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Network Infrastructure Magazine | Monday, April 27, 2020
The companies need to focus on applying end-to-end network automation as it will help them to automate the complicated network easily.
FREMONT, CA Earlier legacy network management principles like manual CLI and scripting were sufficient to run the business, but it was before the development of the new programmable network. However, programmability is challenging to implement in the interface that has a complicated ecosystem of technologies.
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Several companies are struggling to unite the disconnected order among the traditional network engineering with their in-depth knowledge about the physical network. The system is mostly managed from the CLI and by developing API-driven software that is dependent on the DevOps and agile software development abilities. The engineers have already started their journey in the network automation by utilizing scripts like Ansible. However, they are primarily focusing on the underlying network operational cases like device onboarding, software upgrades, or port turn-ups. There is also a problem over here, and it is that the automation focuses on completing the particular network tasks that are assigned to it.
It is Time to Consider Every Part of Network Automation
[vendor_logo_first]The network developer who applies automation only addresses 10 percent to 20 percent of the data involved and ignores almost 80percent of it that can automate.
With ignoring such massive amounts of data, the companies are also losing the opportunity to optimize and automate the entire process of network transformation, starting from planning and scheduling, the pre and post-check-up of the network health, and even updates regarding inventory and change requests. The resources and transition time that is necessary for these several stages need a considerable amount of restructuring between the management systems and network. However, if the steps are done manually, then it will increase the expenditure and also the rate of error during the network. Therefore, if the manual error continues to occur whenever a change is done, it will drive fear and uncertainty in the organization.
If the companies want to accomplish end-to-end automation, they will have to expand their scope of automation by applying more effort while aligning and increasing the velocity at which they can offer change.
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