In this DNA Center Troubleshooting bootcamp, you will acquire the skills to troubleshoot, provision and provide assurance to the Cisco DNA Center platform. In this two-day hands-on bootcamp, you will also learn how to troubleshoot the Software-Defined Access (SDA) and getting started with the Cisco DNA Center programmability.
Day 1
Troubleshooting Cisco DNA Center Architecture, Provisioning and Assurance
- Cisco DNA Center Architecture overview
- Cisco DNA Center System UI and Shell (maglev}
- Cisco DNA Center Networking
- High availability architectural overview
- Understanding and using RCA
- Cisco DNA Center User Interface Architecture
- Automation
- Software Image Management (SWIM)
- Surfing through the Cisco DNA Center logs (Kibana and CLI)
- Plug and Play
- LAN Automation
- Provisioning
- Assurance
- Best Practices
Lab:
- Troubleshooting DNA Center (troubleshooting the services with magctl, logs)
- SWIM
- PnP
Troubleshooting Software-Defined Access
- The fabric
- LISP operations (Wireshark capture of the control-plane operations)
- VXLAN encapsulation (Wireshark capture of the packet encapsulation)
- Layer 3 Forwarding
- IP anycast
- Registration of endpoints
- Packet walkthrough analysis with CLI
- DHCP in the fabric
Day 2
Troubleshooting Software-Defined Access (Continued)
- Layer 2 Forwarding
- Packet walkthrough analysis with CLI
- ARP in the fabric
- Authentication
- Secure Fabric
- Cisco Trustsec
- CTS enforcement
Lab:
- Troubleshooting SD-A
- five TS tickets to practice troubleshooting
Cisco DNA Center Programmability
- Cisco DNA Center API Overview
- Postman collection and DNA Center token
- Cisco DNA authentication in Python
- Helper functions in Python
Lab:
- Python script to display the list of devices