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About the Network Implementation Plan Page

To access this page, click Inventory > Device Onboarding > Network Implementation plan.

A network implementation plan includes:

  • One or more devices to which you assign one or more device profiles and interface profiles. The configurations in the device profiles and interface profiles assigned to the devices are committed on the devices during device onboarding.

  • Instructions for installing pluggables in the ports and connecting cables to the device.

  • Number of chassis components (fans, power supply modules, pluggables, and line cards) for collecting hardware health data.

  • Configuration for links between devices in the plan.

Tasks You Can Perform

You can perform the following tasks from this page:

  • View details of a network implementation plan.

    To view details of a network implementation plan, select the network implementation plan and click More > Detail. Alternatively, hover over the plan name and click the Details icon that appears.

    The Network-Implementation-Plan-Name pane appears on the right of the page displaying information such as the number of devices to which the plan is applied, status of the plan, description and so on. See Table 1.

    You can also view the network implementation plan in JSON format, view the history of the plan, and the resources used in the plan.

  • Add a network implementation plan. See Add a Network Implementation Plan.

  • Publish a network implementation plan. See Publish a Network Implementation Plan.

  • Resume the Onboarding workflow.

    You can use the Resume Onboarding option to resume onboarding a device when the onboarding of a device fails for any reason. Before resuming onboarding, ensure that you have resolved the reason for the onboarding to fail.

    To resume the onboarding workflow:

    1. Click More > Resume Onboarding.

      The Resume Onboarding page appears listing the devices included in the plan that have failed onboarding.

    2. Select a device from the list and click OK.

      The onboarding workflow restarts from where it failed and a message indicating that the onboarding workflow has resumed appears.

    3. Monitor the progress of the onboarding on the Put Devices into Service page (Inventory > Device Onboarding > Onboarding Dashboard).

  • View the history of a network implementation plan.

    To view the change history of a network implementation plan, click More > Order History. The Order History: Plan-Name pane displays the operation (create, modify), status, device count, the user who created or edited the plan and the version of the plan.

    Click View Content to view the plan in JSON format.

  • Export a network implementation plan.

    To export a network implementation plan, select the plan and click More > Export. The network implementation plan is exported in the JSON format.

    The exported file contains all the tasks executed to onboard the devices in the plan. You can export a network implementation plan and use it to:

    • View the progress of the onboarding workflow.

    • Troubleshoot issues in onboarding.

  • Download sample network resources in JSON format.

    To download and view sample network resources in JSON format, click More > Download Sample Network Resources. The sample JSON files l3-stuff.json and routing.json are downloaded to your local system. The l3-stuff.json file contains resource pools for IPv4 addresses and loopback addresses. The routing.json file contains resource pools for autonomous system (AS) numbers, BGP cluster IDs, and segment identifiers (SID).

  • Upload network resources. See Add Network Resource Pools for Device Onboarding by Using the GUI.

  • View resource pools for the network resources that you uploaded to Paragon Automation. See View Network Resources.

  • Search by using keywords—Click the search icon (magnifying glass), enter the search term in the text box, and press Enter. The search results are displayed on the same page.

  • Filter the data displayed in the table—Click the filter icon (funnel) and select whether you want to show or hide advanced filters. You can then add or remove filter criteria, save criteria as a filter, apply or clear filters, and so on. The filtered results are displayed on the same page.

  • Show or hide columns in the table or reset page preferences, using the vertical ellipsis menu.

  • Sort, resize, or re-arrange columns in a table (grid).

  • Refresh the Network implementation Plan table and set auto refresh frequency—A Refresh icon is provided at the bottom left-corner of the Network Implementation Plan table. Click the Refresh icon to view the most recent updates made to the network implementation plans.

    Click the ellipsis next to the Refresh icon to set the auto refresh frequency. You can either turn off the auto refresh of the table or set the auto refresh frequency to 30 seconds, 1 min, 3 mins, and 5 mins.

  • Set the number of rows to be displayed in the table—Set the number of rows (15, 30, 50, or 100) to be displayed in the Network Implementation Plan table in the Display drop-down list provided at the bottom right-corner of the table.

    If there are multiple pages of rows, use the arrow heads to traverse through the pages or enter a page number to view the entries listed on that page.

Table 1: Fields on the Network Implementation Plan Page
Field Description
Name Name of the network implementation plan.
Description Short description of the network implementation plan.

Design Version

Design version of the network implementation plan.
Devices Devices added to the network implementation plan.
Device Count Number of devices in the network implementation plan.
Sites Name of the site where the devices are installed.

Order State

The execution state of the network implementation plan. A network implementation plan can have the following execution states:

  • Processing—The network implementation plan is in the process of being executed.

  • Success—The network implementation plan is successfully executed.

  • Success with warnings—The network implementation plan is successfully executed but certain tasks in the onboarding workflow have failed.

  • Not Applicable—The onboarding workflow related to the network implementation plan failed to execute.
Status

Status of the network implementation plan.

A network implementation plan can have one of the following provisioning states:

  • Feasibility Checked—The network implementation plan is created,

  • Designed—Possible resource allocation options are assigned for the network implementation plan, but the resources are not yet reserved or allocated.

  • Reserved—Resource allocation for the network implementation plan is complete.

  • Provisioning—Onboarding workflow related to the network implementation plan is being executed with the allocated resources.

  • Inactive—The network implementation plan is deactivated.

  • Active—Device configurations in the network implementation plan were successfully committed on the devices.

  • Blocked—Device configurations could not be applied on one or more devices in the network implementation plan.

  • Terminated—The network implementation plan is deleted.

Status Message

Additional information about the status of the network implementation plan. The status is Uploaded after the network implementation plan is saved either after creating or modifying.
Last Modified Date and time in the Month Day, Year HH:MM:SS format when the network implementation plan was last modified.
Last Modified By User who last modified the network implementation plan.

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