Cisco Digital Network Architecture: Intent-based Networking for the Enterprise

This guide systematically introduces Cisco’s Digital Network Architecture (DNA), the enterprise network architecture for the next decade. Combining indispensable new insider information with content previously scattered through multiple technical documents, Cisco Digital Network Architecture combines technical depth, coherence, and comprehensiveness. This “living book” will be supported with regular online updates at a Cisco Press DNA website, offering a single authoritative source for everyone involved with DNA planning, implementation, and operation. Authored by insiders responsible for helping Cisco’s largest customers succeed with DNA, it:

• Addresses emerging trends now driving business transformation
• Explains why networks must become radically more intelligent, flexible, and adaptable
• Shows how DNA empowers businesses by coherently integrating virtualization, automation, analytics, and cloud services.

Authoritative and fully up-to-date, Cisco Digital Network Architecture will help technical professionals, decision-makers, and consultants prepare to drive maximum value from next-generation networking.

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Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Why Transform Your Business Digitally?
• Chapter 2 The Business Value of DNA 1
• Chapter 3 Designing for Humans
• Chapter 4 Introducing the Digital Network Architecture
• Chapter 5 The Digital Network Architecture Blueprint
• Chapter 6 Introduction to DNA Infrastructure
• Chapter 7 Hardware Innovations
• Chapter 8 Software Innovations
• Chapter 9 Protocol Innovations
• Chapter 10 DNA Infrastructure–Virtualization
• Chapter 11 DNA Cloud
• Chapter 12 Introduction to DNA Automation
• Chapter 13 Device Programmability
• Chapter 14 DNA Automation
• Chapter 15 Introduction to DNA Analytics
• Chapter 16 DNA Analytics Components
• Chapter 17 DNA Analytics Engines
• Chapter 18 DNA Virtualization Solutions: Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization and Secure Agile Exchange
• Chapter 19 DNA Software-Defined Access
• Chapter 20 DNA Application Policy
• Chapter 21 DNA Analytics and Assurance
• Chapter 22 DNA Encrypted Traffic Analytics
• Chapter 23 DNA Evolution

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