SD-Access revert the underlay to a standard layer 2

[Amo2019]

Hello,

Is their any option to deploy SD-Access solution as traditional layer 2 without fabric or underlay.

If yes, does the DNA-Center will fit in the solution and what are the benefit and feature that i can get from e.g (Discovering devices, provision basic configuration , assurance features etc ) 


thanks

[bofele]

Hi,

you can use DNAc with existing networks. It will add Service Assurance, help with software upgrade, path trace, etc.

So, no need to get all the way to SDA.

Regards,

Bostjan

[Scott Hodgdon · Accepted solution]

Amo2019,

The Cisco SD-Access fabric solution is comprised of 2 parts in the network layer: Layer 3 Routed Access (Underlay) for transport and LISP-Based Control Plane with VxLAN encapsulation Data Plane (Overlay) for services (Mobility, Macro-Segmentation, Micro-Segmentation). You cannot have SD-Access without those components. We do not support a Layer 2 Underlay.

Cheers,
Scott Hodgdon

Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Enterprise Networking Group