About Digital Twin

Use the Digital Twin feature to create simulated devices for Universal Hardware switch models to help you prepare your network for real devices. For example, Digital Twin can simulate a new switch in the cloud to help you to identify and resolve configuration issues before you install the new device.

Digital Twin devices appear in the Manage > Devices list and are identified by the following icon: . You can perform multiple actions to see how the devices will function in your network. You can assign a location, a network policy, access the CLI, shut down or restart a twin device, and configure device settings in the same way as you would an actual device. From the device list, you have several options:

• Select the hostname of a twin to see the device details. Many of the same monitor and configuration options that apply to real devices are available for their twins.
• Select the check box for the twin device to activate the Actions drop-down list above the table.
• Select the check box for a twin device to activate the Update option above the table.

Digital Twin requires OS Version 32.6.3 or later. To learn how to create a Digital Twin device, see Device Details Configure a Digital Twin Device.