AmpCon™-DC provides Zero - Touch Provisioning (ZTP) is a technology for automated deployment and configuration of network devices. When large numbers of switches need to be deployed or upgraded, you can use ZTP to reduce labor costs and improve deployment efficiency. ZTP helps you to implement fast, accurate and reliable device deployment.
AmpCon-DC provides ZTP, which makes network deployment simpler. After you plug in the switch, it will kick off an auto-connection script, which will try to connect with DHCP automatically provides the switch with an IP address and the address of a provision script that is obtained from AmpCon-DC server. The switch automatically runs the script to find the AmpCon-DC server, register with it, and then complete the PicOS® PicOS installation without manual intervention.
ImportantlyBy using AmpCon-DC, no experienced network personnel are required at the remote site; anyone who can install put the switch in the right place and plug it in will do. The AmpCon-DC server includes a component called the Configuration Manager. Your network team uses it to create a standard configuration to be deployed on all switches, along with any site region-specific variations. All configurations are tied to specific switches by the switch serial number (or Service Tag) and stored in a database.
After registering with the AmpCon-DC server, each switch then downloads its appropriate configuration. At the same time, the switch will access another AmpCon-DC server component, the License Manager, which will access the customer’s account on the Pica8 License Portal to generate a license key and install the license on the switch.
Finally, the switch runs a script to automatically reboot, apply and validate the new configuration, update its status in the configuration database, and join the network. From your perspective, all of this switch configuration happens with the touch of a button – as close to “zero-touch provisioning”. AmpCon-DC can help you to deploy dozens or hundreds of switches to far-flung sites while your network team stays at home and monitors the process centrally.
AmpCon-DC delivers cost savings that every C-level will appreciate. The reasons are as follows:
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AmpCon-DC uses flexible software.
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AmpCon-DC is intended to be highly scalable – You can use it to build big networks (although it works just fine for small-sized and medium-sized networks, too.
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