Cisco SD-Access Information Reviews & Insights

Score8.3 out of 10

17 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Security Features Appreciated: Users have praised the security feature sets, such as SGT tagging and compliance with security standards, for enhancing network security and governance. These features have helped in ensuring a robust defense against potential threats and vulnerabilities.

Valuable Monitoring Capabilities: Reviewers find the ISE monitoring and auditing capabilities valuable for enhancing network visibility by providing detailed insights into network activities. The ability to track and analyze network traffic has been instrumental in identifying issues promptly and maintaining smooth operations.

Efficient Automation Features: Customers have highlighted the automation features of the product, particularly DNA automation for daily tasks and telemetry functions. This automation not only saves time but also streamlines processes, allowing teams to focus on strategic initiatives while routine tasks are efficiently handled by the system.

Reviews

3 Reviews

Information

Cisco SD-Access Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

November 25, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Deploy this solution on a single customer and you will be truly amazed as it offers advanced features such as end-to-end segmentation, network automation, and a good user experience for a faster, more secure, easier to manage, and more efficient network. The two-piece, controller-based orchestrator and Network Fabric design [are] incredible, with many benefits for companies using this solution.

Pros

Network security
Stability of the user experience
Effectiveness and efficiency
Network Visibility
Integration with third-party solution

Cons

Use of licenses makes the solution more expensive
DNA versions contain many bugs

Likelihood to Recommend

I can't speak to the administration of Cisco SD-Access as I only implemented the solution provided. But it is amazing the solution contains many tools for the management of the whole network. Thanks to the security it contains you can apply different policies on the network for internal and external users and thus have much more control over who is connected.

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (Telecommunications company, 201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Cisco Software-Defined Access Excellent solution, but still [needs] to be improved

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

November 5, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I configured and implemented this solution [Cisco SD- Acess] for 2 large companies. The main benefit I can include about this solution so far is the consolidation of all the below points: -Security: Identify and verify all endpoints and network segmentation (high and low level) -Monitoring: Network, applications and endpoints health, the best benefit in this point is related to insights that the controller provides to solve network issues. -Configuration: The deployment can be done in a way that saves time, not only for the first deployment but also for subsequent device incorporation in the network.

Pros

Security: Macro and micro segmentation
Configuration: LAN Automation and provisioning
Monitoring and telemetry: Network metrics and insights

Cons

Documentation: Working in this solution I realized there were missing information details about the fusion device support for nexus.
Fusion router: This roll in the fabric should be already integrated in the solution, right now it is configured manually.
Bugs: Unfortunately the solution still present a lot of bugs, mainly in the controller.

Likelihood to Recommend

The best way to use this solution [Cisco Software SD-Access] is in Campus LAN environments, [which] could be small, medium, and large sites, that includes remote branches also. And always use with 3 node (HA) availability. This solution is not appropriate for Data Center environments. This solution is not mean[t] to connect remote sites (the WAN itself). This solution is ideal to achieve high and low level hierarchies of security and connectivity of end users in a network.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (Telecommunications company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

To one's own liking

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

November 5, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco's SD-Access has reduced the downtime largely. [It] helped us in planning global expansion which can now be more agile. We are planning to invest in other areas due to the cost-savings from SD-Access and enhance our overall performance and productivity. The employees are interested in up-skilling in the technology, hence utilizing the resources in a better way.

Pros

Agility
Flexibility
Expansion
Global Reachout

Cons

Licensing
Bug fixes

Likelihood to Recommend

As far as my experience with SD-Access - I think it is well suited for multi-connectivity, network segmentation, and security. Things it is not so appropriate to use with, or I'd say things that can be improved are - better functionality with ISE, ease to understand licensing and better documentation for configuration (add-ons, etc), and licensing.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (Computer Networking company, 5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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