AmpCon™-DC provides Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP), which makes network deployment simpler. With the default image installed, the switch is ready to ship to your company. Once there, simply plug it in and the switch will kick off an auto-connection script that enables it to find the AmpCon-DC server and register with it.
Importantly, no experienced network personnel are required at the remote site. Anyone who can install the switch in the right place and plug it in will do. The Automation 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 Automation Server, each switch then downloads its appropriate configuration. At the
same time, the switch will access another Automation Server component, the License Manager, which will
access the customer’s account on the Pica8 License Portal to generate a license key and install it 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” as you can get. Now
it’s possible to deploy dozens or hundreds of switches to far-flung sites while most if not all of your network
team stays home and monitors the process centrally. AmpCon™-DC delivers cost savings that every C-level will appreciate. The reason is simple
: • We use flexible software
We include only the features users truly need – zero bloat
AmpCon™-DC is intended to be highly scalable –customers use it to build big networks (although it works just fine for small- and medium-sized networks, too)
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