The Introduction to SD-Access and DNA Center course gives the learner a solid overview of Cisco's latest features to automate common administrative tasks on security focused programmable network infrastructures. This course explains the concepts of a “Network Fabric” and the different node types that form it (Fabric Edge Nodes, Control Plane Nodes, Border Nodes). It describes the roles of LISP in the Control Plane and VXLAN in the Data Plane for SD-Access Solutions and how DNA Center uses them to automate security and network access.