Cisco DNA Center Virtual Appliance License (Catalyst Center)

Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly DNA Center) Virtual Appliance License enables centralized, intent-based network management across enterprise campus, branch, and WAN infrastructure. The software controller delivers unified provisioning, assurance, and automation capabilities through a cloud-native architecture deployable on customer-managed virtualization platforms including VMware vSphere, KVM, and Hyper-V. This licensing model supports organizations modernizing to software-defined networking architectures with native support for Cisco IOS XE, IOS XR, and NX-OS device families.

The platform provides end-to-end network visibility, policy-driven automation, and compliance-as-code capabilities critical for regulated industries including financial services and telecommunications. Catalyst Center integrates with Cisco DNA Assurance for real-time telemetry, proactive anomaly detection, and intent verification across physical and virtual network domains. The virtual appliance deployment model enables on-premises control plane placement while supporting hybrid connectivity to Cisco cloud services for analytics and orchestration.

This license tier is designed for enterprises requiring multi-site management, advanced security policy automation, and network resilience without dependency on cloud-hosted controller availability. Organizations can implement independent controller redundancy patterns across geographic regions to meet business continuity and data residency requirements mandated by regional regulatory frameworks.

Ideal for

• Intent-based network automation for multi-site enterprise campus and branch consolidation with centralized policy management
• Compliance automation and audit trail generation for financial services and telecommunications regulatory requirements (SAMA, TDRA)
• Network assurance and proactive issue remediation using machine learning-based anomaly detection across QoS and security domains
• Zero-touch provisioning and day-2 automation for Cisco catalyst switching infrastructure and SD-WAN edge deployments
• Software-defined WAN orchestration with application-aware routing and dynamic path optimization across MPLS and broadband circuits
• Security policy enforcement and micro-segmentation automation integrated with identity and access management systems

Technical specifications

Available from Omnixon Global. Submit an RFQ and our team will confirm configuration and availability for your order.