03-13-2024 09:27 AM - edited 03-28-2024 09:26 AM
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• Cisco Catalyst Center offers innovative features to streamline network management.
• PnP simplifies device onboarding, eliminating manual configuration for new Cisco Catalyst switches. Imagine powering on a new switch and having it automatically discover its role and configure itself - that's the magic of PnP!
• LAN Automation builds upon PnP, automating the configuration of your entire underlay network, saving you hours (or even days) of manual configuration.
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Pandian Ponnuswamy Leader, Customer Delivery |
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03-28-2024 06:56 AM
Ideally the most common issue you face during a brownfield device on boarding is the preexisting config on the device.
You need to ensure that the device is clean without any configs/certs.
You can use the following commands for the same.
From 16.12.X
You can use the “pnpa service reset”
03-28-2024 03:16 AM
What logs should we check if the pnp is in a stuck state?
03-28-2024 06:52 AM
You can check the following logs from DNAC CLI. You will need to access the maglev cli at port 2222
onboarding-service
connection-manager-service
network-orchestration-service
apic-em-inventory-manager-service
04-07-2024 09:53 PM
What are the benefits of using Cisco PnP compared to traditional manual device provisioning methods?
04-14-2024 06:28 PM
Hey!
the manual method has several drawback
* it involves a lot of manual efforts and time to configure each of the devices.
* it can lead to inconsistency in the configuration due to human errors when deploying the config.
* configuration updates and device upgrades can take a lot of planning and implementation efforts.
DNAC pnp allows you to onboard your devices with minimal user intervention.
once the device is added to your network and the pnp-agent is able to communicate with DNAC , DNAC will push all the day-0 configs, templates, golden images in a matter of few mins.
more over, it provides consistency in network configuration with no changes on errors.
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