Conveners
Coding your network: 8A
- Karel van Klink (GÉANT)
Description
Join us for an insightful session on network automation! Learn how our community members have designed and deployed network orchestration setups. We will have talks on the tools used to achieve network service orchestration. Discover parallel journeys of ESnet and Internet2, showcasing their similar yet unique automation paths. Closing the session with a presentation on migrating an entire network, making use of automation and orchestration.
HEAnet's ambition is to fully automate all operational tasks of our business. But this is a journey, it takes time, and it is tough. Imagine you are sitting at the top of a mountain, but you need to meet your friends who are waiting for you in a cosy restaurant at the bottom. Much like our automation journey you have many options to take. Which one is fastest, which one is safest, or which one...
ESnet and Internet2 embarked on similar network automation journeys as part of both of their recent network upgrades. Those efforts used some of the same technologies (like Cisco Network Services Orchestrator); those solutions were used in different ways but the end results were similar - fairly complete automation of network configuration and support for network service provisioning. This...
The presentation will be focused on the use of GAP - GÉANT Automation Platform - for the migration of the GÉANT IP/MPLS network to a new vendor. There will be an update for the community on the status of the migration with some occasional deep dive into the strategies and mechanics used to demonstrate how orchestration and automation support the process and make it more reliable and predictable.
