/mcpData sheet Cisco public © 2025 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Feature Cisco Catalyst Essentials Cisco Catalyst Advantage Cisco DNA Essentials Cisco DNA Advantage Cisco Catalyst Center features (formerly Cisco DNA Center) Simplified Campus Automation Simplified Campus Automation optimizes the discovery and configuration of devices in your network with a more streamlined simple and easy-to-use automation tool. Yes Yes Yes Yes Day 0 network bring-up automation Cisco Network PnP application, network settings, device credentials, LAN automation, host onboarding Yes Yes Yes Yes Element management Discovery, inventory, topology, software image, licensing, and configuration management Yes Yes Yes Yes Element management Patch management No Yes No Yes Basic Assurance Health dashboards – network, client, application; switch and wired client health monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes SD-Access Policy-based Automation and Assurance for wired and wireless No Yes No Yes Embedded wireless (with or without SD-Access)2 Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series wireless software package to enable wireless controller functionality** No Yes No Yes