Use Cases
- Software Upgrades
- Device Onboarding
- Network Configuration Management
- SD-WAN Branch Turn-Up
- DNS Updates
- Load Balancers
- Cloud Firewall Changes
- Cloud VPC & VNet Configuration
- VLAN Changes
- Firewall Policy Management
- VXLAN & BGP-EVPN
- Port Turn Ups
- Service Turn-Up/Turn-Down
- Cloud Configuration & Compliance
- Cloud-Native Load Balancers
- Cloud VIP Management
- Cloud DNS Management
- Hybrid Cloud Networking
- Multi-Cloud Networking
- Multi-Domain Networks
- 5G / Edge
Why Automate Service Turn-Up & Turn-Down?
Because services can span across multiple types of networks and require interaction with different IT systems, it can take days, weeks, or longer to turn up a new service by using manual processes alone. This creates a backlog that prevents new services from being created in a reasonable time, and ultimately impacts the end user/customer’s ability to utilize the company’s services. Automation can reduce the time it takes to turn-up or turn-down a service to hours or minutes and even provide the end user/customer with a self-service portal for managing their services.
Network automation can help to:
- Create, modify, or remove service configurations on any network device.
- Create, modify, or remove networking services in any cloud platform.
- Integrate with IT systems like change management and sources of truth.
Automating Service Turn-Up & Turn-Down with Itential
The Itential Automation Platform simplifies the automation of service turn-up and turn-down by providing:
Federated inventory of Physical, Virtual, & Cloud Networking Devices & Services
All network devices and services are federated into a single inventory view.
Automated Pre-Checks, Post-Checks, & Rollbacks
Create robust pre-check and post-check policies with automatic rollback.
Integration with ITSM & Ticketing Systems
Automate the time typically spent opening, updating, and closing out tickets for each step of the service process.
Integration with IPAM & Network Monitoring Systems
Quickly reference and update sources of truth like IPAMs and ensure services are added to network monitoring systems.
Itential Supports Service Turn-Up & Turn-Down Across All Vendors
Itential Pre-Built Workflows for Service Turn-Up & Turn-Down
With Itential’s Pre-Built Workflows, organizations can rapidly onboard simple and reusable end-to-automations that support service turn-up and turn-down across both on-prem and cloud-based networks.