1. Recap of the DNA Architecture components and techniques

• Why are we here?
• Fabric
• Components of the fabric
• Technologies in the fabric

2. Building the Underlay

• Underlay configuration – WAN network
• Configuring addressing
• Configuring routing
• Configuring additional elements
• Verification of the underlay configuration

Lab: Configure Underlay network

• Routing configuration          
• Additional configuration
• Verification 

3. DNA Center installation and initial configuration

• DNA Center installation guidelines
• DNA Center initial configuration via GUI
• DNA Center settings
• Mandatory and optional integrations

Lab: Create initial DNA Center configuration and integration

• Installing certificate to DNA Center             
• Creating ISE integration      
• Creating Infoblox DDI integration                 
• Other DNAC basic configuration                   
• Checking DNA Center installation / internal operation     

4. Creating the Fabric

• DNA Center network design
• Device inventory
• Device discovery
• Plug and Play
• Templates
• Fabric creation

Lab: Defining physical site structure

• Physical site structure          
• Parameters for our topology                         
• Device credentials                 

Lab: Creating the Fabric          

• Discover devices                    
• Using inventory and assigning devices       
• Using PnP to provision a device - Prepare DHCP server   
• Using PnP to provision a device - Configure a Template  
• Using PnP to provision a device - Create a Profile               
• Using PnP to provision a device - PnP         
• Using PnP to provision a device - Testing the setup           
• Assigning the rest of the devices                  
• Creating and configuring the fabric             

5. Defining macrosegmentation

• Segmentation in Fabric – recap
• Creating VN based segmentation
• Address pools
• VN creation
• Host Onboarding
• DHCP flow
• Using ISE for 802.1x
• Basic Fabric (LISP) troubleshooting

Lab: Defining macrosegmentation                  

• Joining Microsoft AD
• Create IP Pools in Infoblox and populate them to DNAC  
• Define Virtual Network in DNAC                   
• Configure host onboarding
• Configure external connection for the Virtual Network   
• Static attachment of a user to a Virtual Network               
• Dynamic attachment of a user to a Virtual Network         
• Investigating things under the hood (optional task, if time allows)           

6. Defining microsegmentation

• VN creation
• ISE and SGT allocation
• Traffic between SGTs
• Basic troubleshooting commands

Lab: Defining microsegmentation

• Create new groups for microsegmentation
• Create and configure VN for microsegmentation
• Configure ISE for microsegmentation
• Traffic contracts

7. Fabric Wireless

• Fabric wireless basics
• Data flow
• Initializing Fabric wireless
• Configuring basic wireless settings
• Onboarding WLC and APs
• Address pools

Lab:WLC initial configuration                           

• Defining IP addressing            
• Attach the pool to Infra_VN 
• Create wireless profiles          
• Discover and provision WLC  
• Provisioning the APs                
• Assign pool to AP                      
• Preparing ISE for wireless clients                     
• Testing client connection       

8. DNAC Assurance

• What is Assurance?
• Assurance basic terminology
• Assurance configuration guidelines
• Configuring reports
• Examples of Assurance information

Lab: Integrate ISE and DNAC Assurance

• Configure additional collectors                         
• Configure telemetry                
• Seeing assurance results        

9. Miscellanous issues

• Software image maintenance
• License ”studio”
• Command runner
• DNA Center Platform