Item: Cisco Catalyst Center
Rating: 4
Author: Michael Spence

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

DNAC was commissioned to help us with:
- Provisioning of new network equipment
- Mapping of ap placements
- Troubleshooting user experience
- Assessing general network health

Pros and Cons

Maps

Grouped reporting
Stability

Return on Investment

Cleaner provision workflow
Self built systems to work around pnp due to poor stability
Continued reliance on Prime

Cisco Products Used for Hybrid Work

Cisco AnyConnect

Organizational Challenges Faced

Split tunneling for some users was required

Impact on Organizational Challenges

Cisco products allowed us to configure the required tech

Hybrid Work Experience

- heavy reliance on external access
- greater requirement for external bandwidth

Alternatives Considered

Juniper Mist AI

DNAC integrates well with our existing setup.

Key Insights

Do you think Cisco Catalyst Center delivers good value for the price?

Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst Center's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Catalyst Center live up to sales and marketing promises?

Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst Center go as expected?

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst Center again?

Other Software Used

Grafana, Splunk Cloud

Likelihood to Recommend

When functioning, DNAC performs well allowing us to provision equipment and monitor/tshoot users. It's stability reduces its effectiveness and we regularly have missing critical features.

Genetic Defect

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Center