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Zero-Touch Provisioning

Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) is a feature that allows the devices to be configured and upgraded automatically, thus eliminating all the manual efforts. The five main reasons why ZTP is highly imperative in modern networks are as follows:

  1. Majority of the network downtimes are attributed to human errors
  2. Manual configuration is slow and error-prone
  3. Lack of skilled staff at remote locations and increased travel costs
  4.  Multi-vendor network
  5. Non-compliance to golden configuration standards
 

While there are several “zero-touch” provisioning systems in the market today, not many bring the flexibility and customizable options that organizations crave to establish their intent-driven process. Today’s ZTP solutions are siloed and do not fit into the broader network automation and monitoring ecosystem. In today’s modern network infrastructure, network managers must centralize provisioning and configuration roles to improve reliability, minimize bring-up costs, and contain the expenses of creating and delivering next-generation services.

Anuta Networks ATOM offers a true multi-vendor Zero-Touch Provisioning solution that transforms how network teams onboard the devices to their network. It utilizes a DHCP-based approach that automates steps such as deploying Day-0 configuration templates, updating software images, deploying patches, and fixing bugs.

Solution Brief

Apart from the graphical designer, ATOM workflow engine’s granular reporting offers the much-needed visibility and analytics as we roll out the next-generation applications on the 5G networks!

VP, Systems Engineering, Tier-1 Service Provider

What are the Top-6 benefits of this technology?

Vendor Agnostic Provisioning

ATOM has the Ability to trigger ZTP for 45+ vendors and 150+ platforms with continuous integrations for new vendors and platforms.

Reduction in truck rolls

Plugin the device, power it on, and relax. ATOM offers dramatic savings for your supply chain by eliminating manual steps and integrating them into a single harmonious working environment

Ensure golden config standards

ATOM ZTP ensures new devices comply with golden config templates during onboarding and provides a default rollback in case of errors.

Ensure Software compliance

ATOM provides Image server support to push software updates during the ZTP process

Massively scalable workflows

Microservices-based architecture spans the breadth of your network through its modular approach without affecting the whole application

Provision from Private & Public Cloud

Private or Public cloud,ATOM ensures smooth provisioning of resources. ATOM deployment & operations architecture allows organizations to focus on their use cases without having to worry about deployment specifications.

ATOM Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP)

Anuta Networks ATOM offers a proper multi-vendor Zero-Touch Provisioning solution that transforms how organizations onboard the devices to their network. Empowered by the DHCP-based approach, it automates steps such as deploying Day-0 configuration templates, updating software images, deploying patches, and fixing bugs. ATOM ZTP addresses several fundamental design principles that position it as a unique zero-touch solution

Equipped to build a business process around ZTP

ZTP is process-driven automation. ATOM’s workflow-based ZTP solution simplifies the manual and half-baked processes into simple visual steps. NetOps teams can integrate the workflow into IPAM/ITSM/OSS/BSS tools to address the process gaps. If the existing ZTP workflow in ATOM does not suit the requirements, NetOps teams can use ATOM’s built-in workflow designer to customize it.

Ensure compliance with golden standards

ATOM’s configuration compliance enables organizations to create golden profiles that cater to Day-0 configurations. These profiles could include policies on NTP, domain name, name servers, mandatory VLAN configurations, and more. The compliance workflow renders and applies the golden standard configuration to newly onboarded devices.

Handle negative scenarios

ATOM ZTP is tuned to handle corner cases that crop up during a ZTP process. In situations where the device is at fault and is forced into multiple reboots, ATOM handles the additional workflows triggered by the circumstances.

Utilize ATOM’s Config Manager & Image server

ATOM’s ZTP workflow utilizes its Configuration Management and a built-in Image server to upload the image and configuration files through its native UI. ATOM supports multiple file transfer methods such as FTP, SFTP, and TFTP to fetch configuration files and images.

Provision from Anywhere

Anuta ATOM has a cloud native microservices-based architecture. It can be deployed and managed in private or public clouds such as AWS, GCP, or Azure. The devices in line for ZTP will reach out to ATOM deployed on a private or public cloud for golden Day-0 profiles and image updates.

Highly Scalable ZTP Solution

Owing to the cloud native architecture, every aspect of the ATOM is independently scalable. The workflow component of the ATOM is horizontally scalable to meet the scale requirements of any large organization. ATOM can execute multiple ZTP and compliance workflows simultaneously to cater to vast and demanding ZTP workloads.

Customize based on requirements

As every organization has procedures and processes to follow, Anuta ATOM is built for customization. You can remodel the ZTP workflow as per your organization. If the current ZTP workflow needs to address more pessimistic scenarios, open the workflow in ATOM’s workflow designer, append or delete tasks to meet the requirements, and deploy it.

FAQs

In the case of a new device, the administrator only needs to set the DHCP server so that the device gets redirected to the ATOM file server for boot and image files. This is done using the option 150 commands in the DHCP configuration.
The ZTP workflow logs each task using the comprehensive reporting structure. All relevant reports like SLA of each task, provisioning status of sites depending on the geographical location, etc., can be tracked and exported in the form of reports.
Some of the workflows like Image upgrades, ZTP, and ServiceNow integration are part of ATOM from day one. Users can start using them from the day of deployment.
Using Day0/Day1 profiles in ATOM, you can use ATOM to push startup commands like NTP, hostname, etc., upon device onboarding.
Yes. The beauty of the workflow model is that it can be customized according to the users’ needs at any point in time. Need to add a pre-check, forgot to add a command in day-1 profile, need a ping test from ATOM upon device onboarding, you name it, and workflow can help you do it all!!

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