Cisco SDA Transit Control Plane

[loger9901]

What is the recommended hardware to run the Transit Control Plane functionality?  We may have several sites in a MAN topology and would like to connect them via SD-Access Transit.  Curious what is recommended for production hardware for Transit Control Plane.

[Jonathan Cuthbert]

It really depends on your scale and your available connectivity.

And then it comes down to budget, business requirements, personal preferences, etc.

I personally use ISR-4451s and ASR-1001X routers.  However, switches are just as valid.

[willwetherman · Accepted solution]

Just to add to this - you can find the full list of supported hardware (and the recommended/supported software versions) for Control Plane nodes within the SDA Compatibility Matrix. Select Device Role 'Fabric Border and Control-Plane'

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/Website/enterprise/sda_compatibility_matrix/index.html#

Also see the DNA Center 2.3.3.X datasheet for Fabric Control Plane scale details

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/dna-center/nb-06-dna-center-data-sheet-cte-en.html 

@Jonathan Cuthbert - I noticed that the above doesn't detail the Fabric Control plane scale for the new Catalyst 8K edge platforms (8000V, 8300 and 8500). Do you know what the numbers are for these devices and will these be published in the datasheet?