Cisco DNA Center is a powerful network controller and management dashboard that lets you take charge of your network, optimize your Cisco investment, and lower your IT spending. Cisco DNA Center provides a single dashboard for every fundamental management task to simplify running your network. With this platform, IT can respond to changes and challenges faster and more intelligently.
Cisco DNA Center is a software solution that offers flexible deployment options. It can be deployed either on the Cisco DNA Center hardware appliance or as a virtual appliance on AWS. The solution receives telemetry data from network devices including switches, routers, access points, and controllers. For a device to be authorized to send data to Cisco DNA Center, that device must be included in your organization’s Cisco DNA software license subscription. Cisco encourages customers to purchase complete Cisco DNA Center functionality through a Cisco DNA Advantage license subscription. Limited Cisco DNA Center functionality is also available through a Cisco DNA Essentials license subscription. Wireless, switching, and SD-WAN and routing subscriptions are available for 3- and 5-year terms; wireless and switching are also available in a 7-year term. All Cisco DNA software license subscription options include embedded Cisco software support and downloads.
