What is Cisco Catalyst Center?

What is the difference between Cisco DNA Center and Catalyst Center?

The Cisco DNA Center solution has been renamed, and now is called Catalyst Center. Same product, new name. The Cisco Catalyst Center is a powerful management system that leverages AI to connect, secure, and automate network operations.

What are the features of Cisco Catalyst Center?

Management

• Granular views networkwide, from a single dashboard
• Device lifecycle management
• Multidomain integration
• Open and extensible

Automation

• Automated device discovery
• Drag-and-drop policy creation
• Zero-touch device deployment and lifecycle management​​
• Automated quality of service (QoS)

AI/ML analytics

• Everything as a sensor
• Context-guided analytics
• More than 150 actionable insights
• Local and cloud-based AI analytics

Security

• Threat detection and response
• Stealthwatch and ISE integration
• Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA)
• Highly secure segmentation

Cisco Catalyst Center Datasheet

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/dna-center/datasheet-listing.html

Cisco Catalyst Center vs DNA Center

There is no comparison between the two products, they are the same product, Cisco renamed Cisco DNA Center in 2023 to be Cisco Catalyst Center.