This document discusses Cisco's Intent-based Networking solution and Cisco DNA Assurance. It notes that traditional networks cannot keep up with today's technology transformations such as multi-cloud environments, widespread use of mobile devices and BYOD, and an increasing threat landscape. Cisco's Intent-based Networking uses intent, context, learning, and automation to provide end-to-end visibility, predictive analytics, and guided remediation to simplify network operations and security. Cisco DNA Assurance further transforms network operations through actionable insights and simplicity by providing quick problem isolation, replicating problems through network context and history, and resolving issues decisively.

2. Mahesh Gupta
SDA and Assurance Sales Leader - APJ
Intent-Based Networking
Cisco’s Next Wave of Innovation

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Technology transformations driving the market
• Multi Cloud Environment:
Public, Private, Hybrid
• Public Software as a
Service (SaaS)
• Wider threat landscape
• Access
• Data Protection
• Device explosion: 63M
new devices online very
second by 2020
• Mobility & BYOD
SecurityCloudIoT

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Traditional networks cannot keep up
Common user policy for the branch, campus, WAN, and cloud
Inconsistent user
experience
Complex to
configure
Difficult to
segment
More users and endpoints
More VLANs and subnets
Multiple steps to give
users credentials
Difficult to maintain policy
Separate user policies
for wired and wireless networks
Unable to find users
when troubleshooting

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Cisco’s Intent-based Networking
Intent Context
Security
Learning
Intent-Based
Network Infrastructure
DNA Center
Analytics &
Assurance
Policy Automation
Switching Routers Wireless
Powered By Intent.
Informed by Context.

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Intent-based Networking Journey – Phase I
Context
Intent-based
Network
Constantly learning,
adapting, protecting
Analytics
and Assurance
End-to-end view of the
network with full context
through data and insights
Infrastructure
Readiness
Open and
Programmable
Secure
Foundation
Rapid threat detection
and mitigation
Policy Based
Automation
Simplify, scale network
deployment for Cloud,
Mobile, IoT
Intent
Machine
Learning & AI
Policy Validation
Predictive
Self-healing

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Software-Defined Access
Industry’s first policy-based automation from the edge to the cloud
Common user policy for the branch, campus, WAN, and cloud
Intelligent
network fabric
Simple, automated
workflows
End-to-End
Segmentation
Secure users, devices,
and applications with
identity-based policy,
regardless of location
Design, provision,
and manage your wired
and wireless networks
Enable a consistent user
experience anywhere
with insights and analytics into
user and application behavior

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Intent-based Networking Journey – Phase II
Context
Intent-based
Network
Constantly learning,
adapting, protecting
Analytics
and Assurance
End-to-end view of the
network with full context
through data and insights
Infrastructure
Readiness
Open and
Programmable
Secure
Foundation
Rapid threat detection
and mitigation
Policy Based
Automation
Simplify, scale network
deployment for Cloud,
Mobile, IoT
Intent
Machine
Learning & AI
Policy Validation
Predictive
Self-healing

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IT Challenge: 43% of IT Time spent in Troubleshooting
Network operators
spend more time collecting
data than analyzing
while troubleshooting
Impossible for IT to
troubleshoot if they cannot
replicate the issue or see it
real time
Half of WiFi issues take
more than 30min to resolve
4x Replication
challenge
Slow resolution

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Network Quality is a Complex, End-to-End Problem
* Both = Join/roam and quality/throughput
APs
Local WLCs
Network services DCOffice site
ISE
Mobile clients
CUCM
Client firmware
AP coverage
WAN Uplink usage End-User services
RF Noise/Interf.
Cisco Prime™
Configuration
AuthenticationWLC Capacity
WAN
Client density
Affects Join/Roam
Affects Quality/Throughput
Affects Both*
DHCP
Addressing
WAN QoS, Routing, ...
There are
100+ points of
failure between
user and app
What is the problem?
Where is the problem?
How can I fix the problem fast?

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Fragmented visibility
Closed interfaces / Silo’d views
Devices queried multiple times
Different protocols/mechanisms
Always playing catch up
Not designed for analytics
Inconsistent API architecture
Specialized knowledge required
Limited data that is not actionable
My report vs your report
No view of state changes
Lacking context or feedback loop
Too Many Tools Reactive Systems Limited Insights
Rigid Closed/Proprietary Lack of Intelligence
Today’s tools are limited and do not address network needs

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Right Place Right Time Right Action
Ideal Solution to Network Assurance
Quick Problem
Isolation
Replicate the
Problem in data
Resolve the problem
Decisively

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Right Place Right Time Right Action
Introducing Cisco DNA Assurance
Quick Problem
Isolation
Replicate the
Problem in data
Resolve the problem
Decisively
Transforming network operations through actionable insights and simplicity

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Right Place:
Isolation
How Cisco Does It?
Before
Hours finding needle
in the haystack
360◦ Context Graph – connected
view of users, clients, applications
and network, end-to-end
Wi-Fi Analytics
for iOS
After
Get to root cause
in minutes
DNA Center
Assurance
Everything as a sensor – Granularity
Event driven telemetry
50%
Of WiFi Issues
take more than 30
minutes to resolve

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Right Time:
Problem Replication
How Cisco Does It?
Before
Wi-Fi issues come
& go. If you cannot
replicate, you
cannot solve
Full Contextual State –
14 days of history
Aironet Active
Sensor
After
Network Time
Travel with full
context
DNA Center
Assurance
Predictive trends to resolve issues
before they are problems
Proactively test drive the network
47%
Of organizations have 10%
or more of their users
experience a Wi-Fi issue
in a typical week

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Right Action:
Resolution
How Cisco Does It?
Before
Continuous training
Step by step Guided Remediation
based on 30 years of Cisco networking
expertise and best practices
After
Leverage 30
years of industry
experience
DNA Center
Assurance
Extending network context to improve
business operations efficiency with
Operational Insights
81%
of organizations say a
single hour of downtime
costs over $300K
Operational
Insights

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End-to-end visibility – Network/Client Health
• Client Health Summary
• Onboarding, RF and Client Profile info
• Network Health Summary
• Control, Data, Policy Plane and Health info

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End-to-end visibility –360 views of users &
devices
• Single location for all user
information and every user device
• History of performance for each
user device
• Proactive identification of any
issues affecting user’s experience
• Single location for all user device
related user information
• Connectivity graph with
health score of all device on
the path
• Application performance
• Device KPIs

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Network Time Travel – Go back in time to
understand the network state when issue occurred
• Rewind time to when the issue
occurred
• All the information on the user
or network device 360 changes
to the selected time!
• History shows critical events
• Identifies when issues occurred!

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Insights with Guided Remediation Actions
• Guided Actions to help remediate
issues quickly
• Detailed drill downs to identify the
impact quickly

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Everything as a Sensor
Over 100+ Actionable Insights
Client | Applications | Wireless | Switching | Routing
Network Telemetry
Contextual Data
Complex Event
Processing
Correlated Insights
Guided
Remediation
IPAM
CMX
AppD
IPSLA
SNMP
OID
Telnet
DNS
MIB
Ping
CLI
DHCPAAA
Syslog
Netflow
Traceroute
Metadata
extraction
Complex
correlation
Steam
Processing
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Clients Baseline
Application Network
From Network Data to Business Insights

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Intent-based Networking Journey Vision
Context
Intent-based
Network
Constantly learning,
adapting, protecting
Analytics
and Assurance
End-to-end view of the
network with full context
through data and insights
Infrastructure
Readiness
Open and
Programmable
Secure
Foundation
Rapid threat detection
and mitigation
Policy Based
Automation
Simplify, scale network
deployment for Cloud,
Mobile, IoT
Intent
Machine
Learning & AI
Policy Validation
Predictive
Self-healing

23. Frederick Chen
Solution Marketing Manager, Enterprise Network, ASEAN
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