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#SDA shaking trust in Cisco
Updated March 08, 2023

#SDA shaking trust in Cisco

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)

I am using SDA in part of my Campus infrastructure. It supposed to be easier to administrate , fewer manpower, it turns out the the solution need a dedicated team to deal with all the bugs.
  • Automation for daily activities (DNA)
  • Telemetry (DNA)
  • NOT Micro segmentation for Broadcast and multicast
  • NOT Supporting Multicast over SD transit
  • NOT Supporting silent host
  • Demanding advantage license

Do you think Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)'s feature set?

No

Did Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) go as expected?

No

Would you buy Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) again?

No

  • The LCM become bloody expensive
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
It helps with 802.1X
N/A
I get different answers from the CX, whole bunch of TAX cases. Unclear roadmap
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution
I dont see the point to use VXLAN in a campus environment that dont have the need of stretched L2 environment (fully aware about VXLAN header and SGTs ) LISP and BGP Crave a advantage licenses (extremely expansive )

Using Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)

16 - The total number of endusers useing a SDA network is about 2500.
7 - Network operation team , campus network experience (routing, switching , ISE)
  • ZTP
  • Segmentation
  • standardized configuration
  • SGT/Segmentation
  • Assurance and troubleshooting
  • N/A
  • N/A
  • N/A