Distributed organizations that need to support high-speed Wi-Fi access at retail outlets, branch offices, or emergency popup sites, could deploy new Catalyst Wi-Fi 6E Access Points, also announced at Cisco Live, and manage them from the cloud-first Meraki dashboard to simplify remote operations, Stori said. “IT can choose either the Meraki dashboard or Cisco DNA Center, providing extensive monitoring and management capabilities while enabling the choice as to where the services are running-on-premises or in the cloud-depending on operational needs, geography and regional data regulations,” he said.įor example, financial organizations that require air-gap protection from internet traffic, could maintain an on-premises Cisco DNA Center appliance. The virtual appliance in the cloud can manage up to 5,000 devices, according to Stori.
They can continue using DNA Center, the company’s core on-premises management package, or the new DNA Center Virtual Appliance that runs as a VMware ESXi instance in private data centers or as a virtual machine in public-cloud platforms such as AWS. In the future Cisco will bring additional Catalyst wired and wireless devices fully under cloud monitoring and management, said Chris Stori, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Networking Experiences group. “The main message is simplicity-we are offering a more unified and simplified management experience across Cisco, but in particular for campus and access networking,” Stori said.Ĭisco customers who want on-premises Catalyst management have two options. According to Cisco, Catalyst customers can run a CLI command with information about their organization, and it will move management of that device over to the Meraki cloud.
The first service, Cloud Management for Cisco Catalyst, lets customers manage and troubleshoot Catalyst 9000 switching and wireless campus and branch devices from the company’s cloud-based Meraki dashboard, which can manage and troubleshoot a wide variety of devices and networks from a single screen. Cisco is taking a big step toward cloud-management of both its Catalyst campus and Nexus data-center equipment.Īt the Cisco Live customer event this week, the company rolled out two cloud-based management services that provide more options for enterprises to support hybrid workforces.
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