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 Load Balancing?
A consistent strategy for management of load balancing and VIPs customized to the evolving network infrastructure will look to meet requirements across all teams involved and reduce inconsistencies and cycle times. By automating load balancer management, organizations can reduce inconsistencies and cycle times while improving customer retention and satisfaction and expect to see an 80% time savings and increased throughput capacity.
Network automation helps to:
- Avoid performance issues for customer facing and internal services.
- Prevent unneeded service outages.
- Increase customer satisfaction and retention.
- Keep up with changes in network and application deployments.
- Simplify security updates to servers and applications.
Automating Load Balancing with Itential
The Itential Automation Platform simplifies the automation of a load balancing use case by providing capabilities for:
Robust Pre-Checks & Post-Checks
Easily definable pre-check and post-check processes with ability to safely rollback any changes.
Integrate with Your IT Environment
End-to-end automation with integration to any IT System such as change management, messaging, and sources of truth.
Self-Service Capabilities
Securely enable end user self-service capabilities with RBAC integration and granular controls.
Itential Supports Load Balancing for Any Device or Service
Itential Pre-Built Workflows for Load Balancing
With Itential’s Pre-Built Workflows, organizations can rapidly onboard simple and reusable end-to-automations that support any device type.