Introduction

Up to now, the focus has been on network automation concepts, technologies, tools, and development methodologies. In the sections that follow, the focus will shift to practical use-cases which illustrate how network programmability and automation can be applied to drive innovation and address real issues affecting network operations teams.

In each of the use-cases described below, the challenge affecting the network operator will be described, and a solution that leverages network automation will be illustrated, along with sample APIs, scripts, tools, code-snippets, and configuration-snippets.

These use-cases and their solutions are drawn from real-world customer scenarios. Hopefully they will spark ideas for other use-cases and new solutions that can be shared with the Open NX-OS community.