Transforming Campus Networks to Intent-Based Networking

Chapter 7. Phase One: Identifying Challenges

The first phase in the transformation to Intent-Based Networking (IBN) is to determine the state of the campus network and the organization. Because an Intent-enabled network, and thus a network based on Cisco DNA, has a number of requirements that must be met, it is important to determine whether it is possible to transform the existing network to IBN at all. Because the transformation has an impact on the organization, some changes need to be executed within the organization as well.

The first phase begins with performing an inventory on the state of the campus network and identifying the challenges that can either block or provide resistance to the transformation to IBN. The word challenges is ...