Join us as our experts explore how Nexus Dashboard Insights can provide better visibility into application traffic and performance statistics in your data center network through hardware flow telemetry. This session will cover how to enable real-time hardware flow telemetry and how to use custom flow rules according to the traffic profile of each application flow, ensuring correct flow monitoring and reporting. |
Sept 19, 2024 |
| Advanced | Adopt | [AppDynamics] Hybrid Application Monitoring Upgrade | Join us as our experts walk you through how to prepare for a Cisco AppDynamics agent upgrade and review all the steps required to successfully perform the upgrade. Learn how to validate the upgrade and assess the impact on your SaaS controller. |
Aug 22, 2024 |
| Advanced | Adopt | [AppDynamics] Hybrid Application Monitoring Expansion Planning | Join us as our experts walk you through additional use cases for Cisco AppDynamics, including the potential benefits to your organization. Explore AppDynamics integrations with solutions like ITSM and OpenTelemetry and review requirements and implementation guidelines. |
Sept 25, 2024 |
| Advanced | Optimize | [ACI] Upgrade Planning and Best Practices | Join us as our experts walk you through the ACI upgrade process. The session will cover preparation steps, troubleshooting, and validating the ACI fabric upgrade. |
Sept 25, 2024 |
See all upcoming Data Center ATXs sessions in different time zones [AMER (PT) │ APJC (SGT) │ EMEA (BT/GMT)]
Tech Area: Security
| Level | Stage | [Product] Session Topic | Description | Date |
| Fundamental | Onboard | Planning for Cisco Secure Endpoint | In this introduction to Cisco Secure Endpoint (formerly AMP for Endpoints), learn how the solution protects your organization and review the licensing tier model and other foundational components like Talos Threat Intelligence. Understand how Secure Endpoint maps to business outcomes with easy-to-use features and robust reporting modules, resulting in increased visibility. Cisco experts will highlight the multiple solution benefits during a live demonstration. |
Sept 3, 2024 |
| Fundamental | Implement | [DUO] Protect Your First Application | Join us as our experts walk you through protecting your first application with Duo. This session will help you understand the requirements for rolling out a protected application in your environment. You will also learn about other considerations, such as disaster recovery and high availability. |
Sept 26, 2024 |
| Intermediate | Use | [DUO] Secure Application Access with Phishing-Resistant MFA |
Join us as our experts walk you through a secure application access with phishing resistant MFA. This session will help you identify prerequisites, define a testing methodology and go live with an application at high-level. You will also understand different ways to protect an application, such as RADIUS, SAML WITH SSO, and so on. |
Aug 20, 2024 |
| Intermediate | Use | Secure Endpoint Capabilities | Join us as our experts walk you through incorporating fault management, configuration management, performance management and usage reporting for Cisco Secure Endpoint, formerly known as AMP for Endpoints, into your daily activities for IT Operations and Security Operations Centers. By the end of this session, you will be better equipped to protect, detect, and respond to malicious attacks. |
Sept 25, 2024 |
See all upcoming Security ATXs sessions in different time zones [AMER (PT) │ APJC (SGT) │ EMEA (BT/GMT)]
Tech Area: Service Provider
| Level | Stage | Session Topic | Description | Date |
| Fundamental | Onboard | SRv6 Benefits and Fundamentals | Join us learn over Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6). This session includes the technology benefits, fundamentals, and an overview of its features. Discover the benefits of SRv6 and how its mechanisms can simplify network operations, increase scalability, and enhance traffic engineering. Deep dive into the fundamentals of SRv6 and gain a solid understanding of its underlying concepts and principles. |
Aug 21, 2024 |
| Fundamental | Implement | [Meraki] NSO Installation | Join us as our experts walk you through the steps required to install NSO in your network environment. We will also explore the data required to size NSO per your unique network device types and count. Additionally, review the steps required to deploy NSO in a containerized environment such as Docker. |
Aug 20, 2024 |
| Fundamental | Implement | Installing Crosswork Network Controller | Join us as our experts walk you through the deployment and installation of Crosswork Network Controller. |
Sept 10, 2024 |
| Fundamental | Implement | SR-MPLS interworking with MPLS-LDP | Dive into the intricacies of SR-MPLS and LDP Internetworking and unlock the power of seamless label distribution in your network. This session delves into the core principles of Segment Routing and LDP, providing a comprehensive understanding of their interplay. Explore the practical steps involved in configuring Segment Routing in a LDP enabled network and gain insights into the seamless integration of these technologies. |
Sept 12, 2024 |
| Intermediate | Use | XR FCM - SIA license utilization monitoring | Join our experts to discuss the licenses utilization as it maps to the XR FCM deployment. A practical demonstration will show the related processes and best practices. |
Sept 19, 2024 |
See all upcoming Service Provider ATXs sessions in different time zones [AMER (PT) │ APJC (SGT) │ EMEA (BT/GMT)]
Resource: Supporting links
- Bookmark: Ask the Experts (ATXs) live schedule [ALL] | AMER schedule | EMEA schedule
- Replay (videos):
- Post-session materials including guides, recording, session handout:
- Cisco DNA Center ATXs resources (also contains Spaces, ThousandEyes, Meraki, SD-WAN)
- Cisco SD-Access ATXs resources
- Cisco ACI ATXs resources (also contains Nexus Dashboard, NDFC//DCNM)
- Cisco Intersight ATXs resources (also contains HyperFlex, AppDynamics)
- Cisco Endpoint Security ATXs resources (also contains Secure Email, ISE, SecureX, DUO)
- Cisco Network Security ATXs resources (also contains Secure Firewall/Network Analytics, ISE, SecureX, DUO)
- [Partner Community] Ask the Experts (ATXs) Essentials
- FAQ
