New and Changed Information
The following table summarizes the new and changed features in Cisco DNA Center 2.3.6 and tells you where they are documented.
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Add Third-Party Device to Inventory |
You can add a third-party device to your Inventory manually. |
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Automatic NETCONF Enablement Support |
NETCONF is automatically configured on port 830 during device onboarding using plug and play. Automatic NETCONF enablement support is available only for Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series Switches running Cisco IOS-XE Version 17.3 or later. |
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Cisco AI Endpoint Analytics Dashlet on Home Page |
The Cisco DNA Center home page has a dashlet that takes you to the AI Endpoint Analytics dashboard (or lets you enable AI Endpoint Analytics if it isn’t already installed). The dashlet provides information about the endpoints that are connected to your network, including profiled endpoints, trust score alerts, and AI rules. See Default Home Page. |
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Create Network Device Group (NDG) Tag |
You can create a new NDG tag and add it to the devices in the Inventory window. |
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Credential Update Restriction for Third-Party Devices |
You cannot update the credentials of third-party devices discovered by Cisco DNA Center. |
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Customize the TCP MSS Adjustment Value |
You can choose a desired TCP MSS Adjustment value for the TCP sessions on the Layer 3 handoff interfaces. |
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Dynamic Channel Assignment (DCA) Validation |
DCA channel support is based on the regulatory domain of a device. During AP provisioning, only the channels that are supported as per the country code are considered, and the unsupported channels are ignored. You can view the list of unsupported channels in the Preprovision Summary window. See Create a Wireless Radio Frequency Profile and About Wireless Devices and Country Codes. |
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Enable AP Impersonation |
The wireless network settings dashboard now includes an option to configure an AP impersonation. |
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Enhancements to Accounting Server Configuration |
Effective with this release, you must configure an accounting server for an SSID to push the accounting configuration for the SSID. See Configure AAA Server for an Enterprise Wireless Network and Configure AAA Server for a Guest Wireless Network. |
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Enhancements to AP Location Configuration |
During AP provisioning and AP Plug and Play (PnP) onboarding, Cisco DNA Center doesn't configure the assigned site as the AP location. You can configure the AP location using the Configure Access Points workflow. See Provision a Cisco AP—Day 1 AP Provisioning, Provision a Wireless or Sensor Device, and Configure AP Workflow. |
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Enhancements to AP Selection in the AP Configuration Workflow |
The Configure Access Points workflow has the following enhancements on the Select Access Points window:
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Enhancements to Application Hosting on APs |
When the App Hosting Status of an AP is Ready, to configure the updates on the AP, you can use the Resync option. See View Installed Hosting Applications on Cisco Catalyst 9100 Series Access Points. |
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Enhancements to Authentication using AAA Server for Wireless Networks |
Effective with this release, you must configure an AAA server for an SSID to push the authentication configuration for the SSID. If an AAA server is not configured for the SSID, Cisco DNA Center pushes the aaa authentication dot1x default local command to the wireless controller and the default method list that points to local authentication is mapped to the SSID. See Configure AAA Server for an Enterprise Wireless Network and Configure AAA Server for a Guest Wireless Network. |
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Enhancements to CleanAir Pro and CleanAir Spectrum Intelligence Settings During AP Configuration |
In the Configure Access Points workflow, the CleanAir Pro and CleanAir spectrum intelligence settings are enhanced. You can now enable or disable the radio band-specific CleanAir Pro and CleanAir spectrum intelligence parameter settings for APs in the Configure AP Parameters window.
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Enhancements to Editing RF Profiles |
Effective with this release, when you update an RF profile that is already provisioned on a wireless controller and AP, you must reprovision either the wireless controller or AP. Wireless controller reprovisioning also pushes the RF profiles updates to the devices and AP reprovisioning is not necessary. If you don't need the RF profile updates during the wireless controller reprovisioning, you can check the Skip AP Provision check box See Edit or Delete a Basic Radio Frequency Profile and Edit an AI Radio Frequency Profile. |
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Enhancements to RF Profiles |
Effective with this release, for Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers, disabling a radio band on the RF profile doesn't disable the Admin status of the respective radios on all APs that use the RF profile. Instead, Cisco DNA Center disables the Admin status of the corresponding RF profile. See Create a Wireless Radio Frequency Profile and Create an AI Radio Frequency Profile. |
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Enhancements to Site Tags, Policy Tags, and AP Zone Provisioning |
Site tags, policy tags, and AP zone provisioning have the following enhancements:
See Add AP Zones to a Network Profile and Add AP Groups, Flex Groups, Site Tags, and Policy Tags to a Network Profile. |
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Enhancements to the Wireless Network Settings Dashboard |
The wireless network settings dashboard is enhanced to display the network settings in a card-based view. You can use the Search All Settings option to search for specific settings in the dashboard. You can customize the wireless network settings dashboard to update the priorities of the settings displayed in the dashboard using the Edit Dashboard option. See Configure Global Wireless Settings and Customize the Wireless Network Settings Dashboard. |
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Feature-Based Trials |
You can create feature-based trials for security advisories and system bug identifier. See View Security Advisories, View Field Notices and Scan Cisco DNA Center for Bugs. |
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MRE-Based Cisco Wireless Controller HA Health Check and Troubleshooting |
You can troubleshoot any high-availability (HA) issues on Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers using the Machine Reasoning Engine (MRE) workflow. MRE workflow analyzes the HA health of wireless controllers by processing the relevant command outputs. See Troubleshoot HA on Cisco Wireless Controller Using the MRE Workflow. |
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Multiple Cisco DNA Center—Limited Availability |
Multiple Cisco DNA Center allows you to define a single global set of virtual networks for Software-defined access across multiple Cisco DNA Center clusters integrated with a single Cisco ISE system. This Multiple Cisco DNA Center functionality is a Limited Availability offering. Because there are significant caveats for the Multiple Cisco DNA Center functionality, the Cisco SD-Access Design Council reviews the requests and provides guidance for use of the Multiple Cisco DNA Center to participants in the Limited Availability program. Contact your account team to submit a request to the Cisco SD-Access Design Council to participate in the Limited Availability program. Customers who are using Cisco ISE Version 3.1 or earlier must request and install the Limited Availability package before enabling Multiple Cisco DNA Center.
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My Favorites |
For ease of use, you can add any window on Cisco DNA Center to My Favorites. My Favorites is a list of windows that you have marked as favorites with hyperlinked pathways, to help you navigate to a window quickly and easily. |
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Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP) Ring |
You can add a device to an existing REP ring for nonfabric deployment. |
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Rogue General Configuration |
You can create a model configuration design for rogue general parameters. See Create a Model Config Design for Rogue General Parameters. |
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Show Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) High Availability (HA) Paired Device Details in Inventory |
The Inventory window shows the available FTD HA pairs with details of active and standby FTDs. |
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Single Connection Enablement for TACACS |
You can configure switches with a single connection between the device and the TACACS server. |
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Software Image (SWIM) Workflow Upgrade |
The Software Image Update workflow is enhanced in this release. |
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Support for Additional Interfaces for Wireless Network Profiles |
An additional interface on a Cisco Wireless Controller maps a WLAN to a VLAN or subnet. You can configure additional interfaces for network profiles for wireless. See Create Network Profiles for Wireless, Configure Additional Interfaces for a Network Profile, Provision a Cisco AireOS Controller, and Provision a Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller. |
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Support for AP Configuration Using Template in the AP Configuration Workflow |
The Configure Access Points workflow now includes an option to configure APs using existing templates. You can use the Create Template for selected Configuration(s) option in the Configure AP And Radio Parameters workflow to create a new template. See Configure AP Using Existing Templates Workflow and Configure AP Workflow. |
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Support for Cloning RF Profiles |
You can clone the existing basic RF profiles and AI RF profiles. See Clone a Basic Radio Frequency Profile and Clone an AI Radio Frequency Profile. |
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Support for Editing Channel and Tx Power Settings on Planned APs |
In 2D and 3D wireless maps, you can change the channel and Tx power settings for the planned APs. See Edit an AP and Edit Multiple APs. |
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Support for Individual AP Maintenance Mode |
You can schedule maintenance individually for one or more APs when the corresponding Cisco Wireless Controller is not under maintenance mode. |
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Support for Zero-Wait Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) on APs |
Zero-wait DFS support is now available on the Cisco Catalyst 9136 Wi-Fi 6E Access Point. See Create a Wireless Radio Frequency Profile and Create an AI Radio Frequency Profile. |
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SWIM Flow Restrictions |
For third-party devices, you can only perform basic SWIM operations. You cannot perform image update or image management for third-party devices. |
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Topology Support for Third-Party Devices |
Third-party devices monitored by Cisco DNA Center are shown in the Topology map with the generic device icon. You can add tags to the third-party devices using the Topology map. |
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View Field Notices |
You can view the Field Notices and Potential Field Notices in your network. See View Field Notices. |
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View PSRIT Software Maintenance Update (SMU) details |
The Image Update Status workflow is enhanced, you can now view the additional PSRIT SMU related details. |
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Visibility of Compliance Remediation |
To fix compliance violations, you can review the configurations that are deployed on the network device. |
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Visibility of SD-Access Fabric Configurations |
During the provisioning of an SD-Access fabric, you can generate a preview of the device configurations (CLI commands) before deploying them. |
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Visibility of Template Hub |
The commands used in the CLI templates can be reviewed prior to deployment on network devices. See Provision CLI Templates and Visibility of Configurations Workflow. |
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Visibility of Unmanaged Switches |
In 2D wireless floor maps, you can view the unmanaged switches that are connected to the managed APs. |
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Visibility of Wireless Device Configurations |
The Visibility of Wireless Device Configurations feature provides a solution to further secure your planned wireless network configurations before deploying them on your devices. You can enforce previewing the wireless device configurations before deploying them. Configuration Preview is enabled by default. You can update this setting on the window.
See Visibility of Wireless Device Configurations, Provision a Cisco AireOS Controller, Provision a Cisco AP—Day 1 AP Provisioning, Provision a Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller, Configure Mobility Group, Configure Remote LAN, and Workflow to Create an IP-Based and URL-Based Access Control Policy. |
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA Compliance: Keyboard Accessibility Support |
You can use the keyboard to access all interactive content in the Cisco DNA Center GUI. Those who cannot use a mouse can access and move between links, buttons, fields, and other controls using the Tab key and other keystrokes. See Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA Compliance. |