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.
Key Features & Benefits
- Reduces Complexity: Simplifies large-scale data center network operations and growth.
- Accelerates Service Deployment: Speeds up the provisioning, modification, and teardown of network services.
- Intent-Based Networking: Automates and validates deployments to reduce manual intervention.
- Enhanced Security: Strengthens network security with RBAC, Zero Trust, and encrypted credentials.
- Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP): Enables fast, automated device onboarding.
What is SandWork?
Managing complex data center networks with multiple vendors, diverse operating systems, and legacy infrastructure requires automation to ensure agility, reliability, and security. SandWork is an intent-based orchestration, automation, and assurance solution designed to streamline the lifecycle management of data center fabrics.
Developed with enterprise SONiC support, SandWork enables end-to-end automation for overlay and underlay networks, offering seamless integration with modern data center environments.
SandWork redefines network automation, bringing scalability, security, and operational efficiency to data center environments. Whether deploying SONiC-based fabrics or managing a multi-vendor infrastructure, SandWork provides a future-proof automation framework that accelerates digital transformation.
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.
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
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- 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
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.
Cost Reduction
By adopting open-source solutions like SONiC, SandWork minimizes the need for expensive proprietary systems, leading to significant savings.
Increased ROI
Intelligent orchestration and automation reduce manual intervention, lowering operational overheads and enhancing network availability and performance.
Innovation & Flexibility
Embraces network disaggregation and open-source standards to foster innovation and offer flexible, agile services.
Proven Expertise
Developed by PANTHEON.tech, a leader in network automation, ensuring reliable and effective network management.
Comprehensive Management
Provides full lifecycle management of data center and network infrastructure, ensuring smooth operations and quick issue resolution.
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.
