Open Networking with Cumulus Linux
Details
Join us for a another meetup with geeky data networking presentations! This time we'll have an event sponsored by Cumulus Networks. Rama Darbha, Anton Degtyarev and Paul Taylor from Cumulus Networks will present the latest news around Open Networking.
The agenda:
- Cultural shift in networking
- Effect of open networking and disaggregation
- Dependence of Linux in the datacenter
- Proliferation on Automation, Validation and Simulation
- Network automation deep dive with Ansible
- Difference between different automation tools
- How to automate brownfield environments
- CI/CD and NetDevOps
- What does it mean? Is it really well defined?
- What can we learn from software workflow processes around the CI/CD workflows and apply these learnings to networking?
- How to use simulation to build automated testing infrastructures for your network
- Demo and example of an end-to-end CI/CD solution using Gitlab, Ansible and Libvirt
- Monitoring and Visibilty in the age of Automation/Webscale networking
- What are the challenges of operating a network that is highly automated?
- How is Cumulus Networks working to resolve this operational issue?
We'll continue with free discussion and networking in Bier-Bier after the event.
For anyone who wants to get to know more about the topic in advance, here's Rama's presentation in AnsibleFest London 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F156gpr32zo
Rama also worked with technologies in this presentation from AnsibleFest London 2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL9HX0-vIGA&feature=youtu.be
About the presenter:
Rama Darbha is a senior consulting engineer at Cumulus Networks. He works in many different facets, from working with customers directly to ensure deployments are successful, coordinating with the product teams to create new product offerings and presenting at conferences and events about the value of open networking solutions.
Open Networking with Cumulus Linux