Category: Blog for Technologists - NetCraftsmen

How Will Cloud Impact Network Engineers?

A reader commented on a prior blog, suggesting I write about the title question. I liked the idea, and the resulting words (thoughts) follow. Suggestions for other topics are always [...]

Who Owns Security ACLs?

A previous blog, Do You Know Your Flows? discussed figuring out what flows are in your network (network edge, etc.). And the time challenges that can present. It also lightly touched [...]

Streamline Site Refreshes with Automation

Written by Terry Slattery and Dan Wade Every network eventually gets a hardware refresh and automated testing can verify that a site is fully operational after the new hardware and [...]

Do You Know Your Flows?

This blog discusses a problem that several of my NetCraftsmen peers and I are seeing. Once I explain, I’ll leave it up to you: Is this phenomenon real? Is it [...]

DNAC Tour, Part 8: The Rest of DNAC

This is the eighth in a series of blogs, the DNAC Instant Demo tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center DNAC Tour [...]

DNAC Tour, Part 7: Exploring SDA Provisioning Part 2: Fabric Deployment

This is the seventh in a series of blogs, the DNAC Instant Demo tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center DNAC Tour [...]

DNAC Tour Part 6: Exploring SDA Fabric Provisioning, Part 1: VRFs (VNs), GBACLs, And SGTs

This is the sixth in a series of blogs, the DNAC Instant Demo tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center DNAC Tour [...]

DNAC Tour, Part 5: Using DNAC: Design, Inventory, Swim

This is the fifth in a series of blogs, the DNAC Instant Demo tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center DNAC Tour [...]

DNAC Tour Part 4: Getting Started Tasks (Overview): Discovery, PNP, Templates, Provisioning

This is the fourth in a series of blogs, the DNAC Instant Demo tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center DNAC Tour [...]

DNAC Tour Part 3: General Navigation and Highlights: Dashboard, Drill Down, Assurance and Troubleshooting

This is the third in a series of blogs, the DNAC Tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center DNAC Tour Part 2: [...]

DNAC Tour Part 2: DNAC Instant Demo: Beginning Your Tour

This is the second in a series of blogs, the DNAC Instant Demo tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center In this [...]

DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center

A previous blog I posted on LinkedIn mentioned virtual demos. It seems like it could be useful for me to provide some structure around the DNAC (DNA Center) instant demo, [...]