The answer to this question is it depends. The automated import tool called CPI & DNA Center co-existence works really well and its main goal is to allow customers to migrate existing data from CPI into Cisco DNA Center without having to re-build and re-do all the work in Cisco DNA Center if you have already spent time doing it in CPI. Imagine you currently have 2,000 access points in the CPI inventory and those access points have already been precisely positioned on the AP floor maps in CPI. Most end users would not want to have to go through the process of manually positioning each of those access points again in the DNAC once the access points have been added into the DNAC inventory so in this scenario the end user would be better off using the automated import feature through the co-existence workflow or manually export & imported the data from CPI into DNA Center.
If you would like additional information, training & demo of the CPI & DNA Center co-existence migration tool, you can reach out to your Cisco account manager and have them reach out to your appropriate CX representative to get signed up to attend the 'Migration Strategy & Best Practices: Cisco Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center' accelerator session. You can view additional information about this accelerator using the following URL:
- https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/cx/LifeCycleAssets/CampusNetwork/CampusAccelerator/MSBP_CiscoPrimeInfrastructureToCiscoDNACenter_ACC_DS.pdf
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