Option to deploy PKI PKI certificates push is triggered via Rest API calls to APIC-EM

118 Pages·2017·10.02 MB·English

by  Penny Venter

APIC-EM: The evolution from
traditional management to SDN-led,
policy-based automation
Lila Rousseaux – CCIE #6899
Technical Solutions Architect – Routing and Switching, Cisco Systems Canada
BRKNMS-2031
Agenda
What does “SDN Led – Policy Based Management” mean?
•
Introduction to Cisco Campus/Branch Controller  APIC-EM
•
Transition to SDN-Led Management
•
SDN Controller – Core Applications
•
SDN Led Provisioning
•
• Zero Touch Deployment – Network Plug & Play App
• End to End QoS – EasyQoS App
SDN Led Troubleshooting – Path Trace App
•
SDN Led Automation – IWAN App
•
• Comparison with Traditional Management: IWAN Workflows
PI and APIC-EM Integration
•
What does “SDN Led – Policy
Based Management” mean?
Today’s Network is Unprepared for the SD-Digital
Enterprise
Myriads of Box by Box
Technologies Management
Low Elasticity to
Low App Visibility &
Changing Business
Awareness
needs
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Cisco Digital Network Architecture
Network-enabled Applications
Collaboration | IoT| Mobility | Security
Insights &
Open | Developer Friendly | Secure
Experiences
HOW is the
Automation Analytics
Automation
network
evolving with Abstraction & Policy Control Network Data, & Assurance
from Core to Edge Contextual Insights
DNA
Security &
Open & Programmable | Standards-Based | Secure
Compliance
Infrastructure
Physical & Virtual Infrastructure | App Hosting
Software Driven | Extensible | Cloud Enabled | Secure
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Manual to Systemic Policy Deployment
Manual Policy Controller Led Policy
Conventional Model
Deployment Deployment
The What
The What “QoS Policy for Admin
Branches A-N” Driven
“QoS Policy for
Branches A-N”
Admin
The How
Driven
The How
“Change QoS
System
config in the “Change QoS
Driven
following elements” Config in the
following flements”
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Benefits of Enterprise SDN
Abstraction Control
Brownfield and Centralized policy
Greenfield Network wide deployment
Embedded best practices Dynamic Network Agility
Massive Simplicity
Automation Programmability
Zero touch deployment Published NB API’s
Day 0 to Day N Cisco and Partner Apps
Lower TCO Openness
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Introduction to Cisco
Campus/Branch Controller: APIC-EM
(Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module)
APIC-EM: Cisco Enterprise SDN
Open, Programmable Application Platform
for Enterprise Network Transformation
EM
Existing and New
Software or Appliance Northbound Cisco, Partner or Customer
Device Support
Based RESTful APIs Developed Apps
Agnostic Southbound interface supporting multiple protocols
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