Automated WAN: Device Management—Onboarding With Guided Field Installation

0:02 [Music]

0:07 hi I'm here to show you a quick

0:08 demonstration of how to automate device

0:10 onboarding and guided installation for

0:13 field technicians using device life

0:15 cycle management a juniper Paragon

0:18 automation use case device life cycle

0:21 management is typically performed

0:23 manually with some security and

0:25 Assurance checks until recently the

0:28 process has not been automated and the

0:30 lack of automated oversight has led to

0:32 costly errors and unacceptable times to

0:35 market for Communication service

0:37 providers operators need to reimagine

0:40 their device life cycle management and

0:43 planned work processes with automation

0:46 so let's dive into it starting with

0:48 secure fast consistent device onboarding

0:51 at

0:53 scale device onboarding steps are

0:55 automated in minutes much more quickly

0:58 than a limited semi automatic zero touch

1:01 provisioning process that can take hours

1:04 or even days zero touch provisioning

1:07 implementations are often limited to

1:09 device software upgrades configuration

1:12 and some validation checks Paragon

1:14 automation supports much more

1:17 configuration secure zero touch

1:19 provisioning device trust validation and

1:22 health checks connectivity and

1:24 performance checks as well as AI enabled

1:27 error resolution bringing a device

1:30 online is not enough operators must also

1:34 assure that the required service

1:36 experience is delivered Paragon

1:38 automation augments device onboarding

1:40 from basic device monitoring to include

1:43 active testing of the service experience

1:47 service quality is validated with layer

1:49 2 through layer 7 active tests executed

1:52 on the data plane generated by synthetic

1:55 traffic for a growing set of junos Evo

1:58 based routers Juniper Paragon active

2:01 Assurance test agents are embedded into

2:04 the routers turning the network into an

2:06 experienced sensor this is particularly

2:09 useful for networks composed of

2:12 thousands of devices such as with a

2:15 cloud

2:15 Metra when onboarding the active tests

2:18 are initiated by the device to validate

2:21 network service quality so it can be

2:23 confirmed that they are truly ready for

2:26 service in other scenarios the

2:29 lightweight test agents can be

2:30 distributed anywhere in the network and

2:33 triggered as part of the onboarding

2:35 workflow to test service quality from

2:37 that device no other automation solution

2:41 offers similar

2:43 capabilities Paragon automation is built

2:45 on an AI enabled infrastructure coupled

2:48 with AI Ops use cases that help service

2:51 providers detect diagnose and resolve

2:54 issues before they impact customer

2:58 experience operators can fine and fix

3:00 issues much faster than humans can and

3:03 even spot issues that humans may miss at

3:06 first glance this comes in handy for

3:09 device onboarding for example Juniper's

3:12 AIML algorithms help the technician

3:15 detect a bad optical cable that may have

3:18 degraded performance internal

3:20 malfunctions temperature issues and more

3:23 device onboarding becomes much simpler

3:26 and easier for operations teams and

3:28 field technicians field technicians do

3:31 not need to be networking gurus or CLI

3:34 experts to use the intuitive software

3:36 application and network operations

3:39 Engineers do not need to worry about

3:41 every little detail for every device

3:43 being deployed instead they can use

3:46 their valuable experience to focus on

3:48 urgent issues you can automate device

3:51 life cycle management and revolutionize

3:54 the device onboarding process the secure

3:58 automated device onboarding in Paragon

4:00 automation turns a previously manually

4:03 intensive task for field technicians

4:05 into an automated process so that

4:08 devices are installed right the first

4:10 time every time minimizing truck rolls

4:13 for return site visits its completeness

4:17 and ease of use sets The Benchmark for

4:20 the right way of onboarding devices at

4:23 speed scale and

4:28 quality