Virtual Network Configuration Management System for Data Center Operations and Management

2012 ◽  
Vol E95.B (6) ◽  
pp. 1924-1933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideki OKITA ◽  
Masahiro YOSHIZAWA ◽  
Keitaro UEHARA ◽  
Kazuhiko MIZUNO ◽  
Toshiaki TARUI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Center ◽  
Management System ◽  
Configuration Management ◽  
Virtual Network ◽  
Network Configuration

scholarly journals Evolving CERN’s Network Configuration Management System

2019 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 08015
Author(s):  
Stefan Nicolae Stancu ◽  
Arkadiy Shevrikuko ◽  
David Gutierrez Rueda
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Configuration Management ◽  
Campus Network ◽  
Network Configuration ◽  
Network Database ◽  
Generic Problem ◽  
Configuration Generation ◽  
Dedicated Networks ◽  
Central Network

CERN’s networks comprise several thousands network devices from multiple vendors and from different generations, fulfilling various purposes (campus network, data centre network, and dedicated networks for the LHC accelerator and experiments control). To ensure the reliability of the networks, the IT Communication Systems group has developed an in-house, Perl-based software called “cfmgr”, capable of deriving and enforcing the appropriate configuration on all these network devices, based on information from a central network database. Due to the decrease in popularity of the technologies it relies upon, maintaining and expanding the current network configuration management system has become increasingly challenging. Hence, we have evaluated the functionality of various open-source network configuration tools, in view of leveraging them for evolving the cfmgr platform. We will present the result of this evaluation, as well as the plan for evolving CERN’s network configuration management system by decoupling the configuration generation (CERN specific) from the configuration enforcement (generic problem, partially addressed by vendor or community Python based libraries).

As-RaD System as a Design Model of the Network Automation Configuration System Based on the REST-API and Django Framework

2020 ◽  
pp. 291-298
Author(s):  
Adian Fatchur Rochim ◽  
Abda Rafi ◽  
Adnan Fauzi ◽  
Kurniawan Teguh Martono
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Application Programming Interface ◽  
Design Model ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Network Configuration ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Representational State Transfer ◽  
Application Programming ◽  
Rest Api ◽  
Python Programming

The use of information technology these days are very high. From business through education activities tend to use this technology most of the time. Information technology uses computer networks for integration and management data. To avoid business problems, the number of network devices installed requires a manageable network configuration for easier maintenance. Traditionally, each of network devices has to be manually configured by network administrators. This process takes time and inefficient. Network automation methods exist to overcome the repetitive process. Design model uses a web-based application for maintenance and automates networking tasks. In this research, the network automation system implemented and built a controller application that used REST API (Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface) architecture and built by Django framework with Python programming language. The design modeled namely As-RaD System. The network devices used in this research are Cisco CSR1000V because it supports REST API communication to manage its network configuration and could be placed on the server either. The As-RaD System provides 75% faster performance than Paramiko and 92% than NAPALM.

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