by Dave Butler | Mar 28, 2017 | 3-layer clos, Disaggregation, Distributed Systems, Intent-based Networking, IT Infrastructure, self-operating network, Software Defined Network
This blog is about how to transform a 3-tier (core-distribution-access) network into a multi-vendor L3 CLOS using the Apstra Operating System (AOS). This can represent a big step forward for most enterprises with big benefits including complete lifecycle automation....
by Mansour Karam | Mar 15, 2017 | closed-loop, Data Center Network, gartner, Intent-based Networking, SDN, self-operating network
Modern automation systems have two fundamental characteristics — they are Intent-Based and they are Closed-Loop. Yet it is only today, and with Apstra’s Intent-Based Self-Operating Network™ that these concepts are being introduced to network infrastructures!
by Dave Butler | Feb 3, 2017 | CAPEX, Network Failures, SDN, self-operating network
The network is the underlying foundation of the data center. If that foundation becomes unstable, everything else, apps and all, are affected. The bummer is that most large data center networks are, in fact, unstable. Complex networks experience rapid entropy and...
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