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6.2 Legacy Decommissioning

6.2.1 Hardware Retirement Schedule

Category Model Quantity Retirement Phase Disposal
Core Switches Catalyst 6500 8 Phase 3 E-waste vendor
Core Switches Catalyst 6800 10 Phase 3 E-waste vendor
Distribution Catalyst 4500 24 Phase 3-4 E-waste vendor
Access Switches Catalyst 3750 120 Phase 3-4 Resale/E-waste
Access Switches Catalyst 3850 60 Phase 4 Resale/E-waste
Wireless Controllers WLC 5520 6 Phase 3-4 E-waste vendor
Wireless Controllers WLC 8540 6 Phase 3-4 E-waste vendor
Access Points Various legacy 400 Phase 3-4 E-waste vendor
Firewalls ASA 5500-X 18 Phase 5 Trade-in

6.2.2 Legacy License Termination

License Type Current Count Annual Cost Termination Date Savings
SmartNet (Cat 6500) 18 $X,XXX End of Phase 3 $X,XXX/yr
SmartNet (Cat 3750) 120 $X,XXX End of Phase 4 $X,XXX/yr
SmartNet (Cat 3850) 60 $X,XXX End of Phase 4 $X,XXX/yr
WLC Support 12 $X,XXX End of Phase 4 $X,XXX/yr
Prime Infrastructure 1 $X,XXX End of Phase 5 $X,XXX/yr
Total Annual $X,XXX $X,XXX

6.2.3 Data Migration Requirements

Data Type Source Destination Migration Method
Device inventory Spreadsheet/Prime DNAC Auto-discovery
Network diagrams Visio DNAC hierarchy Manual creation
IP address allocation IPAM DNAC IP pools API import
VLAN database Switch configs VN mapping Manual mapping
ACLs Switch configs SGACLs Policy translation
User database AD/LDAP ISE (linked) AD integration
MAC addresses Switch tables ISE profiling Auto-profiling

6.2.4 Parallel Operation Period

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|                    PARALLEL OPERATION SCHEDULE                    |
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        Legacy           |        SD-Access
        Operating        |        Operating
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  Phase 1-2             ||  Foundation + Pilot
  Full Legacy           ||  Limited SD-Access
  Operation             ||  (Pilot only)
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  Phase 3               ||  Hub Sites Migration
  Legacy (non-migrated) ||  SD-Access (migrated)
  Co-exists             ||  Growing
                        ||
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  Phase 4               ||  Branch Migration
  Legacy (branches)     ||  SD-Access (hubs)
  Shrinking             ||  Expanding
                        ||
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  Phase 5               ||  Full SD-Access
  Legacy                ||  Complete
  Decommissioned        ||  Operations
                        ||
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