There is a lot of buzz these days around #intentbased or #drivennetworking: a “smart” topology that possesses the capability to monitor overall network performance, identify issues, and solve problems automatically without manual intervention. The question is, is it real or just a pie-in-the sky reference architecture that is years away from being comlete?
Intent-based networking
There is a lot of buzz these days around intent-based or driven networking: a “smart” topology that possesses the capability to monitor overall network performance, identify issues, and solve problems automatically without manual intervention. The question is, is it real or just a pie-in-the sky reference architecture that is years away from reality?
What are the benefits?
Intent-based networking promises to bring many benefits to organizations of all sizes. All IT administrators want better access control, massive scalability, security and multi-vendor device management. The latter consideration is the most compelling in my mind—the ability to manage hundreds to thousands of heterogeneous devices on a network as an aggregate, and do so with speed, automation and simplicity.
Is intent-based networking a rehash of software defined networking?
As I discussed in a previous article, software defined networking or SDN is a series of network objects (switches, routers, firewalls) all deployed in a highly-automated manner. Intent-based networking leverages the capabilities of SDN but marries it to intelligence. There are a dozen or so companies that are focused on intent-based networking solutions today, and I’ve spent time with executives at three to learn more about their vision for the platform
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