NetBrain - Network Troubleshooting Software
NetBrain The Platform for Just in Time Automation.
Aligning NetOps with Business at Scale: The Strategic Approach
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Align your network with how your business thinks
Reduce the duration and overhead associated with solving network problems
Continuous enforcement of network intentions to prevent IT service outages
Encoding the hybrid network to establish the network intents of each component
Best Practices The set of diagnostic processes needed for each network intent to establish compliance
The continuous validation that all defined network intents are being fully met
Prevent outages and service disruptions before they impact the business
Time is everything, so responding instantly resolves issues quickly
Preventing the unintended consequences of change and not overwriting current changes with future changes
The needs of each application are maintained, preventing a ‘slow’ response
End-to-End Network Automation, including the Public Cloud! Continuous verification that security hardware & software is active
“Troubleshooting without NetBrain is like troubleshooting in the dark ” Network automation is a process that involves using software to help reduce human intervention by managing network and security processes, especially repetitive ones The goal is to improve network speed, consistency, uptime, and service delivery with minimal human effort and cost Network automation software systems that can operate any hybrid network You can apply network automation to tasks including network provisioning, configuration, mapping, monitoring, security, and troubleshooting
Provisioning or changing device configurations is one of the best-known network automation software use cases The most significant benefit of automated provisioning is not modifying a single configuration (which is easy enough to do) but applying these changes to multiple devices simultaneously Such a repetitive process can be error-prone when done manually, which can be avoided with an intelligent network automation tool
Another use case for network automation is collaboration via an automation platform portal that reduces bottlenecks from escalations to subject matter experts and reduces the manpower needed to perform manual scripting to execute tasks These platforms typically provide templates with knowledge from subject matter experts to allow anyone to perform operational tasks in a UI to rapidly address any existing problems that repeatedly arise
Intent-based network automation includes the use of human or artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to abstract device configurations into business and network intents and understands what network intents to apply to enforce network policies By capturing intents, network automation tools can automatically verify network performance to prevent configuration and compliance drift and maintain application service levels When configurations drift away from the original network architecture designs, network automation becomes aware and offers the appropriate intents to the users so they can bring network conditions back to their baselines
A network management automation tool is also responsible for automating Day-2 operational work such as managing and expediting the resolution of service incidents, maintaining regulatory compliance, and validating network performance, especially in cases of adding new applications and services This gives IT the ability to manage more complex networks more effectively with the same number of resources Plus, it helps with performing routine maintenance tasks that take up essential resources’ valuable time The ability to “set and forget” them with automation means network admins can perform more meaningful tasks while still preventing network downtime
According to Gartner: Network automation tools help to automate provisioning/configuration, troubleshooting, operations/maintenance, validation, and reporting of network components Network automation tools typically interact with routers, switches, firewalls, application delivery controllers, service provider components (WAN circuits), and cloud provider services (VPCs and load balancers, for example) Network automation tools are delivered as software and may support one or multiple vendors The tools allow for increased agility and efficiency while lowering costs, reducing the amount of manual human errors, and improving compliance with required rules, regulations, and laws Network automation tools allow organizations to make network changes across hundreds, thousands, or more devices in short periods of time
There’s no single way to achieve network automation The simplest way is perhaps using scripts or commands to execute tasks automatically or en masse Tools that leverage open, RESTful APIs via a Python or Javascript to expose more functionality and integrate with more tools such as IT service management and SIEM tools and allow for data export
