One of our customer was in a transition phase and needed a new infrastructure to suit their needs. They were already very happy with Cisco as a network provider and decided to go all inn – with Cisco DNA and SD-Access for clients. SDA is the new Cisco network enterprise flagship combining Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN), Scalable Group Tags (SGT) and Locator ID separator protocol (LISP). Together these technologies provide streamlined deployments, upgrades, a distributed firewall deployed at the edge, and more. This being the first SDA installation in Gujarat. Installation - Here we go! SDA requires a few components – DNA Center, Cisco ISE, certain edge switches and an underlay. With I started the project with one of my favorite parts - physical rack stacking and cabling of the DNA Center server. DNA Center comes installed on a Cisco UCS server. The only difference between this server and a regular one is the DNA sticker on it. After all the &quo