Paragon Automation as a Service: Cloud-Delivered Network Automation

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0:04 network automation has become a top

0:06 priority for operators and nowhere is

0:09 this more true than in the cloud metro

0:11 where automation is not just a good to

0:13 have but a must-have and needs to be

0:15 designed in from the start

0:17 up until now network automation has been

0:20 complex error prone and the big bang

0:23 approach has not been sustainable nor

0:25 delivered results quickly enough

0:27 at juniper we believe there is a better

0:29 way to automate your network

0:32 imagine if you could see your first

0:34 results in days not years

0:36 imagine if it was simple enough to

0:39 automate a new use case every month

0:42 imagine if you didn't need it developers

0:44 and networking experts to implement it

0:47 that's the power of cloud-delivered

0:49 network automation coupled with ai and

0:52 that's the future we've created at

0:54 juniper networks by introducing paragon

0:57 automation as a service

1:00 it's a future where you can automate

1:01 your network use case-by-use case at

1:04 unprecedented speed and do it with a

1:07 simplicity that your teams will love

1:09 automation should be about driving

1:11 business outcomes which means saving

1:14 time and money innovating faster while

1:16 assuring network performance and quality

1:21 from day zero onwards paragon automation

1:24 as a service will help you do more with

1:26 less and do it better it will help you

1:29 manage and operate your network at cloud

1:31 speed cloud scale and cloud agility

1:35 it will give you ai precision faster

1:38 than any human to help you detect and

1:40 fix problems before they impact

1:42 experience

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1:48 paragon automation as a service has

1:50 numerous use cases let's take a look at

1:52 one little example here

1:55 a typical cloud metro network could

1:57 scale into thousands of devices

1:59 onboarding these devices at speed

2:01 matters the faster you onboard them with

2:04 zero errors the faster your time to

2:06 revenue

2:07 in this case we'll see how field

2:09 technicians and knock engineers can

2:11 onboard new devices in a few minutes

2:13 rather than days getting it right the

2:16 first time every time

2:18 kim is our newly graduated field

2:20 technician who's been subcontracted to

2:22 deploy an acx 7100 in a greenfield cloud

2:26 metro

2:27 let's see how paragon automation as a

2:30 service makes kim's life easy with just

2:32 her phone

2:34 onboarding used to be time-consuming

2:36 cumbersome and error-prone

2:39 field technicians would typically need

2:40 to have a device manual call a noc

2:42 engineer for interventions and be a cli

2:45 expert

2:46 not anymore though kim now has

2:48 everything she needs at her fingertips

2:51 kim unboxes

2:53 racks and powers up the acx and then

2:56 cables in a port for management

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3:04 next she scans the qr code which takes

3:07 us straight to the paragon web page for

3:09 that particular device

3:11 thanks to the qr code paragon already

3:14 knows the serial number and specific

3:16 model of this device behind the scenes

3:19 paragon has already pulled up the entire

3:21 network plan and intent including

3:24 everything the device will need such as

3:26 ip addresses and configs

3:29 paragon then triggers the onboarding

3:30 workflow for kim the first step is to

3:33 validate if it is indeed authentic

3:35 juniper hardware

3:36 paragon does that using the embedded tpm

3:39 2.0 chip that is linked to a unique

3:42 device id

3:44 once paragon knows it is a trusted

3:46 device it pushes the correct software

3:48 image and configs as the first step of

3:51 the workflow

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3:58 paragon guides kim through the physical

4:00 connections she needs to make

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4:10 showing her which cables to insert into

4:12 which ports

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4:16 she selects the option to follow a

4:18 step-by-step installation

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4:27 if any port is installed with the

4:28 incorrect plugin paragon will flag it

4:31 and allow kim to provide an explanation

4:34 and within minutes the acx is correctly

4:37 cabled and powered on getting it right

4:39 the first time as a final step kim

4:42 checks her smartphone to make sure that

4:44 paragon shows everything as up

4:46 all she needs to do now is press next

4:50 paragon takes over and finishes the

4:52 final steps of the workflow

4:56 while she enjoys her coffee paragon

4:58 meticulously works to validate

5:00 everything in the background

5:02 paragon automatically ensures that the

5:04 correct hardware and software are

5:06 installed the ride configurations are

5:08 loaded and intended services are

5:11 provisioned it then ensures that the

5:13 device is healthy by checking the fan

5:15 power temperature memory and so on

5:19 moving on to check if the interfaces are

5:21 up and working as they should be paragon

5:23 runs connectivity and performance tests

5:26 to ensure the network slas are met

5:30 paragon runs active assurance tests

5:32 using synthetic traffic pinging right to

5:35 the edge of the network and across

5:36 various cloud instances checking that

5:39 delay jitter loss and latency parameters

5:42 meet experienced kpis

5:45 kim then finishes the job by uploading

5:47 photos of her work into paragon

5:49 and changing the status of the work

5:51 order to complete

5:53 it's a stress-free experience for both

5:56 kim and tom the noc engineer who's had

5:58 full oversight all this time of all the

6:01 onboarding tasks going on across their

6:03 entire network thanks to paragon

6:05 automation as a service for keeping them

6:08 both in sync with the latest network

6:10 state

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6:14 but life isn't always perfect so let's

6:16 see what happens when something doesn't

6:18 go according to plan

6:20 after paragon alerts kim to a

6:22 connectivity issue she investigates the

6:25 fault details through her mobile phone

6:27 and learns that an optical interface is

6:29 impaired with a recommended action to

6:32 check connection

6:40 she unplugs and reconnects a new cable

6:42 to the correct port

6:44 and sees that the error has been fixed

6:48 this is a simple example of an ai

6:50 enabled bad cable detection and

6:52 remediation use case delivered by

6:54 paragon automation as a service

6:57 all the while tom has full oversight

6:59 into the current network state so he

7:01 knows when an issue has been remediated

7:04 the validation resumes and this time it

7:07 completes successfully with paragon to

7:10 assist field technicians new acx

7:12 installations are quick easy and

7:14 error-free and when problems do arise

7:17 they can be detected and resolved within

7:19 minutes

7:24 paragon does far more than just assist

7:26 field technicians it's a powerful

7:28 solution for knock engineers like tom

7:31 after the network field technicians are

7:33 done other issues may arise beyond

7:35 physical connectivity such as with

7:37 reachability or performance

7:40 paragon identifies exactly what requires

7:42 attention and allows tom to drill down

7:45 into the specific route course with

7:47 assistance from its ai engine

7:50 in this case there is a problem

7:51 somewhere through the connection to the

7:53 network edge

7:54 paragon provides tom with many advanced

7:57 measurements to improve service quality

7:59 thanks to juniper's active service

8:01 assurance test agent which is natively

8:04 embedded within the acx 7000 family

8:07 this includes layer 2 or layer 3 tests

8:11 dns quality measurements html web page

8:14 accessibility tests validation to the

8:16 cloud as well as reflection based

8:18 testing

8:20 paragon's active assurance can also be

8:22 deployed anywhere along the end-to-end

8:24 service path so that experience is

8:26 measured from device to cloud

8:29 with the juniper devices acting as

8:31 network experience sensors active

8:34 testing is inherently accessible as soon

8:36 as these acx devices are added

8:39 in this way paragon delivers on

8:41 juniper's vision for experience first

8:43 networking using our ai assisted

8:46 cloud-delivered paragon automation as a

8:48 service

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8:55 modern networks are more complex than

8:57 ever to manage diagnose and remediate

9:00 especially in multi-vendor environments

9:02 with a diverse variety of data sets and

9:05 tools

9:06 that's where ai and machine learning

9:08 shine

9:10 with juniper a recognized leader in

9:12 aiops and paragon now taking it to the

9:14 next level with ai ops for transport

9:16 networks

9:18 ai ops takes the complexity out of your

9:20 network operations and helps with things

9:22 that humans cannot do at machine scale

9:26 speed and precision

9:28 paragon automation as a service uses ai

9:31 to help operators detect and fix

9:34 problems faster it helps you to find

9:36 that needle in the haystack which humans

9:39 might miss at first glance it correlates

9:42 this problem down to its root course and

9:44 then triggers deeper diagnostics to

9:46 validate its findings and recommends

9:48 remediation actions

9:50 you can not only reduce your mean time

9:52 to know but also significantly reduce

9:55 your mean time to repair by closing the

9:57 loop and automatically fixing issues

10:00 with paragon you gain meaningful early

10:02 warnings and prediction of emerging

10:04 issues and most importantly it can help

10:07 you solve these problems before the

10:09 customer experience is impacted

10:12 tom can now share this month's cloud

10:14 metro onboarding report with his

10:16 management proving that this unique

10:18 approach from juniper redefines

10:20 onboarding from unboxing to being ready

10:23 for service at unprecedented speed with

10:26 ease doing it right the first time every

10:29 time

10:34 so you've just seen a little of what our

10:36 paragon automation as a service can do

10:38 for you and there is so much more

10:41 imagine the possibilities of an ai

10:43 driven cloud metro that delivers real

10:45 outcomes as soon as you subscribe

10:48 imagine innovations being rolled out

10:50 into your network continually at your

10:53 pace

10:53 imagine leveraging ai to solve potential

10:56 problems in your network before they

10:58 even happen now imagine paragon

11:01 automation as a service in your network

11:04 imagine no longer

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