achieving agile network operations
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NetBrain Technologies
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www.netbraintech.com
Achieving Agile Network OperationsFor Cisco ACI and Hybrid Infrastructures
Jason BaudreauDirector of Product Marketing
NetBrain Technologies
2 | The Hidden Challenges of Network Automation
Network Troubleshooting
MTTI Repair MTTR
20%80% 100%
Mean Time To Identify Mean Time To Innocence
A Typical Troubleshooting Workflow
Problem Identified Is it the network? Where’s the expert?
Escalate
Limited access to “tribal knowledge”
Manual & Time Consuming
NMS/SIEM
Monitoring alert. Now what?
Documentation
Complex, hybrid, and multivendor infrastructures
Where’s the data?
More Tools
Data is spread across “data islands”
CLI
SIEM
SDN Controller
Log Server
A Typical Troubleshooting Workflow
Problem Identified
NMS/SIEM
Monitoring alert. Now what?
Everything seems to be working now…
Trigger “just in time” automation, via API integration
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“Just in time” automation with ServiceNow
Map creation + runbook execution auto-
triggered by ServiceNow when ticket is created1
NetBrain map URL sent back to
ServiceNow ticket automatically2
Where’s the problem?
Is it the network?
Documentation
Complex, hybrid, and multivendor infrastructures
Where’s the problem?
Scope the problem area, dynamically
A Typical Security Workflow
Where’s the expert?
Escalate
Limited access to “tribal knowledge”
Who knows this part of the network?
Who knows this part of the network?
Decode and document network design
A Typical Security Workflow
Where’s the data?
More Tools
Data is spread across “data islands”
CLI
SIEM
SDN Controller
Log Server
13 | The Hidden Challenges of Network Automation
Each tool is it’s own island
Where’s the data?
Add any IT data to the map via API integration
Where’s the data?
Add any IT data to the map via API integration
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Overlay APIC data
1 APIC-Triggered Path Discovery
End-to-End Visibility across SDN and Hybrid Infrastructures
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Visibility for SDN and Hybrid Networks
Runbook Automation: Achieve “just in time” diagnostics by triggering runbook execution based on an APIC event.
Map: Visualize SDN constructs alongside legacy networks and decode logical overlay/underlay dependencies.
Path: End to end visibility for the entire application, traversing through both legacy networks and SDN fabric.
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Enhance Workflows with Automation
API-Triggered Diagnosis
Map-based collaboration
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3 Knowledge Documentation
NetworkTroubleshooting
Security& Defense
Change & Verification
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2,000+ customers worldwide across all verticals
Telecommunications Technology Software Retail
Manufacturing Higher Education Health Government
Entertainment Energy Consulting Banking Finance
DEMO
Visualize Hybrid Network
Visualize Endpoint Groups
Logical View of Hybrid Network
Application View with Contracts
End-to-End Path Across Hybrid Network
Automated Troubleshooting Procedure with Runbook
