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Network Automation Survival Guide Matt Gowarty – Sr. Product Marketing Manager

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Infrastructure Security

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Complexity Outpacing Resources

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Tasks

Discovery and network analysis Reduce risk & ensure compliance Increase productivity & network

availability Shorten time to deploy services

Time

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Network Management

Resources

Network Infrastructure

Demands

Network Scale & Complexity

More complex work Increased

expectations Menial tasks Distracted focus

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Network Automation Survival Guide

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Tip 1 – Know Where the Hazards Are

Would you run through the woods blindfolded?

Layer 2 and 3 multi-vendor network auto-discovery Reduce Manual Time and Steps

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AUTO-DISCOVER MULTI-VENDOR DEVICES FASTER AND IDENTIFY NEW DEVICES

Device, network constructs and topology views Reduce Manual Time and Steps

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ENSURE CORRECT INFORMATION WITH UP-TO-DATE LAYER 2 PHYSICAL AND LAYER 3 LOGICAL DATA WITH MULTIPLE TOPOLOGY VIEWS

Tip 2 – Don’t Invite Trouble Would you ever leave out food scraps that could attract a hungry bear??

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Does RSS Stand for Really Sporadic Sometimes?

Powerful reports with actionable data Integration with Cisco SmartAdvisor

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REDUCE RISK BY PROACTIVELY TRACKING MAINTENANCE, PSIRTS, FIELD NOTICES, EOL/EOS AND IPV6 READINESS

Tip 3 – Avoid Over Provisioning Would you ever pack two tents for every camper?

Identify used, free and available ports Switch Capacity Planning

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FIND OUT WHICH SWITCHES ARE RUNNING OUT OF CAPACITY OR RECLAIM AVAILABLE PORTS TO SAVE MONEY

Historical visibility for enhanced trending Switch Capacity Planning

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PLAN BETTER WITH ACCURATE DATA BASED ON CUSTOMIZABLE ATTRIBUTES

Tip 4 – Document Your Route Would you ever head into the wilderness without a map?

Discover and archive configuration changes Track and Document Changes

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AUTOMATICALLY DETECT, COLLECT AND ARCHIVE DEVICE CHANGES FOR BOTH PLANNED AND UNPLANNED CHANGES

Immediate views of current or past state Track and Document Changes

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ANY CURRENT OR ARCHIVED CONFIGURATION OR TOPOLOGY IS A SINGLE CLICK AWAY

Tip 5 – Assemble the Right Team Would you get in a canoe if no one knew how to paddle?

Build once, use forever Implement Changes Faster

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LEVERAGE EMBEDDED JOBS, BUILD CUSTOM SCRIPTS OR IMPORT EXISTING PERL SCRIPTS FOR COMMON UPDATES

Provisioning ACL/rules Implement Changes Faster

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REDUCE TIME TO IMPLEMENT ACL AND RULES FOR NETWORK SECURITY DEVICES BY LEVERAGING MULTI-VENDOR EXPERTISE

Tip 6 – Don’t Go By the Way of the Dinosaur Are you the one person who thinks it’s cool to start a fire by rubbing sticks together instead of using a lighter?

GUI-based tasks Empower More Staff

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SIMPLE GUI-BASED TASKS ALLOW TIER ONE HELP DESK STAFF TO COMPLETE COMMON TASKS CORRECTLY AND SECURELY

User-based access rights Empower More Staff

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CUSTOM USERS, ROLES AND DEVICE DOMAINS EMPOWER MORE STAFF TO MANAGE CHANGE WHILE MAINTAINING CONTROL

Tip 7 – Don’t Assume Your “Gold Standards” Stay that Way Why doesn’t your tent fold up just like it did when you bought it?

Leverage embedded or customize specific requirements Define Actionable Policies

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TAKE HIGH LEVEL COMPLIANCE OR SECURITY REQUIREMENTS AND CREATE ACTIONABLE NETWORK RULES AND POLICIES

Track what you should, nothing else Deploy Based on Individual Needs

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IMPLEMENT SINGLE OR MULTIPLE POLICIES ACROSS A DEVICE GROUP AND ENSURE EACH DEVICE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS

Baseline Templates Provision Configurations Consistently

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DEFINE BEST-PRACTICE BASELINES TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY

Tip 8 – Don’t Think Your Compliance Officer is Your Arch Enemy Do you resent it if the pesky park ranger stops by just to “check in” on you?

Single view of multiple policies Simplified View of Current Status

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EASILY IDENTIFY WHICH DEVICE GROUPS MAY BE VIOLATING ONE OR MORE DEFINED POLICIES

Shorten time and effort to prove success Single-Click Reports

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EMBEDDED AND CUSTOMIZABLE REPORTS COLLECT, TABULATE AND PRESENT RESULTS IN A MATTER OF SECONDS

Tip 9 – Don’t Assume Green Lights Mean Everything is Perfect Just because the bushes aren’t rustling, does it mean there is not a mountain lion out there eyeing you up for tonight’s dinner?

Receive issues for any violation Automatic Policy Monitoring

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THE POLICY MONITORING ENSURES YOUR DESIRED CONFIGURATION MATCHES YOUR AS IS CONFIGURATION

Single click view from alert to impacted devices Identify Which Devices Have Violations

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SHORTEN TIME TO IDENTIFY IMPACTED DEVICES AND IMPLEMENT REMEDIATION ACTIONS

Tip 10 – Don’t Bring Your Shovel to Work When you’re digging a latrine, do you always know where you should put it?

Quickly pinpoint customizable parameters Simplified Search

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ENSURE CORRECT INFORMATION WITH UP-TO-DATE LAYER 2 PHYSICAL AND LAYER 3 LOGICAL DATA WITH MULTIPLE TOPOLOGY VIEWS

Automatically identify problem areas Reduce Manual Time and Steps

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AUTOMATICALLY FIND KEY ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS UNUSED, OVERLAPPING OR DUPLICATE ACLS/RULES

Network Automation Survival Guide

The Power of Infoblox Network Automation

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IP & Device Management

Cross Functional

Enablement

Policy Enforcement

& Audits

Task Delegation

Dynamic Provisioning

Change & Config

Automation

Dynamic IPAM Sync

Network Auto-

Discovery

Infoblox Network

Automation

Benefits of Infoblox Network Automation

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Reduce risk and provision

services faster

Enforce a compliant

and standard network

Improve staff efficiency via automation &

delegation

Thank You

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