Itential Data Center Network Automation Solution
Dramatically enhance and accelerate automation for data center network creation, growth, and migration.
Jump Start Data Center Network Automation
With the introduction of 5G and mobile edge, and the accelerated push to move network functions to the data center, Communications Service Providers are recognizing the need to fully automate their data center network operations lifecycle – from the creation of switch fabrics, to adding capacity, to managing overlay network lifecycle ,and migrating services and network functions in and across their networks, from core to far edge.
The Itential Data Center Network Automation Solution combines the Itential Automation Platform with a robust set of Pre-Built Automation components that can be easily customized to support a wide range of vendors, environments, and technologies. By utilizing these pre-built components, users can immediately start implementing the automations in their data centers and can dramatically reduce the time normally associated with development, testing, and deployment of custom automations. In addition, the Data Center Automation Solution enables users to benefit from ongoing innovations and improvements as Itential introduces availability of new features and capabilities.
Service providers that are using the Itential Data Center Network Automation Solution are achieving significant business benefits, including:
Itential Solution Features
The Itential Data Center Network Automation Solution combines the Itential Automation platform with pre-built and integrated components focused on automating the most common and time-consuming activities associated with the creation and operation of modern data center switched-fabric networks.
The Itential Data Center Network Automation Solution includes:
- Itential Automation Platform and Itential Automation Gateway, designed for high-performance, high-capacity network automation and orchestration. For example, the Itential Platform executed more than 100 million automations in 2020 for one national carrier.
- Pre-Built Automations for activities such as CLOS fabric build, overlay deployment, network function onboarding, migration, device upgrades, and health checks – to automate the full lifecycle of data center networking activities.
- Pre-Built Adapters to provide integration with a wide range of systems to support activities including ticket creation, fault management, code repository interaction, and integration with orchestration systems.
- Pre-Built Transformations to simplify the integration of data from existing and new systems, and to solve the problems associated with mismatched data.
- Pre-Built Templates and Forms that can be easily customized to meet users’ unique requirements.
Data Center Network Automation Solution Use Cases
- Zero touch deployment and provisioning for Top-of-Rack devices, routers, and data center switches.
- Configuration compliance and automated remediation for definition, audit, and remediation of configuration on routers and switch fabrics.
- Automated upgrade for routers and switches.
- Automation of maintenance windows and configuration changes, including fully automated pre- and post-checks with intelligent analytics.
- Automations for bulk configuration changes.
Itential is Automation for Complex, Heterogenous Networks
The Itential Data Center Network Automation Solution supports multiple southbound options for interacting with the network and data center elements, including Cisco NSOTM, AnsibleTM, scripting, Terraform, Cloud APIs, and SDN controllers; allowing users to automate even the most complex multi-vendor networks. Users can gain greater velocity for their data center deployments by leveraging the capabilities of the Itential platform, including:
Consolidated Network API
Integrate ITSM, monitoring, inventory, and analytics systems once using the Itential network API consolidator.
Advanced Network Intelligent Workflows
Itential’s Network Intelligent Workflow Manager easily integrates capabilities across diverse toolsets and IT ecosystem types.
Robust Network Service Management
Itential’s Network Service Manager provides deep service enablement, management, and disconnect capabilities through its API-ingestion and correlation engines.
Get Started with Itential & Prepare for Rapid Data Center Growth
Let Itential show you how it’s Data Center Network Automation Solution can enhance and accelerate your data center network build and operations, and enable your next-generation, agile network engineering and operations teams to lead your organization to realize the business benefits of data center lifecycle automation.
