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This blueprint plans to utilize Platform for Intelligent Network Control (PINC) to provide network automation which includes bootstrapping the network devices in the CLOS fabric and providing needed configuration for fabric connectivity (PINC is not part of initial seed). Once network readiness is achieved, blueprint automation can start the build process for the given site with the chosen blueprint using the portal. Akraino leverages upstream open source project AirShip to provide deployment automation for the under cloud as well as the deployment of OpenStack components.
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As part of End-to-End Edge automation, Akraino has developed Dawn which is a DMTF Redfish API based automation to bootstrap OS on a bare metal server offering the capability of true Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP). AirShip deployment automation is leveraged next to bring up the under cloud components. ONAP can optionally be installed and can on-board VNFs. ONAP is not always needed in which case VNFs can be on-boarded using OpenStack. It must be noted that all of these deployments and on-boarding VNF is achieved by a trigger from Akraino portal. The portal leverages the Camunda workflow engine to execute a set of scripts that operate on declarative configuration management principles.
