DNA vm in ESXI

[interfacedy]

Folks,

I was told DNA vm cannot be run in private lab due to its huge RAM years ago. Now several years have passed. Does anyone know if  Cisco has small size trial version for our personal lab? thanks

[Kasun Bandara · Accepted solution]

check this for more details

https://blogs.cisco.com/networking/deployment-options-expand-with-new-cisco-dna-center-virtual-appliance-2

[interfacedy]

Thanks. Its latest update. it still requires 256G RAM. but its ios/ova is not that big, why it needs such big RAM? we do not need full function, just very small parts is enough for lab.

[PabMar]

Interfacedy,

The first iteration of the VM ESXi will be matching the 44-core physical appliance.

After that further sizes will be introduced to scale up and down. Still no details on that.

Regards.

[interfacedy]

We can download ios from cisdo "DNAC-witness-2.1.2.4.ova" what does "witness" mean? It only cost 2.6GB, why it need so much cpu and ram? 

[mollyzheng]

Now I also have the same puzzle . Have you find less RAM deployment way?

[Tomas de Leon]

Currently, there are no different platform sizes for the ESXi Cisco Catalyst Center Virtual Appliance. The required specifications are mentioned in the documenation links below. That said, there are some discussions on different platform sizes. Since these are discussions, this translates to more time... So do not expect any new platform sizes in the near future. Please reach out to your Cisco Account Representatives for updates in the coming months.

Release Notes for Cisco Catalyst Center on ESXi, Release 2.3.7.x
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/cloud-systems-management/network-automation-and-management/dna-center/dna-center-va/esxi/2-3-7/rns/b_release-notes-for-cisco-dna-center-va-release-1-0.html

Cisco Catalyst Center on ESXi, Release 2.3.7 Deployment Guide
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/cloud-systems-management/network-automation-and-management/dna-center/dna-center-va/esxi/2-3-7/deployment-guide/b_cisco_dna_center_virtual_appliance_esxi_deployment_guide.html

Cisco Catalyst Center on ESXi Administrator Guide, Release 2.3.7
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/cloud-systems-management/network-automation-and-management/dna-center/dna-center-va/esxi/2-3-7/admin-guide/b_cisco_dna_center_va_esxi_admin_guide.html