Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance Data Sheet

Product overview

The Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance is a telemetry sensor platform that is used to generate telemetry from mirrored IP network traffic and share it with Cisco DNA Center for application and endpoint analytics. Network traffic is received from switches and routers via Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) mirroring and fed into the Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance mirroring interfaces. The appliance analyzes the received traffic to produce a telemetry stream for Cisco DNA Center that is sent via the appliance’s network interface.

Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance Overview

The platform supports 20-Gbps sustained forwarding data traffic through the chassis and comes in a 1-Rack-Unit (1RU) form factor. The appliance has six built-in 1-Gbps Small Form Factor (SFP)-only interfaces (these do not support SFP+), and two built-in 10-Gbps Enhanced SFP (SFP+) interfaces (these support only the 10-Gbps rate) that support Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE). The device comes with one copper Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps network management port and supports storage extension through the network interface module (NIM) slot.

Features and benefits

The Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance complements endpoint and application analytics solutions on Cisco DNA Center. The fixed, 1RU form factor and Cisco IOS^® XE software-based device management make it an easy fit into existing network deployments. Cisco DNA Center manages the appliance in a manner similar to the way it manages network devices such as switches and wireless devices.

Cisco AI Endpoint Analytics

Cisco^® AI Endpoint Analytics aggregates data from a variety of sources in the network, collates and analyzes it to build a detailed endpoint profile, and groups similar endpoints by applying artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) techniques. The Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance performs deep packet inspection (DPI) on mirrored network traffic using the Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR) feature, and shares the endpoint telemetry with Cisco DNA Center for recognizing and profiling endpoints. For more information on Cisco AI Endpoint Analytics, please refer to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/enterprise-networks/software-defined-access/nb-06-ai-endpoint-analytics-wp-cte-en.html.

Cisco DNA Application Assurance

Cisco DNA Application Assurance enables network administrators to monitor application performance and troubleshoot issues related to application experience using the Cisco DNA Center. Cisco DNA Center automates the Application Telemetry configuration on the Telemetry Appliance via “Enable Application Telemetry” workflow in the Inventory, enabling optimized application performance monitoring on the Telemetry appliance. Cisco DNA Center receives Qualitative Application performance metrics from the Telemetry appliance. It can calculate Application health for business-critical applications and visualize essential metrics such as delay, jitter, and packet loss to isolate and troubleshoot Application performance issues effectively.

Detailed feature description

Table 1.           Features and benefits

Product model overview

The Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance comes in one model. The appliance is a 1RU box that supports 20-Gbps throughput. The model uses the innovative and powerful Cisco Flow Processor and supports purpose-built capabilities based on the Cisco IOS XE operating system.

Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance

Software licensing

The Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance supports software-based subscription using Cisco DNA based licensing. Unlike the other Cisco campus platforms, the appliance is available with only one Cisco DNA based software subscription license: Cisco DNA Advantage. The Cisco DNA license is supported for the appliance using Cisco DNA Center, the controller and analytics platform at the heart of Cisco’s intent-based network. For more information on Cisco DNA Center and supported platforms, please refer to https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/catalyst-center/index.html.

The Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance runs on Cisco IOS XE 17.3.1 or later. The appliance supports only one operating system and does not require a feature license (such as IP Base or Advanced IP Services) or a perpetual licensing package (such as Network Essentials or Network Advantage). The Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance requires one of the following four packages:

●     Cisco DN-APL-TTA IOS XE UNIVERSAL

●     Cisco DN-APL-TTA IOS XE UNIVERSAL WITHOUT Lawful Intercept

●     Cisco DN-APL-TTA IOS XE UNIVERSAL - NO PAYLOAD ENCRYPTION

●     Cisco DN-APL-TTA IOS XE UNIVERSAL - NO PAYLOAD ENCRYPTION WITHOUT Lawful Intercept

Scale and hardware specifications

The following table lists the scale and hardware performance specification for the Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance.

Table 2.           Scale and hardware specifications

Physical specifications

The Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance is available in one form factor and comes with the Cisco IOS XE image preloaded on it and ready for installation.

Table 3.           Physical specifications

Ordering information

Table 3 lists ordering information for the Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance. To place an order, visit the Cisco Ordering homepage at https://www.cisco.com/en/US/ordering/or13/or8/order_customer_help_how_to_order_listing.html

Table 4.           Ordering information

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