With the merge of the Cisco Support Community and Cisco Communities, we have simplified and streamlined the English Structure to make it easier to find the categories and boards for the different technologies and pillars of the site.   Since some communities (also known as categories and boards) were new, others were removed, and few more were merged and renamed, your current subscriptions might not work and we highly recommend to re-subscribe. Especially if you were subscribed to a board that merged since the original board is no longer in the system.   In addition, labels are being used extensively within our boards in order to categorize the content and help you find topics easily.   Note that the local language communities in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Russian stayed the same, except for the change of the name from Support Community to Cisco Community in the local language.   Here are the main changes:   Cisco Support Community:    Network Architecture Network Infrastructure is renamed as Network Architecture WAN, Routing and Switching is renamed as Routing LAN, Switching and Routing is renamed as Switching Other Network Infrastructure Subjects is renamed as Other Network Architecture Subjects IPv6 Integration and Transition is renamed as IPv6 EEM Scripting moved under Network Management Remote Access and Medianet moved to Other Network Architecture Subjects   Security AAA, Identity and NAC is renamed as Policy and Access  Cisco Threat Awareness Service (CTAS) is renamed as Threat Insights VPN is renamed as VPN and AnyConnect Cloud Web Security is renamed as Cloud Security Firewalling, Cisco Defense Orchestrator, and Licencing are now under Firewalls MARS moved to Other Security Subjects Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) moved to Advanced Threats All discussions that were under these Sourcefire boards Event Analysis, FireSIGHT System / 3D System, Snort Rule Coverage, Sourcefire API, and  Sourcefire SSL Appliance moved to FirePOWER   Collaboration, Voice and Video IP Telephony is renamed as IP Telephony and Phones Conferencing and Jabber Clients  are now under Collaboration Applications Digital Media System moved to Other Collaboration Subjects Hosted Collaboration Solutions, Prime Collaboration Management, UC Migrations and Unified Communications Applications moved to  Unified Communications Infrastructure TelePresence and Video over IP moved to TelePresence and Video Infrastructure   Wireless Getting Started with Wireless is renamed as Wireless - Mobility "Wireless IP Voice and Video" and "Wireless LAN Controller Config Analyzer (WLCCA)" moved to Other Wireless - Mobility Subjects   Data Center Tetration Analytics  is renamed as Analytics Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) moved to Application Networking Cisco Prime Network Services Controller and Data Virtualization moved to Other Data Center Subjects Tidal Enterprise Scheduler moved to Intelligent Automation   Service Provider SP Mobility and SP Video moved to Other Service Provider Subjects   Cisco Communities:    Network Architecture Mobility is renamed as Wireless - Mobility Routing remains  Routing Switching remains  Switching Automation, Assurance, and Policy is now Digital Network Architecture (DNA)   Security Policy and Access, Access Control Server (ACS), Passive Identity Connector (PIC), and TrustSec renamed as   Policy and Access  Identity Services Engine (ISE) remains its own board called Identity Services Engine (ISE) Email Security remains Email Security Web Security remains Web Security AnyConnect is renamed as   VPN and AnyConnect NGIPS is moved to Intrusion Prevention and Detection Systems (IPS-IDS) NGFW/Firewalls  Firewalls Advanced Threats, 3rd Party Integration, Advanced Malware Protection (AMP), and AMP Threat Grid moved to   Advanced Threats Stealthwatch is now Security Analytics and Management   Collaboration, Voice and Video Collaboration Endpoints is renamed as   IP Telephony and Phones Webex Teams, Webex, and Jabber  are now under Collaboration Applications Collaboration Solutions moved to Other Collaboration Subjects Unified Communications is now Unified Communications Infrastructure Conferencing can now be found in TelePresence and Video Infrastructure Customer Care (Formerly Customer Collaboration) is now Contact Center   Wireless Mobility is renamed as   Wireless - Mobility   Data Center Unified Computing System (UCS) remains Unified Computing System UCS Director remains UCS Director Cisco Developed UCS Integrations remains Cisco Developed UCS Integrations UCS Tech Talks is now a label in the Unified Computing System document board Data Center Networking, Nexus 1000v, Nexus Series Switches are located in Data Center Switches MDS is now Storage Networking Software Defined Networks and Cisco ACI is now Application Centric Infrastructure Compute & Storage moved to   Other Data Center Subjects Cisco ONE is now under Cisco Software Intersight remains Intersight   Cloud Solutions CloudCenter remains CloudCenter Enterprise Cloud Suite remains Enterprise Cloud Suite   Service Provider Service Provider and Service Provider Mobility to   Other Service Provider Subjects VNI and GCI remains VNI and GCI   For Developers Please note that categories and boards For Developers are located under the Technology and Support pillar.  You'll notice a more streamlined organization of the categories and boards in this area.  Make use of the labels provided. ... 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  Welcome to Cisco Community.   There are few changes in rankings and badges.   Top Contributors Awards   The Cisco Community Top Contributors Awards continue to be the most relevant and meaningful in the Community. We have the Hall of Fame, Cisco Designated VIP, Spotlight and Event Top Contributors. These awards are given to the members that have demonstrated significant impact on the community. You can see who is being recognized by clicking in each of the corresponding sections of the Members & Recognition page.       You can also see which awards a community member has obtained by going to their profile. There are community members that have been Cisco Designated VIPs for several years, or have obtained multiple Community Spotlight awards. The profile shows only one icon for each award type along with a number indicating the number of awards they have gotten.       Rankings The new Cisco Community Rankings are similar to the Cisco Support Community rankings in that the level of effort to attain the top 12 levels is comparable to what it was before. The top 12 levels are also similar to the levels on Cisco Communities. To better encourage new community members, we added four entry levels rankings. The ranking levels have new icons that better represent visually where you are at. The rankings are shown across the site where the community members contribute. They appear in the member's profiles, the board pages as well as at the pieces of content (discussions, documents, videos, blogs, and events.)   Here is the new list of rankings with the highest level at the beginning of the list.     Badges  The badges are an important part of community member's journey and they show in the member's profiles as well as the hover over cards.  In addition to the Hall of Fame and Cisco Designated VIP badges, now there is a new set of badges that shows progress.    Frequently Asked Questions from Cisco Communities   Q: Will I keep my Cisco Communities points, badges and levels in the new consolidated community? A: Yes and no. Since Cisco Communities is changing platforms we have to adopt an entirely new ranking and points system. Our goal is to make sure your current rank level is transferred over to the new consolidated community. There are many differences between the current Cisco Communities ranking system and the new consolidated community which makes a 100% transfer of ranks, points and badges not technically possible. Yes, you will have a comparable rank and badges, but these will be entirely new rank names, levels, icons and badges.   Q: How will the ranking points be different in the consolidated community? A: We are consolidating onto a new platform. Unlike the current Cisco Communities platform, the new platform does not use the concept of points. In the new consolidated community, there will be no points displayed. Community members will be able to see their rank, the number of Kudos received and the number of Accepted Solutions they have provided. We will have public leaderboards and all community members will and be able to compete against each other on the leaderboards. The default leaderboard settings will display who had the most activity within the last month. Using a month timeline as default will allow all community members the opportunity to see their name on the leaderboard. Cisco employees will not appear on the leaderboards.   Q: How are the new ranks different considering there are no more points to earn? A: We will be going from 12 to 16 ranks. Community members will be able to rank up by performing actions within the community such as giving Kudos, posting new discussion threads, etc. To reach the highest ranks you will need to receive Kudos and have your discussion thread marked as an Accepted Solution. In the current Cisco Communities platform, the actions needed to rank up are very open and transparent. In the new consolidated community platform, the ranking formula is hidden behind a cloud of secrecy. The new platform does not allow users to see what actions they need to perform to rank up. We can however tell you if you want to rank up quickly, make sure you provide valuable answers that get Kudos and also marked as Accepted Solutions.   Q: Will I keep my old badges? A: No, you will be getting new badges. The overall number and type of badges is getting reduced. You will get new badges based on actions you performed in the Cisco Community. Going forward after that, you will earn badges by completing these same actions in the new consolidated community. ... View more

Customize the type and frequency of the email notifications you receive from the communities you subscribed to:   Choose   My Settings   from the   User   menu on the top right (see your avatar) The   My Settings   page will open, Click on the   Subscriptions & Notifications   tab Click on the   Notification Settings   sub-tab Change any of the selections. The ones shown in the image below are the default values.     The settings shown in the image above are the default notifications.     Note: If you want to receive notifications ONLY for the first post on the boards you are subscribed to, make the selection shown below.  This will enable you to stay up-to-date on community posts, without being notified of the replies or comments unless you choose to participate on the post.   ... View more

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