Cisco supplies Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Center in the form of a rack-mountable, physical appliance. The second-generation Cisco DNA Center appliance consists of either a Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) C220 M5 small form-factor (SFF) chassis or Cisco UCS C480 M5 chassis, both with the addition of one Intel X710-DA2 network interface card (NIC) and one Intel X710-DA4 NIC. Six versions of the second-generation appliance are available:
- 44-core appliance: Cisco part number DN2-HW-APL
- 44-core promotional appliance: Cisco part number DN2-HW-APL-U
- 56-core appliance: Cisco part number DN2-HW-APL-L
- 56-core promotional appliance: Cisco part number DN2-HW-APL-L-U
- 112-core appliance: Cisco part number DN2-HW-APL-XL
- 112-core promotional appliance: Cisco part number DN2-HW-APL-XL-U