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Base Reference Architecture

Purpose: Foundational Infrastructure for All Project Layers


Overview

This document defines the BASE infrastructure foundation for Abhavtech's global enterprise network. Specialized layers (AI/ML Observability, Edge Compute, AgenticOps Automation) are added per project scope on top of this foundation.

Enterprise Scale Summary

Metric Value
Total Sites 19 (6 Hubs + 13 Branches)
Regions 3 (APAC, EMEA, Americas)
Users 12,400+
Access Switches 238 (Catalyst 9300)
Wireless APs 590 (C9130/C9120)
SD-WAN Edges 24 (ISR 4451/4351)
Firewalls 18 (FTD - migrated from ASA)
ISE Nodes 14 (2 PAN + 12 PSN)
DNAC Nodes 6 (3 NJ Primary + 3 London DR)


Cloud Services Layer

SaaS Applications

Application Purpose Users
Microsoft 365 Productivity, Email All users
Salesforce CRM Sales teams
Box Cloud storage All users

Webex Cloud (Unified Communications)

Service Capacity Notes
Webex Calling 3,200 users Migrated from CUCM
Webex Meetings Enterprise-wide Hybrid work support
Webex Contact Center 175 agents 150 voice + 25 digital

Cisco Security Cloud

Component Function Deployment
Umbrella SIG DNS security, SWG, CASB Cloud-delivered
XDR (SecureX) Extended detection & response Cloud + on-prem connectors
Duo MFA Multi-factor authentication All admin + VPN access
FMC Firewall management NJ (Primary) + London (Secondary)

Management Plane

Platform Nodes Location Purpose
DNAC 6 (DN2-HW-APL-XL) 3 NJ (Primary), 3 London (DR) SD-Access fabric controller
ISE 14 total 2 PAN + 12 PSN across 6 hubs Identity services, TrustSec
vManage HA Cluster Cloud-hosted SD-WAN controller

WAN Transport Layer

SD-WAN Fabric

Component Quantity Model Purpose
cEdge Routers 24 ISR 4451/4351 Site WAN edge
vSmart 2 Virtual Route policy controller
vBond 2 Virtual Orchestration
vManage HA Cloud Management

Transport Options

Transport Provider Sites Bandwidth
MPLS (Primary) Tata (APAC), AT&T (US), BT (EMEA) All hubs 500M - 1G
Internet DIA Regional ISPs All sites 100M - 500M
5G/LTE (Backup) Carriers Branches Failover only

Regional Infrastructure

APAC Region

Mumbai - Primary Hub

Attribute Value
Role Regional HQ, Primary Hub APAC
Users 2,500
Switches 48 Access + 4 Core + 8 Distribution
APs 120 (C9130AXI)
WAN 1 Gbps MPLS
Data Center Yes

Stack: - FTD Firewall (FPR-4115 HA pair) - C8500 Border/Control Plane - ISE PSN x2 (SNS-3655-K9) - WLC C9800-80 (HA pair)

Chennai - Secondary Hub

Attribute Value
Role Secondary Hub APAC
Users 1,800
Switches 36 Access + 2 Core + 6 Distribution
APs 90 (C9130AXI)
WAN 500 Mbps MPLS

Stack: - FTD Firewall (FPR-2130 HA pair) - ISR 4451 SD-WAN Edge - ISE PSN x2 - WLC C9800-40 (HA pair)

APAC Branches

Site Users Switches WAN
Bangalore 800 16 200 Mbps MPLS
Delhi 600 12 150 Mbps MPLS
Noida 300 6 100 Mbps MPLS

EMEA Region

London - Primary Hub

Attribute Value
Role Regional HQ, Primary Hub EMEA, DNAC DR Site
Users 2,200
Switches 42 Access + 4 Core + 8 Distribution
APs 100 (C9130AXI)
WAN 1 Gbps MPLS

Stack: - FTD Firewall (FPR-4115 HA pair) - C8500 Border/Control Plane - ISE PAN (Secondary) + PSN x2 - WLC C9800-80 (HA pair) - DNAC DR Cluster (3-node)

Frankfurt - Secondary Hub

Attribute Value
Role Secondary Hub EMEA
Users 1,500
Switches 28 Access + 2 Core + 4 Distribution
APs 70 (C9130AXI)
WAN 500 Mbps MPLS

Stack: - FTD Firewall (FPR-2130 HA pair) - ISR 4451 SD-WAN Edge - ISE PSN x2 - WLC C9800-40 (HA pair)

EMEA Branches

Site Users Switches WAN
Paris ~100 8 200 Mbps
Amsterdam ~80 6 150 Mbps
Dublin ~80 6 150 Mbps
Madrid ~60 4 100 Mbps
Milan ~60 4 100 Mbps

Americas Region

New Jersey - Global HQ ★

Attribute Value
Role Global Headquarters, Primary Hub Americas
Users 2,800
Switches 52 Access + 4 Core + 10 Distribution
APs 210 (C9130AXI)
WAN 1 Gbps MPLS
Data Center Primary

Stack: - FTD Firewall (FPR-4115 HA pair) - C8500 Border/Control Plane - ISE PAN (Primary) + PSN x2 - WLC C9800-80 (HA pair) - DNAC Primary Cluster (3-node XL) - FMC Primary

Dallas - Secondary Hub

Attribute Value
Role Secondary Hub Americas
Users 1,600
Switches 32 Access + 2 Core + 6 Distribution
APs 90 (C9130AXI)
WAN 500 Mbps MPLS

Stack: - FTD Firewall (FPR-2130 HA pair) - ISR 4451 SD-WAN Edge - ISE PSN x2 - WLC C9800-40 (HA pair)

Americas Branches

Site Users Switches WAN
Chicago ~100 10 250 Mbps
Seattle ~80 8 200 Mbps
Los Angeles ~80 8 200 Mbps
Atlanta ~60 6 150 Mbps
Denver ~60 6 150 Mbps

Standard Branch Stack

All branch sites use a standardized stack for consistency:

Component Model Purpose
SD-WAN Edge ISR 1100 or ISR 4351 WAN routing, IPsec
Fabric-in-a-Box C9300-48UXM (x2) SD-Access fabric
Extended Nodes C9200-24P (x4) Access layer
Wireless APs C9120AXI Fabric-enabled Wi-Fi
Backup WAN 5G/LTE module Failover transport

Virtual Networks (SD-Access Segmentation)

VN Summary

Virtual Network IP Range VNI SGT Range Purpose
VN_CORPORATE 10.100.0.0/16 8001 10-19 Employee workstations
VN_VOICE 10.190.0.0/16 8005 20 VoIP endpoints, Webex
VN_GUEST 10.200.0.0/16 8002 40 Visitor access
VN_IOT 10.150.0.0/16 8003 50-70 Cameras, sensors, BMS
VN_SERVERS 10.180.0.0/16 8004 80-90 Data center workloads
INFRA_VN 10.252.0.0/16 N/A Mgmt Network management

Security Group Tags (SGT)

SGT Name Description
10 Employees Standard employee access
11 Executives Executive team (protected)
15 IT_Admins IT administrative access
20 Voice VoIP devices
40 Guest Visitor/guest access
50 IoT_Sensors BMS sensors
60 IoT_OT Operational technology (protected)
70 IoT_Cameras IP cameras
80-83 Servers Production servers (protected)
90 Dev_Servers Development servers

Policy Enforcement

  • TrustSec SGACL via ISE (25+ authorization profiles)
  • 802.1X/MAB authentication at fabric edge
  • Inter-VN routing only at Border nodes
  • Guest VN restricted to Internet-only ACL

Hardware Inventory Summary

Switching

Model Quantity Role
C9500-48Y4C 12 Border Nodes (2 per hub)
C9500-24Y4C 12 Control Plane Nodes (2 per hub)
C9300-48U 238 Fabric Edge Nodes
C9300-48UXM 60 Branch Fabric-in-a-Box
C9200-24P 120 Branch Extended Nodes

Wireless

Model Quantity Role
C9800-80 6 WLC (large hubs)
C9800-40 6 WLC (secondary hubs)
C9130AXI 350 High-density APs (hubs)
C9120AXI 240 Standard APs (branches)

Security

Model Quantity Role
FPR-4115 6 Hub DC firewalls (HA pairs)
FPR-2130 12 Regional site firewalls (HA pairs)
FMC 2 Firewall management (NJ + LON)

Identity

Model Quantity Role
SNS-3695-K9 2 ISE PAN (NJ + London)
SNS-3655-K9 12 ISE PSN (2 per hub)

Extensibility Layers

This base architecture supports the following project extensions:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    PROJECT EXTENSIBILITY                        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                 │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │ 🧠 AI/ML OBSERVABILITY LAYER                            │   │
│  │    • Splunk MLTK (5 ML models)                          │   │
│  │    • ThousandEyes (Path Intelligence)                   │   │
│  │    • AppDynamics Cognition Engine                       │   │
│  │    • Deep Network Model (Catalyst Center)               │   │
│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                                                                 │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │ ⚡ AGENTICOPS AUTOMATION LAYER                          │   │
│  │    • WF-001 to WF-008 Workflows                         │   │
│  │    • Guardrails (SGT-11, SGT-60, SGT-80-83 protected)   │   │
│  │    • Auto-actions: vManage QoS, ISE CoA, ServiceNow    │   │
│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                                                                 │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │ 🖥️ EDGE COMPUTE LAYER (AI Edge)                         │   │
│  │    • UCS XE9305 + XE130c M8 (Mumbai, Chennai)           │   │
│  │    • NVIDIA L4/T4 GPUs                                  │   │
│  │    • 240 Cameras (Physical Security UC)                 │   │
│  │    • 4ms inference latency target                       │   │
│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                                                                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Each layer integrates with the base infrastructure at defined extension points (hub sites, management plane, virtual networks).


Integration Points

When adding project layers, reference these integration points:

Extension Layer Integrates With At Location
AI/ML Observability DNAC, ISE, vManage NJ (Primary), London (DR)
AgenticOps All platforms via APIs Cloud-hosted orchestrator
Edge Compute VN_IOT, WAN transport Mumbai, Chennai hub DCs
Observability Agents SD-WAN edges All 6 hub sites

Document References

Document Content
Document 1 Zero Trust Architecture (ASA→FTD migration)
Document 2 AI-Enabled Observability
Document 3 AI-Ready Network / IBN
Document 4A Cybersecurity Framework
Document 4B Network Forensics
Document 4C Penetration Testing
SD-Access Doc Complete SD-Access/ISE implementation
CUCM-Webex Doc UC migration to Webex Cloud