| Switch fundamentals |
Layer 2, Routed Access (RIP, EIGRP Stub, OSPF – 1000 routes),PBR, PIM Stub Multicast (1000 routes)), PVLAN, VRRP, PBR, CDP, QoS, FHS, 802.1x, Macsec-128, CoPP, SXP, IP SLA Responder, SSO |
| Advanced switch capabilities and scale |
BGP, EIGRP, HSRP, IS-IS, BSR, MSDP, PIM-BIDIR, IP SLA, OSPF |
| Network segmentation |
VRF, VXLAN, LISP, SGT, MPLS, mVPN |
| Automation |
Netconf, Restconf, gRPC, YANG, PnP Agent, ZTP/Open PnP, GuestShell (On-Box Python) |
| Telemetry and visibility |
Model-driven telemetry, sampled NetFlow, SPAN, RSPAN |
| High availability and resiliency |
NSF, GIR, ISSU/EFSU, StackWise Virtual |
| IOT integration |
AVB, PTP, CoAP |
| Security |
MACsec-256 |
| Optimized network deployments |
DNA Service for Bonjour |
| Advanced telemetry and visibility |
Full Flexible NetFlow, EEM |
| Optimized telemetry a visibility |
ERSPAN, AVC (NBAR2), App Hosting (in Containers/VMs), Wireshark |
| Advanced security |
Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) |
| Element management |
Patch Management |
| SD-Access |
Policy-based Automation & Assurance for Wired & Wireless |
| Day 0 network bring-up automation |
Cisco Network Plug-n-Play application, network settings, device credentials, LAN Automation, Host onboarding |
| Element management |
Discovery, inventory, topology, software image, licensing, and configuration management |
| Basic Assurance |
Health Dashboards – Network, Client, Application; Switch & Wired Client Health Monitoring |
| Network assurance and analytics |
Global Insights, Trends, Compliance, Custom Reports; Switch 360, Wired Client 360; Fabric and Non-Fabric Insights; App Health, App 360, App Performance (Loss, Latency, Jitter) |