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According to Gartner, network automation is projected to increase threefold by 2026. Stay ahead of this shift with SandWork – seamless orchestration & automation across your network infrastructure.

What is SandWork?

SandWork is a management solution that simplifies & automates network operations in data centers.

Streamline tasks like configuring, monitoring, and scaling data center networks, reduce manual effort and operational costs.

SandWork’s automated workflows and assurance tools ensure network reliability, security, and high availability, even across multiple data centers.

Network Orchestration & Automation

Seamlessly orchestrate, automate, and assure network operations. This innovative software harnesses open-source tech and cutting-edge automation, to tackle multivendor, multi-OS complexities. By integrating legacy systems with modern solutions, SandWork simplifies the intricate web of today’s networks.

Its intelligent approach maximizes efficiency, making it an indispensable tool for navigating complex, enterprise networks. This is network automation at its finest.

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SONiC & SandWork

SandWork is a sophisticated orchestration and automation platform. Aimed for enterprise data centers, SandWork utilizes the open-source SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) operating system. It offers a programmable framework with a modular architecture, facilitating seamless integration and management of multi-vendor network environments.

With its comprehensive lifecycle management, SandWork ensures consistent and reliable performance for both overlay and underlay network devices. SandWork drives cost efficiency by reducing reliance on proprietary systems and scales effectively with network growth, enhancing overall operational agility and reliability.

Highlights

  • Day 2+ Fabric configuration
    • VXLAN network segments
    • Switchport mappings
    • Device-specific configuration
    • MC-LAG device pair configuration
  • Intent vs State: Underlay & Overlay
  • Visibility: Topology & Inventory
  • Device Lifecycle Management: ZTP
  • Zero Trust: Role-Based Access Control
  • Assurance: Audit logs & Telemetry
  • Integration: Open APIs, to existing systems
  • SONiC Enterprise compliant
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Persistent Fabric Management

SandWork offers robust features for advanced network management, including Day 2+ Fabric configuration, enabling ongoing adjustments and optimizations for a network fabric beyond the initial setup.

It supports VXLAN network segments for scalable and efficient Layer 2 and Layer 3 network virtualization. The platform allows precise switchport mappings, ensuring accurate port assignments and configurations. Additionally, device-specific configuration capabilities provide tailored settings for individual network devices, enhancing performance and reliability. For redundancy and high availability, SandWork facilitates MC-LAG (Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation Group) device pair configuration, ensuring seamless traffic flow and fault tolerance.

By adopting open-source solutions like SONiC, SandWork minimizes the need for expensive proprietary systems, leading to significant savings.

Intelligent orchestration and automation reduce manual intervention, lowering operational overheads and enhancing network availability and performance.

Embraces network disaggregation and open-source standards to foster innovation and offer flexible, agile services.

Developed by PANTHEON.tech, a leader in network automation, ensuring reliable and effective network management.

Provides full lifecycle management of data center and network infrastructure, ensuring smooth operations and quick issue resolution.

Device management

Advanced Device Management

SandWork manages network devices in data centers through a structured process: design, onboarding, staging, and managing.

In the design stage, SandWork helps in planning the network architecture. During onboarding, it verifies device compatibility and alignment with network policies through global intents checks.

In the staging phase, it handles OS installation and upgrades, performs device greenfield checks to validate new devices, and ensures they meet operational standards.

Finally, the managing phase involves continuous monitoring and maintenance, using automated tasks and real-time adjustments to ensure optimal device performance and reliability in the data center.

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