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Network automation is widely referred to as a technology to plan, configure and deploy network devices in a Data Center, Campus or Wide-area-network with corporate network policies (e.g. templates). These templates can be applied to one single network device or up to thousands of switches, routers or Access-Points, thus minimizing the deployment time for new sites or Top-of-the Rack Switches in Data Centers.<\/p>\n\n
In many cases a Network Automation solution requires a centralized Software with Controllers to deploy templates and collect network-related data for the netops teams.<\/p>\n
The other big factor are the technologies on the network devices which allows for smart automation. The three ingredients for integrating a network automation solution are:<\/p>\n