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Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
Plans and prices
Cisco DCN Advantage subscription
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Essentials features · advanced alerts and correlation · capacity and conformance · energy management
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Cisco DCN Essentials subscription
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Fabric inventory and provisioning · fabric and switch upgrades · basic alerts and correlation · platform integrations
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Cisco DCN Premier subscription
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Advantage features · premier anomaly correlation · pre-change analysis · network telemetry and analytics
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On the record
- Access control
- NDFC provides role-based access control for fabric objects, including granular roles that can differ across fabrics for the same user.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- APIs and automation
- All northbound NDFC APIs are REST APIs, include built-in Swagger-style documentation, and support integration with third-party or custom orchestration tools such as Ansible.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Automation and compliance
- Cisco describes automation, graphical visibility, templated deployment with configuration-compliance alerts and automatic remediation, and day-two operations as NDFC benefits.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Core operations
- NDFC provides management, control, automation, monitoring, visualization, and troubleshooting across Cisco MDS and Cisco Nexus solutions.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Deployment platform
- NDFC Release 12 runs on Nexus Dashboard and supports virtual or physical Nexus Dashboard deployments for LAN, IPFM, and SAN.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Infrastructure limits
- For virtual Nexus Dashboard deployments, the datasheet lists 16 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM, and 500 GB SSD for LAN and IPFM modes; SAN requires a small or large node depending on SAN Insights.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Licensing requirement
- Each Cisco Nexus device managed by NDFC requires an NDFC right-to-manage license, and Release 12.0 onward is Smart Licensing-only.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Operating modes
- The AppCenter listing provides Fabric Discovery for LAN deployments, Fabric Controller for LAN deployments, and SAN Controller modes.dcappcenter.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller provides complete lifecycle management and automation for Cisco MDS and Cisco Nexus deployments across SAN, LAN, and IP fabric for media networking.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Security advisory
- Cisco reported a critical NDFC arbitrary command-execution vulnerability in the REST API and web UI with a base CVSS score of 9.9.sec.cloudapps.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- Cisco Solution Support with Software Support Service is included in Cisco Data Center Networking subscriptions and legacy NDFC Smart Licenses, providing Cisco TAC support, knowledge-base access, and software downloads.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Supported environments
- NDFC can manage Cisco MDS and Nexus switches, visualize Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects, discover VMware vCenter servers, and discover Dell EMC, IBM, HDS, NetApp, and Pure Storage arrays through SMI-S.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Telemetry inputs
- NDFC collects data through SNMP, NX-API, streaming telemetry, and the industry-standard SMI-S provider interface.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Web interface
- NDFC uses an HTML-based web user interface as its main interface and includes an integrated device manager for individual switches or directors.cisco.com · read 1 Oct 2026
