Milestone 2: Architecture understood

Check your understanding before moving into the demo scenarios. If anything feels uncertain, follow the link to go back.

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You can describe the relationship between Apstra Data Center Director, DC Assurance, and HPE Mist in plain language.	Architecture overview
You can explain why the structural data in the Apstra graph database produces better insights than a threshold-based monitoring tool.	Architecture overview
You understand why the demo environment has two separate blueprints and what multi-site visibility looks like in practice.	Architecture overview
You can navigate to the multi-site dashboard and describe what each site’s health scores represent.	Architecture overview

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You can describe the relationship between Apstra Data Center Director, DC Assurance, and HPE Mist in plain language.

Architecture overview

You can explain why the structural data in the Apstra graph database produces better insights than a threshold-based monitoring tool.

Architecture overview

You understand why the demo environment has two separate blueprints and what multi-site visibility looks like in practice.

Architecture overview

You can navigate to the multi-site dashboard and describe what each site’s health scores represent.

Architecture overview

The architecture section is the most conceptually dense part of the guide. A clear understanding here makes the three demo scenarios significantly easier to follow — the product’s behaviour will make more sense once you know how the components fit together.