ONES Orchestration
Why do we need Network Orchestration?
Orchestration refers to tasks or actions required to achieve a set of objectives for your Network Infrastructure operations
A centralized application like ONES translates these objectives into a network configuration template, applies and monitors to validate the operational efficiency and functionality
Automated tasks are performed on your Network Fabric in a purposeful order and each step is verified for success before moving to the next
ONES Orchestration - Overview
ONES Orchestration function, referred to as Fabric Manager (FM), lets you compose, deploy, and validate network configurations across any SONiC, be it a Community version or a Vendor distro.
As part of the initial release, ONES Orchestration supports to
Create and configure CLOS topology for ToR, Leaf, Spine, and Super-Spine layers
Apply and validate configurations pre- and post-deployment
Compare running configs against applied configs at any point
Upgrade devices with a single click via ZTP or custom NOS images
Restore & Backup configuration feature
Yaml-based config for VXLAN, MCLAG, BGP IP CLOS & EVPN(L2VPN), EVPN Multihoming, L3 EVPN Symmetric IRB, L3EVPN symmetric IRB with MCLAG.
Automate Configuration of interfaces, layer 3 interfaces, BGP-unnumbered and Common Services like NTP, SNMP, SYSLOG etc.
ONES Orchestration use cases are configured using a set of pre-defined YAML-based templates on ONES Web User Interface
FMCLI
Fabric Manager CLI
Once the user installs Orchestrator Agent (Fabric Manager Agent) on the device, it enables FMCLI
FMCLI provides a user interface to configure all the open standard protocols and is user-friendly
To use FMCLI, the user can run fmcli command on the device to enter in the configuration mode and can configure the protocols or any other required feature
Example of BGP config using fmcli
Supported FMCLI Features
Zero Touch Provisioning
Image Management
Configuration Management
Interface Management
VLAN's
Spanning Tree Protocol
VXLAN
L2 Forwarding Database
LLDP
LACP
DHCP Relay
IP Management
ARP
PING
Traceroute
Routing
BGP*
NTP
SYSLOG
Platform Details
SFLOW
NAT
Forward Error Correction
BFD
SNMP
VRF
AAA & TACACS
Drop Counters
ERSPAN
IP Based ACL
Prefix-list
EVPN Multihoming
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