Brkewn 2026

BRKEWN-2026
Wireless Network Automation

with Cisco DNA Center
Rashmi Ramesh - Product Manager

Paul Lysander - Technical Marketing Engineer
The cost of Doing Business in the Digital World
Enterprise Trends driving Digital
Transformation
Data growth
Connected devices 7.5B
3.64 Cloud
Threat surface areas Mobility
Devices per IoT Things
Person Connected
Spent of
$60B Network
Resources Operations
An evolved world needs a network evolved.
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Why are companies spending so much ?
95% 70% 75%
Network Changes Policy Violations OpEx Spent on Network

Performed Manually Due to Human Error Changes & Troubleshooting
*McKinsey study conducted for Cisco in 2016
Network Changes Automated Today
Network Changes Automated Today
• Manual changes lead to
Don’t Know configuration errors and
inconsistencies in the
More than 76%
network
• Issues with expanding
26 to 75%
network changes at scale
1 to 25% • Network downtime needs to
be re-thought
None
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Source: http://blogs.gartner.com/andrew-lerner/2016/12/20/network-resolutions-for-2017/
Today’s Key Challenges for Wireless Networks
Configuration Complex to set-up Hardware & Box centric

Inconsistencies and manage Provisioning takes
“Cookbooks” need to Scale redefines Months
be constantly updated Complexity
The challenges will only grow as we move to next generation workspaces

The Network. Intuitive.
Constantly learning, adapting and protecting.
LEARNING
Informed
Cisco DNA Center by Context
Visibility into traffic
and threat patterns
Who, What, When,
Policy Automation Analytics
Where, How
INTENT CONTEXT
Powered Intent-based
by Intent Network Infrastructure
Translate Business Intent
to Network Policy
Automate the management
and provisioning millions of
devices instantly
SECURITY
• Introduction to Cisco DNA Center
Agenda • Wireless Automation Workflow
• Deployment Models
• Flex Based Deployment
• Mobility Express
• Catalyst 9800 Support (NEW)
• Cisco DNA Platform
• Intent API’s
• ITSM Integration
• Transition from Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center
• Key Takeaways
Introducing Cisco DNA
Center
Cisco DNA Center
Intent based Automation & Assurance Platform
Cisco DNA Center
Intent based Platform
• Single pane of glass for all devices
• End-to-end health info in real time
Policy Design
• Granular visibility
• Simplified workflows
Automation for Provisioning Provision Assurance
• Zero-touch deployment
• Device Lifecycle Management
• Policy enforcement
Analytics for Assurance Cisco DNA Center Appliance

• Verify intent of network settings
• Proactively resolve issues
• Reduce time spent troubleshooting
Platform for Extensibility
• Integrate APIs with 3rd party solutions Physical and Virtual Infrastructure
• Integrate and customize ServiceNow
• Evolve operational tools and processes Cisco & 3rd Party
Cisco DNA Automation
Existing Approach Cisco DNA Approach
Multiple Apps for Management across Integrated Workflows across Domains

Domains
Device Centric Configurations Intent driving service provisioning &

Policy Abstraction
Multiple tools for Automation and One Box Solution with closed loop
Assurance
Automation
Software Update is Manual and Proactive and Consistent Software

Reactive update and Patching
Out of the box Integration with IT

IT process tools working in Silos Process tools
The Network that Scales for the Digital Business

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Cisco DNA Center - Automation Principles
Lifecycle Management IT Process Automation Policy Based Automation
Wireless Automation
Workflow
Scenario
A Large Retailer is refreshing their Wireless infrastructure across their retail
stores
Intent
Need to have Enterprise &
Guest SSID’s with a high
density client population for RF WAN/Internet
Campus Core
Typical Customer Network

Wireless Automation - Overview
Plan Design Design Provision

Network Business
Services Intent
Plan
Site Hierarchy & Maps
Plan Design Network Design

Business Intent Provision
Services
Plan
Step -1 Create Site Hierarchy along with Buildings and Floors
Step -2 Import Floor Maps
Step -3 Manage Floor Map Properties

or
Export the Site Hierarchy and Maps from PI and import
Step -4
into Cisco DNAC (PI Customers)
Demo
Design Network
Services

Services
Network Services and Credentials
Network Services
• AAA (Network and Client)
• DNS, DHCP
• NTP
Monitoring Services
• Syslog
• Traps
• Netflow and Application Visibility
Credentials
• CLI
• SNMP
• HTTP
Challenges with Network Services & Credentials
 Vary by :
 Location
 Differences in Network Design
 Information often stored in Files - Error
Prone
 Day 2 Updates become a challenge
Demo
What did we do so far ?
Planned the Sites & Hierarchy
Extracted Common/Standard across Wired and Wireless to

be self managed
Design Business Intent
for Wireless

Services
Traditionally ..
HA Configuration
Interfaces Configuration for Enterprise and Guest
Radius & AAA Servers
WLC SSID - Authentication, QoS
Advanced : Local Profiling, Client DHCP, Local/Flex

Connect
Manage AP Groups- RF Profiles (DCA
Settings,RRM),WLAN Interface
Associate AP to AP Groups
Problem with this approach
Need to manually manage the mapping of AP to AP
Groups
Need to manually map SSID’s to AP Groups
Increased Complexity and Error prone
Similar issue for AP Configuration
No Repeatability for Future growth
Network Deployment using Profiles
A Single Profile
can be mapped to Small Sites - Small Profile
multiple sites with Medium Sites - Medium Profile

multiple devices
Large Sites - Large Profile
WAN/Internet
Campus Core
Typical Customer Network

Contents of a Wireless Profile
Services
• SSID
• Guest Network 70%-80% of the WLC
• RF Profiles Config or more
• Deployment mode
Services
(Intent)
Named Capabilities
• Clean Air
• 11k
• 11v
Advanced 20%-30% of the WLC
Capabilities Config or less
CLI Templates
• Customized Features
• Cisco Best Practice Out of the
box
Design Business Intent for Wireless
Workflow
SSIDs
Based on best practices
Wireless Interfaces
Map dynamic interface
to VLAN
RF Profiles
Based on best Practices
Demo
Template Editor
• Create Project
and Template
Template Editor - Edit Template
• Cool programming-like template view for copy/paste and editing.
• Template engine is based on velocity engine.
• Use “$” sign to define variable.
variable
Template Editor - Variables
• Define detailed info of variable in “Input Form” view.
• Default value of variable will auto populate for user during provisioning.
Template Editor - Save & Commit
• Save
• Writable version of template
on Cisco DNA-C
• Can not be used for
provisioning
• Commit
• Once committed, it
becomes read-only
• Can commit multiple times
to create multiple versions
of template
• Only latest commit version
can be used for
provisioning
Extracted Common/Standard across Wired and Wireless to

be self managed
Captured the business intent within a Network Profile
Provision

Services
Provision Workflows
AP’s Discover
Discover Provision Provision
Cisco DNAC
WLC WLC to Site AP's
via PnP
WLC Provisioning AP Provisioning
WLC Provisioning -
Demo
Provision Workflow - WLC
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to WLC’s Physical

Site Location
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to • Logically

Managed Sites
Site
by WLC
• AP’s Location
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to WLC specific Dynamic

Site Interface Details
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco Fill in values for variables

DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to
Site
Behind the Scenes ….
WLAN Parameters
 SSID Creation
 Automatic association of
Dynamic Interfaces to
WLAN
 Broadcast SSID
Extracted Common/Standard across Wired and Wireless to be

self managed
Converting Business Intent to Network Policy - WLC

Provisioning
Summary of attributes applied by Cisco DNAC
Enterprise Personal Open Guest-External Guest-ISE
AVC Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled
Allow AAA Override Enabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled
Coverage Hole Detection Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
Session Timeout 1800 Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled
Client Exclusion Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
11ac MU-MIMO Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
11k Neighbor List Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
11k Dual Band Neighbor List Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled
MFP Client Protection Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional
NAC State None None None None ISE NAC
Local Client Profiling Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled

11v Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
Provision Workflows
AP’s
Discover Provision Discover Provision
WLC WLC to Site Cisco DNAC AP's
via PnP
Provision Workflow - AP’s
Option - 1 Option - 2
Onboard AP - Plug & Play Import a CSV with the AP

S/N, AP Name, Location, RF
Profile
Claim AP to Site
AP gets automatically
claimed and provisioned
Provision AP
More Control on AP Zero touch Deployment

Provisioning
Provision Workflow - AP’s
Cisco
DNA-C IP Cisco DNA Center
Option 43
5A1D;B2;K4;I192.168.139.151;J80
Policy Automation Analytics

DHCP
Server PnP Server
SSL
AP
PnP Server Discovery Options
Routers
DHCP with option 43 (ASR, ISR)
1 PnP string: 5A1D;B2;K4;I172.19.45.222;J80 added to DHCP Server
Wireless
Automated
Access Points
DNS lookup
2
resolves to Cisco DNA Center IP Address
Switches
(Catalyst®)
Cloud re-direction https://devicehelper.cisco.com/device-helper
3 Redirect
USB-based bootstrapping*
4 router-confg/router.cfg/ciscortr.cfg Manual discovery
not supported for
Manual
Access Points
Manual - using the Cisco® Installer App**

5
*Supported on Cat 9K only for switches
* *Cisco DNA Center Support in Roadmap
AP Provisioning - Demo
Provision Workflow - AP’s Option -1
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site AP’s that undergo PnP are found
as “Unclaimed Devices”. They are
not associated with a WLC yet
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
AP is configured as FlexConnect AP if any

APs must be SSID in the site profile is enabled with
Provision WLC to assigned to “FlexConnect Local Switching”.
Site floor level.
APs Discover Cisco RF profile is used to

DNA-C via PnP generate AP group.
Provision APs to
AP’s get associated to the
Site
WLC and move to the
Cisco DNAC Inventory
How did the AP’s find their WLC ?
San Jose - Building 1 Floor 1 AP’s
SJC-WLC-1 RTP - Building 1 Floor 1,2 AP’s
Site : San Jose
Managed AP AP’s Floor

Locations Information
Claim AP PnP with
(Eg : SJC-B1-F1) (Eg : SJC-B1-F1) DNS/ DHCP-
Option 43

Option - 2 : Bulk AP Deployment
1 Import APs
2 Prepare AP Bulk Import CSV and Upload
Status: Import APs vs. Actively

Connected APs
3 Auto Claim APs when they contact Cisco DNA-C via PnP
Extracted Common/Standard across Wired and Wireless to be

self managed
Converting Business Intent to Network Policy - WLC

Provisioning
Converting Business Intent to Network Policy - AP Provisioning
How Wireless Deployment comes together
Profile Mapped to
Site SSIDs and RF
Parameters that
represent wireless
network
Network Services WLC Mapped to

Mapped to Sites Sites
Map sites
Common settings that WLC
for Sites will manage
Site/Building
AP Mapped to Site
APs inherits the
properties of the Profile
associated to site
Controller Deployment
Modes
Flex Based Deployment
Flex Deployment
Design Network Design Business
Plan
Services Intent
During the Profile

Creation, an SSID
can be Centralized
vs Flex Connect
Behind the Scenes ..
WLC Provisioning
Behind the Scenes ..
• Unique Flex Group name is generated based on
site names with random number at the end.
• WLAN to VLAN mappings are created.
AP Provisioning
AP Provisioning
Mobility Express
ME Workflow
Design Network Design Business
Plan
Services Intent
1
Create and
Reserve IP Pools
at the Site Level
ME Workflow
2 Claim ME to Site
ME Provisioning
Successful
Provisioning
Unified Workflow Experience for Wireless
Centralized Flex Connect Mobility

OperateExpress
From a web
Ease of Deployment
browser or Cisco Eliminate the need for Controller Functionality
and management
wireless app, use a Controller at every Embedded in the
the setup wizard Site Access Point
to enable multiple
APs
simultaneously Deployment Modes
Catalyst 9800 Support
Benefits of New Configuration Model
Reusability
Easy Provisioning Change Management
Config modularized as
With AP attribute Site based filtering
objects
Tagging
Rule-based Tagging
Simplicity For easy Day 1
No inheritance or configuration
containers
AireOS vs. Catalyst 9800 Config Model
Going towards a more Modularized and Reusable model with Logical decoupling of configuration entities Granular & simplified
What Policies on which Sites
with what RF characteristics
WLAN AP Group Flex Group RF Profile Basic Policy Site

Tag
Wireless Tag
Policy
Basic Network Policies High Density HDX Tag
Network Policies Advanced
Wireless
Wireless WLAN RF
Tag
Advanced Wireless site Wireless security Data Rates
Wireless settings
Decouple Wireless Security
Remote Site
Wireless Security RF Parameters DCA, TPC, CHDM
Config
Remote site Profile threshold Modularize Switching Policy RF Tag

Switching Policy Site Specific
parameters for traps
Policies
Policy a/n/ac
Profile
Network Policy Switching Policies Client Distribution Network Policy b/g
RF Profiles
High Density HDX
High Density HDX

Data Rates
Site Tag
AireOS Config Model Wireless site
settings
Data Rates
AP Join DCA, TPC, CHDM
Profile
Site Specific
Policies DCA, TPC, CHDM
Profile threshold
for traps
Profile threshold
for traps
Remote Site Client Distribution
Config
Client Distribution
Flex
Remote site Profile
parameters
RF Profile
Cisco Catalyst 9800 Config Model
Access Points
Policy Tag RF RF Tag

WLAN
Profile
Profile
2.4 GHz
RF
Policy
Profile
Profile
5 GHz
Defines the broadcast domain (list of Defines the RF properties

WLANs to be broadcasted) with the of the network
properties of the respective SSIDs
Site Tag
AP Join
Profile
Flex
Profile
Defines the properties of the

central and the remote site APs
Wireless Network Profile for Cat9800
System Generated Configuration by

Cisco DNA Center UI Orchestration
CLI Templates
• Network Settings
• Device Credentials
Network Settings • Wireless Settings
User Defined Configuration

Device Credentials
• CLI Templates
Wireless Settings
Cat9800 Wireless Controller Provision Workflow
Ensure NETCONF is
enabled
Discover WLC On Cat9800 Wireless

Controller
Provision WLC to • Network Settings:

2 TACACS, Radius, SNMP, Syslog,
Site
DHCP, DNS, NTP and etc.
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
On Cat9800 Wireless
Controller
Provision WLC to • Country Code
2 Create Policy Profile
Site •
• Create WLAN Profile and associate
with policy profile
APs Discover Cisco
DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to Note that wlan index starts on 17

Site
Cisco
Discover WLC DNA-C IP Cisco DNA Center
Option 43
5A1D;B2;K4;I192.168.139.151;J80
Provision WLC to Policy Automation Analytics

DHCP
Site
Server PnP Server
1
APs Discover Cisco
3 DNA-C via PnP SSL
Provision APs to 3
Site
AP
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

3 DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC What will be provisioned?
• On APs (via PnP):

• Primary WLC Hostname
Provision WLC to
• Primary WLC IP
Site
• AP Hostname
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP • On WLC (via NETCONF):
• Create RF Profile if applicable
• Create Wireless Flex Profile if applicable
• Create Policy, Site and RF tags
Provision APs to
4 • Assign AP mode with corresponding policy, site and RF tags
Site
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
4
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
AP is configured as FlexConnect AP if any

SSID in the site profile is enabled with
Provision WLC to “FlexConnect Local Switching”.
Site
APs must be
APs Discover Cisco assigned to
DNA-C via PnP floor level.
4
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
RF profile is used to
generate RF Tag and
4
Provision APs to associate it to AP.
Site
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
4
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
4
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
4
Provision APs to
Site After AP joins Cat9800 wireless controller successfully, AP join SNMP trap will be sent to Cisco DNA
Center so that AP can be added into inventory.
Discover WLC
Provision AP via PnP
Sample AP Log for Provisioning AP via PnP

Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
4
Provision APs to
Site
Discover WLC
Cat9800 Wireless
Controller
Provision WLC to Flex Profile
Site
APs Discover Cisco Site Tag
DNA-C via PnP

Policy Tag
4
Provision APs to
Site RF Tag
Discover WLC AP Configuration on

Cat9800 Wireless Controller
Provision WLC to
Site
APs Discover Cisco

DNA-C via PnP
Provision APs to
Site
AP is in Flex mode and assigned with newly created policy, site and RF tags.
Unified Workflow Experience for Wireless
Centralized Flex Connect Mobility

OperateExpress AireOS IOS-XE
From a web
Ease of Deployment
browser or Cisco Eliminate the need for Controller Functionality Traditional Catalyst 9800 -
and management
wireless app, use a Controller at every Embedded in the controller Next Gen Wireless
the setup wizard Site Access Point architecture Stack
to enable multiple
APs
simultaneously
Deployment Modes Controller Architecture
Cisco DNA Platform
The Journey to Intent-based Networking
Increased
IT Agility
Platforms
Systems
Products
Platform Capabilities – APIs, Adapters & SDKs
Intent APIs
IT and Network
System Process • •
•
•
•
•
• •
X-Domain Integration
3rd Party SDKs
Introducing Cisco DNA Center Platform
Introduction Cisco DNA Center Platform
Intent API’s
Intent APIs
Network APIs Business APIs
• Network Level - Features based API • Intent Based API for network operations
• Consistent model for feature across all • Network capabilities abstraction

devices types
• API’s aligned with business constructs
• All UI capabilities of Cisco DNA Center
• Custom Business API from an
available via the API
aggregation of network APIs
• Example: SWIM workflow
• Example: SWIM Workflow
• Check validations for new software image
• Perform clean up • Single API – define golden image for
device family and get compliance of
• Copy software
all devices to the golden image
• Activate new software
• Perform post deployment check
Example of Business Intent API: Create SSID
 Create Dynamic Interface

 Create SSID
 Create Wireless Network Profile
 Create SSID Business API
 Associate device physical location
 Associate managed AP locations
 Provision WLC
ITSM Integration
Streamlining IT Processes
Before After
IT and IT and
How do I correlate all this
Network data – and take the correct Network
Systems actions?
Systems Let’s code the interactions and
reap the results
ITSM
IT and network
IPAM Human
operations
middleware
orchestrator
Reporting
ITSM
Alerts,
telemetry, IPAM
CLI, scripts
Reporting
Infrastructure Infrastructure
From “human middleware” to “IT orchestrator”

Integration Adapters with Cisco DNA Center
ITSM
IT Ecosystem
Domain API’s
Standardized
Cisco DNA
Center IPAM
Platform
Direct Integration Reporting
Available Today: ITSM(Service Now), IPAM (Infoblox, Bluecat) and Reporting (Tableau)
Cisco DNA Center ServiceNow Solution
Deployment
Cisco DNA Center ServiceNow
• Install DNAC 1.2.5 ++ • Update ServiceNow instance with Cisco
Reference App (supported use-
Option A • Install Platform Package cases)**
• Activate Integration • Enhance Cisco Reference App

(leveraging APIs to enhance use-cases)
• Install DNAC 1.2.5 ++ • ServiceNow Events published with

relevant metrics, flags for integration
Option B • Install Platform Package
• Customize and handle ServiceNow
• Activate Integration events to integrate as per custom needs
**Cisco Reference App is available selectively initially, as it is currently undergoing certification with ServiceNow. Once certified, it will be widely available.
**EM Module is required to yield best results of the integration
Core Principles of Software
Upgrade with Cisco DNA Center
1 2 3
Intent based Network Upgrades Seamless Upgrades Reduce Downtime

with Patching
Standardization of Software by Pre/Post check validations Upgrade only what is

Network device role, device with rollback provide needed with minimal to
type and location confidence for upgrades zero downtime
Software Upgrade Process
Request
Software
Update
Identify
Close CR Golden
Image
Post Select
Deploy Devices
Validations
Activate Create
Software CR
Cisco DNA Center

NMS Software
Distribute Approve
Software CR
PreCheck
Validations
Visualize Software Images
 For a given Device

Family, view :
 All images
 Image Version
 Number of Devices using
a particular image
 Image Repository to
centrally store Software
Images, VNF Images and
Network Container
Images
Image Standardization - “Golden Images”
Devices not Compliant with Golden Image
Built-in
Compliancy
checks to
Automatically
flag devices
Cisco DNA Automation / Assurance driven events
or issues translate into ITSM events
• An ITSM Event can spawn off

an alert or an incident or a
change.
• You as a customer choose

what it does.
ITSM Event spawns off a problem depending on
impact and user defined criteria
• An ITSM Event resulted in a problem

record for a specific device.
• The problem record has all the

information about the device – current
image, recommended image, impact
to neighborhood topology
ITSM Incident or Change Request gets updated
with relevant analysis from Cisco DNA-C
• Cisco DNA Tab gets enriched with the
relevant context for an ITSM leader to
resolve issues faster.
• This enrichment can be based on user,
device, application context.
Prime Infrastructure
Migration
Co-Existence Objectives
Enable Prime Infrastructure customers to jump start with Cisco DNA Center
1
with minimal efforts
Migrate Devices, Location Groups, Maps and CMX Servers from Prime
2 Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center seamlessly using the workflow
3 Allow Incremental updates to the migrated dataset
4 Start using Cisco DNA Center Assurance for the migrated sites from Day 1
Co-existence Overview
Prime Cisco DNA Center
California California
♻ Site
♻ Buildings
Denver
♻ Floors along with floor plan
New York ♻ Routers
Seattle ♻ Switches
♻ WLC
Florida
♻ AP’s
♻ AP Position on the floor maps
♻ Floor Elements like
Exclusion/Inclusion Regions,
Obstacles etc
Jump start with Cisco DNA Center with a ♻ CMX Servers
readily available site layout
Pre-requisites
❖ Migration workflow resides on Prime Infrastructure
❖ Prime and Cisco DNA Center should be reachable from each other
❖ Feature tested with Cisco DNA Center 1.2.1 onwards and Prime 3.5
Workflow
Launch point
Workflow will be launched in a new tab
Add Cisco DNA Center Info
1
• Validity Status check is made before adding

• User can integrate only one Cisco DNA Center
server at a time
Sync Settings
2
Enabling auto sync will move modifications of already
migrated data from Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA
Center automatically right after modification
Cisco DNA Center Scale
Current Cisco DNA Center Scale

calculated during the page reload
Location Groups Selection
3
Soft Limits
Currently available in
Currently available Cisco DNA Center
data in Prime
Newly selected Site
Hierarchy
Sandbox view to visualize the location of insertion in the

Site Hierarchy
Add CMX Info
All CMX Servers SSH Credentials are

associated with this Site mandatory and need to be
are listed provided
Summary
Summary of the different types of data that have

been added, updated or deleted
Status of the last

sync
Activity Log
Detailed step by step

status
Change Audit Status
Sync Behavior
Force Sync
• Force sync essentially pushes all data, based on selection of groups, irrespective of the
previous data push from PI to Cisco DNA Center
• For any setting change to come into effect, a force sync has to be done
• Initial sync from PI to Cisco DNAC will always be a force sync
Auto Sync
• Auto Sync is an incremental, dynamic synchronization of the data from PI to Cisco DNAC
based on the earlier selection
• Any changes to groups association and device credentials will be synced
• CMX and Maps are not in scope of auto sync and need to triggered via the Force Sync
option
• Auto sync has 2 modes of operation :
 Changes to the already synced groups and devices only are pushed to Cisco
DNAC
 Any new groups added as a sub-group to the already selected location groups
and its device association are pushed to Cisco DNAC
Key Takeaways
Key Takeaways
Intent Based Workflows that are WLC Architecture
Agnostic (Centralized vs Flex vs ME and IOS-XE vs AireOS)
“Network Profiles” help deliver Business Intent -
Day 0 to Day N
Jump start with DNA Center using the Co-
existence workflows in Prime
Cisco DNAC is ready for production deployment
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BRKEWN-2026

Wireless Network Automation

Rashmi Ramesh - Product Manager

An evolved world needs a network evolved.

95% 70% 75%

Network Changes Policy Violations OpEx Spent on Network

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Configuration Complex to set-up Hardware & Box centric

The challenges will only grow as we move to next generation workspaces

Automation for Provisioning Provision Assurance

Analytics for Assurance Cisco DNA Center Appliance

Multiple Apps for Management across Integrated Workflows across Domains

Device Centric Configurations Intent driving service provisioning &

Software Update is Manual and Proactive and Consistent Software

Out of the box Integration with IT

The Network that Scales for the Digital Business

Lifecycle Management IT Process Automation Policy Based Automation

Typical Customer Network

Plan Design Design Provision

Plan Design Network Design

Step -2 Import Floor Maps

Step -3 Manage Floor Map Properties

Plan Design Network Design

Planned the Sites & Hierarchy

Extracted Common/Standard across Wired and Wireless to

Plan Design Network Design

Interfaces Configuration for Enterprise and Guest

Radius & AAA Servers

WLC SSID - Authentication, QoS

Advanced : Local Profiling, Client DHCP, Local/Flex

Need to manually map SSID’s to AP Groups

Increased Complexity and Error prone

Similar issue for AP Configuration

No Repeatability for Future growth

multiple sites with Medium Sites - Medium Profile

Typical Customer Network

Extracted Common/Standard across Wired and Wireless to

Captured the business intent within a Network Profile

Plan Design Network Design

WLC Provisioning AP Provisioning

APs Discover Cisco

APs Discover Cisco

APs Discover Cisco

Provision WLC to WLC’s Physical

APs Discover Cisco

Provision WLC to • Logically

APs Discover Cisco

Provision APs to WLC specific Dynamic

APs Discover Cisco Fill in values for variables

APs Discover Cisco

APs Discover Cisco

Extracted Common/Standard across Wired and Wireless to be

Captured the business intent within a Network Profile

Converting Business Intent to Network Policy - WLC

Local Client Profiling Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled

WLC Provisioning AP Provisioning

Onboard AP - Plug & Play Import a CSV with the AP

More Control on AP Zero touch Deployment