Cisco DNA Center network dashboard

Cisco DNA Center

Smarter, simpler network management

Optimize resources, reduce spending, and enhance your organization's digital agility with a powerful management system that uses AI to connect, secure, and automate network operations. 

Simplify the IT experience

Scale at the speed of your business

Deploy networks faster with provisioning and configuration automation. Proactively scale your network using deep insights into capacity and performance. Improve time to resolution with AI diagnostics and remediation.

 

 Cisco DNA Center health dashboard

Deliver optimal user experiences

Optimize Wi-Fi coverage and deliver services where they're needed with 3D visualization. Gain visibility into the user experience and improve hybrid work experience with application insights.

Cisco DNA Center Wireless 3D Analyzer

Secure the digital enterprise

Simplify zero-trust security for the workplace. Minimize exposure to security threats with an integrated security suite. Improve security posture and help to ensure compliance by using automated software and configuration management. 

Cisco DNA Center policy management  interface

Enable smart and sustainable workspaces

Optimize your Power over Ethernet (PoE) infrastructure with PoE insights. Connect, secure, and manage IoT devices to support your smart buildings initiatives, and help your organization achieve its sustainability goals.

Cisco DNA Center PoE dashboard

Centrally manage the campus

Manage your entire network—campus and branch, wired and wireless, IT and OT—from a single console. Deploy the network management system anywhere to suit your needs, on-premises or in a public cloud, with a dedicated physical appliance or a virtual appliance.

 Cisco DNA Center network map
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Office layout showing Cisco DNA Center wireless 3D analyzer's heat map

See how our network management can work for you

Get a brief overview of Cisco DNA Center capabilities, including assurance with AI/ML and wireless 3D analysis.

Unlock more value with solution integrations

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

Define and enforce access policy and network segmentation for an effective zero-trust security solution for the workplace. 

Cisco Spaces

Gain insights into the behavior of people and things onsite by using location analytics.

Cisco ThousandEyes solution

Extend your visibility into the internet and deliver better digital experiences for users. Identify bottlenecks and resolve issues faster.

Cisco Umbrella solution

Automate Cisco Umbrella policy configuration across the network. Provide secure access to the internet and to cloud applications. 

Cisco Secure Network Analytics

Detect and respond to security threats in real time with continuous monitoring of network traffic.

Cisco DevNet

Take network automation to the next level using the Cisco DNA Center API. Benefit from business process automation by integrating with your applications.

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Cisco DNA Software

Essentials

Monitor and automate your network with assurance and easy management. 

Features include:

  • Centralized management
  • Automation and provisioning
  • Secure connectivity

Cisco DNA Software

Advantage

Add sophisticated policy-based automation with software-defined access, monitoring, assurance, location analytics, and Cisco AI Network Analytics.

Includes all features from Essentials, plus:

  • Analytics and assurance
  • Service assurance
  • Policy and security

Optional add-on

Expansion Pack

Purchase add-on Cisco subscriptions, appliances, and services along with a Cisco DNA Essentials or Advantage license, using one convenient ordering menu.

Available for: 

  • Cisco Identity Services Engine
  • Cisco Secure Network Analytics
  • Cisco Spaces
  • Cisco ThousandEyes solution

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