Ask Me Anything: Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance

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Ask Me Anything Event

Welcome to the Cisco Community Ask Me Anything conversation. Submit your questions from  Monday, September 23, 2024 through Friday, October 4, 2024. Our colleagues Arpita Dash, Prateek Upadhyay and Udhay R. will be waiting to assist you and resolve any questions that have not been clarified, or answer any new questions that you may have. We are waiting for you!

More about this event:

Join us for an Ask Me Anything (AMA) event where you can dive deep into Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance!

What is it?

Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance is a component of Cisco's Catalyst Center (formerly DNA) that provides comprehensive network visibility, insights, and automated troubleshooting capabilities. It leverages advanced analytics and machine learning to help network administrators ensure optimal network performance and user experience

• Proactive Monitoring: Continuously monitors the network to detect and address issues before they impact users.

• Network Insights: Provides detailed insights into network performance, user experience, and application behavior.

• Automated Troubleshooting: Uses machine learning and AI to identify root causes of network issues and suggest remediation steps.

• Health Scores: Offers health scores for network devices, clients, and applications to quickly assess the overall network health.

• User and Device Tracking: Tracks user and device activity to help identify and resolve connectivity issues.

• Historical Data Analysis: Analyses historical data to identify trends and recurring issues, aiding in long-term network planning and optimization.

By utilizing Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance, organizations can enhance their network reliability, improve user satisfaction, and reduce the time and effort required for network troubleshooting and maintenance.

Official Resources:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/cloud-systems-management/network-automation-and-management/dna-center-assurance/2-3-5/b_cisco_dna_assurance_2_3_5_ug.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/cloud-systems-management/network-automation-and-management/dna-center-rogue-management-application/2-3-5/quick-start-guide/b_rogue_management_qsg_2_3_5.html

https://www.ciscolive.com/c/dam/r/ciscolive/apjc/docs/2023/pdf/BRKEMT-2397.pdf

Join us for this insightful Ask Me Anything session and gain valuable insights into the world of Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance. Let's uncover the solutions to your challenges and explore the vast possibilities in this dynamic field.

Our experts

Arpita Dash Technical Consulting Engineer

Prateek Upadhyay Technical Consulting Engineer

Udhay R. Technical Consulting Engineer

For more information, visit the Cisco Catalyst Center discussion forums . If you have questions or are experiencing technical problems with any of the Cisco products, post your question, request information or use the Cisco Community before opening a case with the TAC.

[SaurabhKhillare]

Hello,

I have application telemetry enabled on switches. I want to monitor our internal tools/applications on DNAC. Is it possible to do so? 

[prateupa]

Yes, you can monitor your internal application from DNAC.

You will have to add your internal application in DNAC to an application set.

For this, you can go to the path "Provision>Application Visibility>Applications" and add your application here.

For more detailed steps, please follow below guide.

• Configure Applications and Application Sets

[SaurabhKhillare]

Is there any requirement for PoE to work? I see only few devices on POE page showing PoE data and not all. 

[prateupa]

Yes, the prerequisites for POE include Netconf and the IOS version of the device. To get complete information on POE, please refer to this guide.

• About PoE

[SaurabhKhillare]

On DNAC, issues which are generated w.r.t events occurring, do they get auto resolved when incident is restored? Or do I need to manually mark them as resolved? How DNAC does and decides which issues will be auto resolved and otherwise. 

[udr]

There are some issues which are auto resolved and others manual.
Auto resolution means that the system will detect if the issue has corrected itself or doesn't exist anymore and the system will then automatically change the status of the issue to
'Resolved' state. The issue will then NOT be found in the 'Open' issues section. It will be found in the 'Resolved' issues section.

Under Assurance>Settings>Issue Settings we can find all issues with their corresponding "Issue resolution" - which says if it's Auto resolved or Manual

[IMG USA]

What is the use of AURA file during DNAC IOS upgradation. what is the procedure to generate the AURA file in DNAC.

What is the procedure to change the proxy ip in DNAC.

[arpdash]

AURA performs a variety of health, scale and upgrade readiness checks for the Cisco DNA Center .

PFB link for AURA:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/cloud-systems-management/dna-center/215840-cisco-dna-center-aura-audit-and-upgrad.html

Also from 2.3.5.5 you can use the Validation Tool to perform an appliance health and upgrade readiness check for Cisco DNA Center. Choose the Appliance Infrastructure Status and Upgrade Readiness Status validation sets for running preupgrade checks.

PFB reference:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/cloud-systems-management/network-automation-and-management/dna-center/2-3-5/admin_guide/b_cisco_dna_center_admin_guide_2_3_5/b_cisco_dna_center_admin_guide_2_3_5_chapter_010.html#Cisco_Concept.dita_06870e25-1c33-...

For changing Proxy, You can System > Settings > System Configuration >Proxy > Outgoing Proxy.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/cloud-systems-management/network-automation-and-management/dna-center/2-3-5/admin_guide/b_cisco_dna_center_admin_guide_2_3_5/b_cisco_dna_center_admin_guide_2_3_5_chapter_010.html#task_xj4_bqh_ldb