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Introduction

Cisco Catalyst Center (previously known as Cisco DNA Center) is a the network management and command center for Cisco Catalyst, enabling intent-based networking for the enterprise. You can provision and configure all network devices within minutes, expressing business intent for various network use cases, including base automation capabilities across the enterprise network.

With Analytics and Assurance features, Cisco Catalyst Center delivers end-to-end network visibility, providing full context through data and insights. Cisco customers and partners can use the Cisco Catalyst Center platform to build value-added applications that utilize its native capabilities of Cisco Catalyst Center.

To help you get started, here’s what you can do next:

• To explore the metrics that this application monitors, see Supported Metrics and Default Monitoring.
• To configure the integration, see Working with Application.

Use Cases

Discovery

• Discovers the following high-level components:
  • Cisco Catalyst Center
  • Cisco Catalyst Center Node
  • Cisco Catalyst Center Router
  • Cisco Catalyst Center Switch
  • Cisco Catalyst Center Wireless Controller
  • Cisco Catalyst Center Access Point
• Publishes relationships between resources to enable topological views and simplify maintenance.
• Refers to the Hierarchy of Cisco Catalyst Center resources for detailed structure.

Monitoring

• Provides monitoring for availability, performance, and usage.
• Generates alerts when defined metric thresholds are breached to notify users of potential issues.
• Refers to Supported Metrics and Default Monitoring Configuration for complete metric details.

Supported Target Versions

• Cisco Catalyst Center integration validated on the “Cisco DNAC installed version 2.3.3.6.70045”.

Resource Hierarchy

The following is the resource hierarchy.

• Cisco Catalyst Center

  • Cisco Catalyst Center Node

  • Cisco Catalyst Center Router

  • Cisco Catalyst Center Switch

  • Cisco Catalyst Center Wireless Controller

  • Cisco Catalyst Center Access Point

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