Network Architecture Build Sheets for Automated Provisioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing network infrastructure deployment methods require significant manual intervention and coordination, leading to errors and inefficiencies in provisioning and configuration, particularly in ensuring interoperability and dependency management among components.
Innovation Solution
A provisioning engine generates build tickets from a build sheet, which includes configuration information for network components, allowing for automated provisioning with orchestration scripts, reducing manual operations and improving tracking and coordination of provisioning processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual provisioning and configuration methods are used, then network engineers can coordinate and configure infrastructure components, but significant manual intervention leads to errors and inefficiencies in provisioning and configuration
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated self-provisioning of infrastructure components through build sheets and orchestration scripts. The provisioning process no longer requires manual network engineer intervention for configuration tasks, as the system automatically generates and executes provisioning scripts based on build sheet definitions, thereby reducing human error while maintaining operational simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
Manual mechanical provisioning operations are replaced with automated computational systems. Build sheets define infrastructure requirements in a structured format that is automatically processed by provisioning systems to generate and execute configuration scripts, substituting manual coordination and configuration tasks with automated software-based processes
2Productivity
If manual coordination is used to ensure interoperability among components, then network engineers can ensure correct configuration, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
All provisioning requirements, component specifications, and configuration parameters are predefined in build sheets before the actual provisioning process begins. This preliminary definition of infrastructure requirements allows the automated system to execute provisioning tasks without requiring time-consuming manual coordination during deployment, thereby increasing productivity while minimizing time loss
Solution Approach 2:
Build sheets serve as an intermediary artifact that captures and structures all provisioning requirements. This intermediary format enables automated processing and coordination of multiple infrastructure components without requiring direct manual intervention, allowing rapid provisioning while ensuring correct interoperability through pre-defined relationships
3Productivity
If automated provisioning is implemented, then efficiency and error reduction are improved, but complex orchestration and dependency management are required
Solution Approach 1:
The automated provisioning system segments infrastructure provisioning into discrete, manageable components defined in build sheets. Each infrastructure element (compute, storage, network) can be independently defined and provisioned through separate orchestration scripts, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high automation efficiency through modular processing
Data Source
AI summary
Some examples of the present disclosure relate to a network architecture provisioning tool. In one example, a computer system can generate a build ticket for a component of a computer network architecture. The computer system can use the build ticket to determine an orchestration script for provisioning the component within a computer network corresponding to the computer network architecture. The computer system can execute the orchestration script to provision the component in the computer network.