Django web project to build medium to large scale (not super-scale) datacenter network architectures. This database driven approach allows automation of device configurations, network topologies, and lends itself towards "SDN". Workflow is as follows...:
- Create a "Datacenter" location
- Create a "Cage" inside the "datacenter"
- Create a "Row" inside of a "Cage"
- Create a "Rack" inside of a "Row"
- Using YAML, define different Pods...
- Pair of large devices
- 4x16 CLOS fabrics
- 6 TORs in a full mesh
- etc...
- Create a "Pod" inside of a "Datacenter"
- Ghost "devices" as defined by your "pod definition" now exist in your database
- All physical interconnections now exist inside of your database (to be used later for config generation)
- Assign system MACs to "devices" for use with Zero Touch Provisioning.
- Config Generation creates individual device base configs using Jinja2 templates
- Those config files get pushed to repository and host entries are added to DHCP server for ZTP requiring download of generated configuration
- Connect "Pods" to other "Pods" to create a large datacenter network
- Uses "Pod Definition" file which reserves "network infrastructure" ports for pod interconnection