DNA Center Setup Prerequisites

Prerequisites – What do I need ?

 DNA Center Appliance (DN1-HW-APL)
• Installation as a VM or custom UCS server is not supported

 Review environmental requirements in Installation Guide and provision for 2 x PSUs

 Network Patch Requirements for each DNAC Appliance (based on best practice recommendations):
• Appliance Management port – CIMC (recommended)
• 10Gbit port [enp9s0] - Enterprise Network
• 10Gbit port [enp10s0] - Intra Cluster Link
• 1Gbit port [enp1s0f0] - Management (optional *)
• 1Gbit port [enp1s0f1] - Cloud Update Connectivity (optional *)

 Additional Settings for Configuration Wizard

• DNS Server IP Address (1 required, 2+ recommended)
• NTP Server IP Address (1 required, 2+ recommended)
• Proxy Server IP Address (required if direct internet access is not available – http proxy only)
• Proxy server port if required
• Proxy server username / password if required
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* Required only if the Management network and/or the Cloud Update server is not reachable via the Enterprise Network
Prerequisites – IP Address Requirements
 DNA Center Cluster
• Cluster Virtual IP Address – Used to connect to the Enterprise Network
• This IP Address should be taken from the Enterprise Network subnet
• The Cluster Virtual IP must not be same as any of the node IP address (because it floats around the live nodes)
• Cluster subnet and Service subnet address pool - /21 subnet for each
• Used for internal cluster communications and should not conflict with any other IP in the Enterprise Network

 For each DNAC Appliance

• CIMC – Management of the DNAC Appliance hardware (recommended)
• Enterprise Network – Interface that is connected to the Enterprise network
• All DNA appliances should be in the same subnet as the Cluster Virtual IP address (see above)
• Intra Cluster Link – isolated network used for communication between the DNA Center cluster nodes
• All DNA appliances should be in the same VLAN
• Management (optional *) – used for DNA Center management
• Cloud Update Connectivity (optional *) – used to update the DNA Center software
Note: The Intra Cluster Link IP address and the Cluster/Service subnet address pools cannot be changed after installation.
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* Required only if the Management network and/or the Cloud Update server is not reachable via the Enterprise Network
Recommended Appliance Patching

10Gbit
Enterprise Network

10Gbit
Intra-cluster network
(isolated)

1Gbit (optional *)
Cloud Connectivity

1Gbit (optional *)
Management network
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* Required only if the Management network and/or the Cloud Update server is not reachable via the Enterprise Network
Cloud Connectivity Requirements
The following URLs need to be accessible from the DNA Center for various operations :

Use Case URLs

DNA Center Update package https://*.ciscoconnectdna.com/*
downloads https://*.cloudfront.net/
https://maglev-catalog-1.s3.amazonaws.com
https://maglev-catalog-staging.s3.amazonaws.com

Smart Account and SWIM https://*.cisco.com/*

Software Downloads
Rendering Geo-Maps on the DNA https://*.tiles.mapbox.com/*
Center UI
Meraki Integration https://*.meraki.com/
IPAM Integration URL for the IPAM-server
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User feedback https://dnacenter.uservoice.com/

Min SW and HW Requirements for DNA Assurance
 Controllers supported:
 DNA Optimized Infrastructure: CT 3504, 5520 and 8540

• APs Supported
• DNA Optimized Infrastructure: Wave 2 APs (1810, 1815, 1830, 1850, 2800 and 3800)
• Other APs supported: Wave 1 APs (1700, 2700, 3700) and 11n APs (700, 1600, 2600, 3500 and 3600)
• XOR Radio and AP as a Sensor capability is only supported on Wave 2 APs
• Cisco Aironet Active Sensor 1800S is supported
• SDA is only supported on Wave 1 and Wave 2 APs

• Software Releases supported:

• Suggested Release: 8.5.120 (8.5MR2)
• Latest Release: 8.5.120

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