CISCO Prime Infrastructure DNA Center User Guide

CISCO Prime Infrastructure DNA Center

Product Information

Specifications:

• Product Name : Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9
• Compatibility: Compatible with migrating data to Cisco DNA Center
• Migration Process : Migrate data from Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 to Cisco DNA Center using specified steps

Product Usage Instructions

Step 1: Access Migration Process

Log in to Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

Step 2: Launch Cisco DNA Center Coexistence

Click on “Cisco DNA Center coexistence” in the Mega Menu page or launch it from the Getting Started page by navigating to Settings > Getting Started > Cisco DNA Center coexistence.

Step 3: Add Cisco DNA Center Server Details

Click on “Add Cisco DNA Center Server” and enter the required details:

• Server IP Address or Hostname
• Username
• Password
• Confirm Password

Step 4: Save and Check Server Reachability

Click “Save” to check server reachability. Proceed to the next step by clicking “Next” to configure Sync Settings.

Step 5: Configure Sync Settings

In the Sync Settings window:

• Review the Supported/Available Limits of the Cisco DNA Center server for Site Groups/Site Maps and Devices.
• Select synchronization options for data integration.
• Enable automatic synchronization and include newly added data during dynamic synchronization.

Step 6: Additional Configuration

Configure additional settings for CMX, CLI templates, and user-defined CLI Templates as per your requirements.

FAQ

• Q: Can I integrate multiple Cisco DNA Center servers simultaneously?
  • A : No, you can integrate only one Cisco DNA Center server at a time.
• Q: What components are not automatically synchronized during Dynamic Synchronization?
  • A: Maps, CLI templates, and ISE server migration require Force Sync as Dynamic Synchronization does not support add, update, or delete operations for already migrated data.

This chapter provides helpful information on the compatibility matrix, migrating data and important points related to migrating Cicso Prime Infrastructure to Cicso DNA Center.

• Migrating Data from Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 to Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center, on page 1
• Important Notes, on page 5

Migrating Data from Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 to Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center

Follow this procedure to access the Cisco Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center migration by logging in to Cisco Prime Infrastructure:

Before you begin

Ensure that:

• You have Root or Super user access privileges of Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
• You have access credentials of Cisco DNA Center.
• You use Cisco Prime Infrastructure version 3.5 and above which is compatible with Cisco DNA Center versions mentioned in the Compatibility Matrix table.
• Step 1 Click Cisco DNA Center coexistence in the Mega Menu page.
  • You can also launch Cisco DNA Center coexistence from the GettingStarted page. ChooseSettings > GettingStarted
  • Cisco DNA Center coexistence, and then click Launch Cisco DNA Center coexistence to open Prime Infrastructure
  • Cisco DNA Center Coexistence page.
• Step 2 Click Add Cisco DNA Center Server.
• Step 3 Enter the following Cisco DNA Center server details:
  • a) Server IP Address or Hostname.

Migrating Data from Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 to Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center

• *  **b)** Username

  • c) Password
  • d) Confirm Password
  • Note You can integrate only one Cisco DNA Center server at a time.
• Step 4 Click Save, to check server reachability.
• Step 5 Click Next to go to Sync Settings.
• Step 6 In the Sync Settings window:
  • a) You can check for the Supported/Available Limits of the Cisco DNA Center server for the Site Groups/Site Maps and Devices. Supported/Available Limits of Cisco DNA Center will vary based on the Cisco DNA Center server core(s) count.

The Supported/Available limits are specified in the below table:

Table 1: Supported/Available Limits

• *  **b)** Select the Enables automatic synchronization of data integrated with Cisco DNA Center checkbox to synchronize already migrated data set for the groups and devices from Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center automatically post-modification.

  • c) Select the Include newly added data during dynamic synchronization checkbox to move newly created groups and newly added devices during dynamic synchronization if any, from Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center automatically post addition.

Migrate Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 data to the Cisco DNA Center

Note

Dynamic Synchronization does not support add, update or delete operations for the already migrated data and will not synchronize the data automatically for the following components:

• Maps
• CLI Templates
• ISE Server

Maps, CLI templates, and ISE server migration is achieved only by Force Sync.

• This check box is enabled only if you select the Enables automatic synchronization of data integrated with Cisco DNA Center check box.
• During force synchronization, if the Enables automatic synchronization of data integrated with Cisco DNA Center check box is enabled, any modifications that are made through force synchronization to the Location Group and Devices entities are dynamically synced in Cisco DNA Center.
• If the Enables automatic synchronization of data integrated with Cisco DNA Center check box is selected, CMX is dynamically assigned to Cisco DNA Center floor groups, when Cisco Prime Infrastructure imports mapsto CMX. (Pre Req.: CMX dynamic sync works only on already migrated floor groups and CMX should exist in Cisco DNA Center server for CMX dynamic sync.)
• d) If the Enable CMX settings checkbox is selected, CMX will be pushed with floor groups. If the Enable CMX settings check is not selected, CMX data will not be pushed to the Cisco DNA Center server.
• e) Select the Migrate User Defined CLI Templates checkbox to migrate the user-defined CLI and/or Composite Templates to Cisco DNA Center.
• Step 7 Click Next to go to the Select Groups page.
• Step 8 In the Select Groups window:
• a) Select the location groups from the Cisco Prime Infrastructure Location Groups Selector pane. Upon selecting Site Groups, by default the buildings, floors and associated maps also get selected.
  Before adding CiscoPrime Infrastructure location groups to Cisco DNA Center, you can check the limitation status  bar for the selected/maximum devices and site groups of Cisco DNA Center.
  The Cisco Prime Infrastructure Location groups selector pane lists all the Prime Infrastructure groups irrespective of any virtual domain.

Note

Cisco Prime Infrastructure does not migrate devices assigned in a “Campus” to the Cisco DNA Center, when the co-existence tool is used.
As a workaround, you can assign your devices to a “Building” or “Floor” type location group before using the co-existence tool.

Note

Devices assigned in the Location groups with the ‘Default’ Group type will not be migrated to Cisco DNA Center.

• Step 9 Click Next.
• Step 10 In the CMX Credentials window:
  • a) You can view the list of associated CMX for selected groups with the following details:
• Credential Status
• Server IP address
• Device Name
• Username
• Password
• SSH Username
• SSH Password
• b) You must update the SSH Username and SSH Password if it is not available for the respective CMX.
• c) If the associated CMX is not found, then click Next.

When the CiscoPrime Infrastructure – Cisco DNA Center migration tool is active and auto sync is enabled, then CMX will be dynamically pushed to Cisco DNA Center floor groups. Cisco DNA Center will there by track the location data for assigned groups.

• Step 11 If the “Migrate User Defined CLI Templates” checkbox is selected in ‘Sync settings’ page, then a new page “Select CLI Templates” will be seen after CMX page.
• Step 12 In the Select CLI Templates window:
• a) Non-migrated templates will list all the applicable user-defined CLI and/or Composite templates for the device types in the selected groups for migration to the Cisco DNA Center.
• b) Migrated templates will list all the migrated templates available in Cisco DNA Center. You can either update or delete these templates.

Note

By default, all the rows will be selected. Selected templates from the list will be updated and the deselected templates will be deleted from Cisco DNA Center.

• Step 13 Click Next.
• Step 14 In the Summary window:
  • a) You can view the overall summary of selected location groups, devices, associated maps, user-defined templates and CMX before migrating to the Cisco DNA Center.
  • b) You can also view the groups, devices, maps and CMX which is added, updated and deleted under each respective tab.
  • c) You can view the selected CLI templates listed here. Based on the device selection in the groups you can Add/Update or Delete the CLI/Composite user-defined Templates in Cisco DNA Center.
  • d) You can also view the status of last synced date and time.
• Step 15 Click Submit, to migrate all the Location groups, Devices, Maps, CMX and user-defined CLI/Composite templates from Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center.
• Step 16 Click Force Sync to push data to the Cisco DNA Center server after the first migration.
  • You will be asked for a confirmation DNAC data will be overwritten by PI data by the Force Sync. Click Yes to proceed or No to stop Force Sync.

Important Notes

This section contains important notes about Cisco Prime Infrastructure – Cisco DNA Center migration:

• You can integrate only one Cisco DNA Center server at a time.
• Enabling the proxy setting is mandatory for migrating country code along with location groups from Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.8.
• You use a single session of the migration at a time for the same Cisco Prime Infrastructure server and Cisco DNA Center server pair.
• Once the CMX is migrated to the Cisco DNA Center, it will not be managed by Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
• Cisco DNA Center will not migrate the location and civic data of any building that has no floor.
• Any legacy devices that are not supported by the Cisco DNA Center chosen for migration will be added to the Cisco DNA Center inventory under Device Type column -“Unsupported Cisco Device”.
• Any devices managed only with SNMP V1 credentials in Cisco Prime Infrastructure cannot be migrated to the Cisco DNA Center, whereas SNMP V2 and V3 can be migrated to Cisco DNA Center.
• Only the basic information of the groups will be migrated, but not the rules and profiles assigned to the group.
• After integration, while upgrading the Cisco DNA Center to an unsupported version, an error will be thrown as “Unsupported Version” and migration will stop.
• Access Points positioned in the maps in Cisco Prime Infrastructure will migrate to the Cisco DNA Center, only if we manage its WLC devices with CLI Credentials.
• For Composite template Migration – The associated template should not be a System template. If any composite template with a system template will not get migrated.
• During composite template migration, all the associated templates in the composite template should have the same device type. Otherwise, migration will fail.
• Specific composite template migration is not recommended till Cisco DNA Center 1.3.3.8 and 2.1.1.3. However, it works in later DNAC versions.
• DNAC Version 2.2.1.0 specific update.
• Civic location is mandatory for Location Groups / Site groups migration, especially for the Cisco DNA Center 2.2.1.0 version.
• If anyone selected group does not have civic location configured, then all the selected Location Groups/Site groups migration will fail.

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