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No More SDN Blind Spots: Assuring Cisco ACI Rollout Success With NETSCOUT

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud
Applicable Industries	Transportation
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	System Integration Testing & Certification
Challenge	The company was undergoing a transition to a Software-Defined Network (SDN) using a phased approach based on the recommended practices defined by their technology provider for this project, Cisco. The project involved the design of a next-generation leaf-and-spine architecture supporting 100GB network speeds, use of Cisco Equal-Cost Multi-path Routing (ECMP), and new VMware ESX virtual servers. The IT team knew they needed a technology-neutral partner to assist their efforts in closing any blind spots that surfaced in the transformed SDN environment, including both east-west and north-south traffic paths, providing 'over-time' trend analysis and reporting into business service performance before, during, and after the move to SDN, and ensuring business communications continuity and coordination across a multi-phase SDN implementation. Read More
About Customer	The customer is a leading transportation company that has been successfully advancing their digital transformation activities through the assistance of NETSCOUT smart visibility and real-time network, application, and Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring and analysis. The company has long been “ahead of the curve” in the railway innovation discussion, with their information technology (IT) team leading successful project rollouts for Train Yard Execution System (TYES), Positive Train Control (PTC), and Unified Train Controls System (UTCS) solutions – all of which are assured by NETSCOUT’s service edge visibility and nGeniusONE real-time analysis. The company's IT leadership team had strategically planned the company’s transition to a Software-Defined Network (SDN) using a phased approach based on the recommended practices defined by their technology provider for this project, Cisco. Read More
Solution	The IT team assured their SDN migration by leveraging NETSCOUT’s next-generation performance analytics, smart visibility, and advanced subject matter expertise across the full project timeline. The solution included the NETSCOUT Certified InfiniStreamNG (ISNG) software appliances supporting 100GB network speeds that provided needed smart visibility for the Cisco ACI SDN architecture, Packet Flow Operating System (PFOS) software for Certified Packet Flow Switch 7120 appliances, which supports high performance in the ACI SDN environment by monitoring both logical and physical connections, and vSTREAM virtual appliances, which provided VMware ESX service assurance by monitoring server-to-server traffic in the virtual server environment comprising the IP fabric underlay. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud

Applicable Industries

Transportation

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

System Integration

Testing & Certification

Challenge

The company was undergoing a transition to a Software-Defined Network (SDN) using a phased approach based on the recommended practices defined by their technology provider for this project, Cisco. The project involved the design of a next-generation leaf-and-spine architecture supporting 100GB network speeds, use of Cisco Equal-Cost Multi-path Routing (ECMP), and new VMware ESX virtual servers. The IT team knew they needed a technology-neutral partner to assist their efforts in closing any blind spots that surfaced in the transformed SDN environment, including both east-west and north-south traffic paths, providing 'over-time' trend analysis and reporting into business service performance before, during, and after the move to SDN, and ensuring business communications continuity and coordination across a multi-phase SDN implementation.

About Customer

The customer is a leading transportation company that has been successfully advancing their digital transformation activities through the assistance of NETSCOUT smart visibility and real-time network, application, and Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring and analysis. The company has long been “ahead of the curve” in the railway innovation discussion, with their information technology (IT) team leading successful project rollouts for Train Yard Execution System (TYES), Positive Train Control (PTC), and Unified Train Controls System (UTCS) solutions – all of which are assured by NETSCOUT’s service edge visibility and nGeniusONE real-time analysis. The company's IT leadership team had strategically planned the company’s transition to a Software-Defined Network (SDN) using a phased approach based on the recommended practices defined by their technology provider for this project, Cisco.

Solution

The IT team assured their SDN migration by leveraging NETSCOUT’s next-generation performance analytics, smart visibility, and advanced subject matter expertise across the full project timeline. The solution included the NETSCOUT Certified InfiniStreamNG (ISNG) software appliances supporting 100GB network speeds that provided needed smart visibility for the Cisco ACI SDN architecture, Packet Flow Operating System (PFOS) software for Certified Packet Flow Switch 7120 appliances, which supports high performance in the ACI SDN environment by monitoring both logical and physical connections, and vSTREAM virtual appliances, which provided VMware ESX service assurance by monitoring server-to-server traffic in the virtual server environment comprising the IP fabric underlay.

Impact #1	Successful IT project implementation across an extended lifecycle
Impact #2	Reduced network overhead
Impact #3	Enhanced IT agility

Impact #1

Successful IT project implementation across an extended lifecycle

Impact #2

Reduced network overhead

Impact #3

Enhanced IT agility

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No More SDN Blind Spots: Assuring Cisco ACI Rollout Success With NETSCOUT

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