Cisco Catalyst Center

Cisco Catalyst Center is an innovative technology that provides centralized management and automation of the corporate network. Administrators can gain complete visibility into their network, monitor its performance, and manage traffic in real time.

Product description

One of the main functions of Cisco Catalyst Center is to provide end-to-end network visibility. This includes monitoring the status of network elements, users, traffic monitoring, and traffic flow analysis. Cisco Catalyst Center also allows you to perform advanced network event analysis and identify network problems. The solution can be deployed in the following modes:

  • SDA Access - This is a new approach to enterprise network management. Infrastructure is divided into logical segments over which virtual networks can be created and further segmented or isolated based on business requirements and security policies.
  • Automation
    • SDA - full automation of network elements
    • Automation of management and configuration templates.

The Cisco Catalyst Center solution can be purchased as:

  • HW solution that can be scaled according to network size
  • Virtual image for environment (KVM,ESXi)
  • Service within AWS

Features

Centralized network management (configuration, monitoring and control)

EoX milestones

Automate network operations (device configuration, firmware updates, permission management and configuration auditing)

End-to-end network visibility and analysis

Plug and play (function allows automated on-boarding of new devices into the network. The device is detected by the system and automatically assigned a configuration template according to the defined policy

Inventory asset

Benefits

Network visibility and analysis

Support for a wide range of Cisco switches and routers

Integration with Cisco portfolio such as Cisco ISE, Cisco ThousandEyes, Stealthwatch, etc. for increased visibility and information on connected devices

Integration with third-party tools such as ServiceNOW, IPAM and others

Long-term support from the manufacturer

Clear licensing model

Why Alef?

  • Strong technical team specialising in remote collaboration
  • Unique know-how in the areas of solution design, implementation and subsequent management
  • Dozens of satisfied customers

Who is Cisco Catalyst Center for?

For all customers that have Cisco devices in the enterprise part of their network and want to get central management, automate certain tasks, see connected users (in combination with Cisco ISE), or access the network as an SDA environment.