Network Profiles Overview
Network profiles allow you to configure settings and apply them to a specific site or group of sites. You can create network profiles for various elements in Cisco DNA Center:
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Network profiles allow you to configure settings and apply them to a specific site or group of sites. You can create network profiles for various elements in Cisco DNA Center:
Notes:
In Assurance, synchronization to the network device health score is available only for global issue settings, not custom issue settings.
Some global issues are not customizable. These issues are not displayed in the list of custom issues for you to modify.
To display modified issues at the top of the list, sort by Last Modified.
To delete custom settings, you must first unassign all the sites.
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Click the menu icon ( |
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Click +Add Profile and choose Assurance. |
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In the Profile Name field, enter a valid profile name and click Next. Cisco DNA Center adds the profile and the Edit Profile window appears. |
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Set the DEVICE TYPE and CATEGORY filters to view the type of issues you want to configure. |
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Click an issue in the Issue Name column to open a slide-in pane with the settings.
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To enable or disable whether Cisco DNA Center monitors the issue, click the Enabled toggle button. |
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To set the issue priority, click the Priority drop-down list and select the priority. The options are:
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(For certain issues) In the Trigger Condition area, you can change the threshold value for when the issue is reported. Examples of a trigger condition:
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(Optional) If there are any changes to the settings, you can hover your cursor over View Default Settings to display the default settings. Click Use Default to restore all the issue settings to the default values. |
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Click Apply. |
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(For certain issues) Click Manage Subscription to subscribe to external notifications for supported issues when they are triggered. |
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To assign the profile to sites, click Assign Sites. Check the check box next to the sites that you want to associate with this profile and click Save. The Edit Profile window appears.
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Click Done. The newly added profile appears on the Network Profiles window. |
This workflow shows how to:
Create custom configurations.
Create Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) configurations.
View the profile summary.
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Click the menu icon ( |
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Click +Add Profile and choose Firewall. The Firewall Type page appears. |
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To create custom configurations for regular firewalls like Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewalls, do the following: |
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To create FTD configurations to configure the FTD devices, do the following: |
This workflow shows how to:
Configure the router WAN.
Configure the router LAN.
Configure the integrated switch configuration.
Create custom configurations.
View the profile summary.
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Click the menu icon ( |
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Click +Add Profile and choose Routing. |
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The Router WAN Configuration window appears.
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The Router LAN Configuration page appears.
You can click Skip to skip the configuration.
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The Integrated Switch Configuration page appears. The integrated switch configuration allows you to add new VLANs or retain the previous configuration selected in the router LAN configuration.
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The Custom Configuration page appears. The custom configurations are optional. You can skip this step and apply the configurations at any time in the Network Profiles page. If you choose to add custom configurations:
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On the Summary page, click Save. This page summarizes the router configurations. Based on the devices and services selected, the hardware recommendation is provided. |
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The Network Profiles page appears. Click Assign Sites to assign a site to the network profile. For more information, see Create a Site in a Network Hierarchy. |
You can apply two types of configuration templates to a switching profile:
Onboarding template
Day N template
Define the Onboarding Configuration template that you want to apply to the devices. Such templates contain basic network configuration commands to onboard a device so that it can be managed on the network. See Create Templates to Automate Device Configuration Changes.
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Click the menu icon ( |
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Click +Add Profile and choose Switching. |
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In the Switching profile window, enter the profile name in the Profile Name text box. Depending on the type of template that you want to create, click OnBoarding Template(s) or Day-N Template(s).
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Click Save. The profile that is configured on the switch is applied when the switch is provisioned. Note that you must add the network profile to a site for it to be effective. |
Define the template that you want to apply to the telemetry appliances. See Create Templates to Automate Device Configuration Changes.
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Click the menu icon ( |
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Click +Add Profile and choose Telemetry Appliance. |
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In the Telemetry Appliance Type window, complete the following:
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In the Custom Configuration window, choose the template. The chosen template will be applied to the device once it is managed in Cisco DNA Center inventory. |
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Click Next. |
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In the Summary window, click Save. |
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Click the menu icon ( |
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Click +Add Profile and choose Wireless. Before assigning a wireless network profile, make sure that you have created wireless SSIDs under tab. |
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In the Add a Network Profile window, enter a valid profile name in the Profile Name text box. |
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Under the Wireless SSID area, click + Add SSID and configure the following parameters:
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Under the Attach Model Configs area, click + Add Model Config to add model config designs to a network profile. The Add Model Config window appears.
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To associate a template with the network profile, click + Add Template under the Attach Templates area.
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Click Save to add a network profile. The newly added network profile appears on the page. |
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To assign this profile to a site, click Assign Sites. |
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In the Add Sites to Profile window, check the check box next to the site to associate to this profile. You can select a parent node or the individual sites. If you select a parent site, all the children under the parent node are also selected. You can uncheck the check box to deselect a site. |
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Click Save. |
Cisco DNA Center allows you to preprovision the AP group, flex group, and site tag in a network profile. Preprovisioning saves time during AP provisioning by eliminating the need to make repetitive configuration changes and ensures consistency across your devices.
AP group configuration is applicable to Wireless LAN controllers running an AireOS image.
Flex group configuration is applicable to Wireless LAN controllers running an AireOS image.
Site tag configuration is applicable to Catalyst 9800 series wireless controllers.
You must create a network profile and assign a site (floor) to the network profile to enable AP group, flex group, and site tag creation.
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Click the menu icon ( |
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Click Edit. |
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Click Show Advanced Settings. |
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To create an AP group in the network profile, expand AP Group and click + Create an AP Group. The Create an AP Group window appears. |
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In the AP Group Name field, enter the AP group name. |
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From the RF Profile drop-down list, choose the RF profile. The options are High, Typical, Low, custom_rf_profile2, and rf_prof1_custom. |
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In the Select Sites field, you can either search for a site by entering its name or expand Global to select the site. |
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(Optional) Click Save & Add another to add another AP group. |
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Click Save. The AP group is created based on the selected RF profile under the AP Group area in the Edit Network Profile window. |
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To enable the flex group in the network profile, check the Flex Connect Local Switching check box and define the VLAN ID in the Local to VLAN text box to mark the nonfabric SSID as a flex-based SSID. If you have enabled Flex Connect Local Switching for an SSID, then all APs on that particular floor where the network profile is mapped will switch to FlexConnect mode. The Flex Group option is enabled under View Advanced Settings. |
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To create a flex group in the network profile, expand Flex Group and click + Create Flex Group. The Create Flex Group window appears. |
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In the Flex Group field, enter the flex group name. |
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In the Select Sites field, you can either search for a site by entering its name or expand Global to select the site. |
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(Optional) Click Save & Add another to add another flex group. |
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Click Save. The flex group is created under the Flex Group area in the Edit Network Profile window. |
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To create a site tag in the network profile, expand Site Tag and click + Create a Site Tag. The Create a Site Tag window appears. |
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In the Site Tag field, enter the site tag name. |
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In the Flex Profile Name name field, enter the flex profile name.
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In the Select Sites field, you can either search for a site by entering its name or expand Global to select the site. |
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(Optional) Click Save & Add another to add another site tag. |
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Click Save. The site tag is created under the Site Tag area in the Edit Network Profile window. |