{"id":2594,"date":"2019-03-28T15:32:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T15:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2019-03-28T15:32:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T15:32:27","slug":"intent-based-networking-and-monitoring-the-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/intent-based-networking-and-monitoring-the-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Intent-Based Networking and Monitoring: The Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2598\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/03\/oie_fuPUbNFW8xCJ.jpg\" alt=\"Intent-Based Networking and Monitoring: The Basics\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/03\/oie_fuPUbNFW8xCJ.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/03\/oie_fuPUbNFW8xCJ-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/03\/oie_fuPUbNFW8xCJ-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/03\/oie_fuPUbNFW8xCJ-640x320.jpg 640w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/03\/oie_fuPUbNFW8xCJ-128x64.jpg 128w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/03\/oie_fuPUbNFW8xCJ-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/03\/oie_fuPUbNFW8xCJ-180x90.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">IT teams need to have a goal for their networks. They need to understand what they want a network to do and configure that network&#8217;s hardware to achieve it. Traditional, the network team configures the hardware manually. However, a recent development in networking seeks to change that idea: intent-based networking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This concept has certainly piqued the interest of the networking field. In a 2017 blog post, Gartner analyst Andrew Lerner <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gartner.com\/andrew-lerner\/2017\/02\/07\/intent-based-networking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">described intent-based networking<\/a> (IBN) as the &#8220;next big thing&#8221; in networking. Since then, we&#8217;ve seen a handful of vendors, such as Cisco and Juniper, release IBN solutions, and we believe more companies will follow suit. However, because the concept is still new, it&#8217;s a safe bet most IT professionals don&#8217;t know what IBN actually is. To help remedy that, we&#8217;ve outlined the basics of IBN and how it <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/a-beginners-guide-to-network-detection-and-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">affects network monitoring<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"nm-speedbump\" title=\"Download link to Network Monitoring Buyer's Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/get-a-free-network-monitoring-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2021\/04\/Network_Monitoring_Buyers_Guide_Bump_800.gif\" alt=\"Download Link to Data Integration Buyers Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>What is intent-based networking?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Intent-based networking refers to the use of AI, machine learning, and network orchestration to automatically perform tasks on a network. In essence, IBN automates network management by delivering tasks and requirements to network nodes. This means that network teams won&#8217;t have to manually configure devices to orchestrate tasks. The AI and machine learning capabilities automatically administer commands to nodes based on the business&#8217;s intent. The intent is typically entered by an enterprise into a GUI or API and then interpreted by the IBN solution. Based on this, the IBN tool configures the network hardware to fulfill the stated goal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to Lerner, an IBN system should consist of four different elements:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Translation and Validation. <\/strong>The system translates a business&#8217;s intent into a configuration for the network&#8217;s devices, validating it to ensure the intent is being fulfilled.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automated Implementation. <\/strong>The system automates the administration process, removing the requirement for manual configuration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Awareness of Network State. <\/strong>The system can interpret the network&#8217;s status in real-time based on monitoring feedback.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assurance and Dynamic Optimization\/Remediation. <\/strong>The system continuously ensures that the network is meeting the intent and corrects the configuration if it is not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Intent-based networking versus software-defined networking<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">IBN solutions are still a recent development, but the idea behind it is about as old as networks themselves. Companies have always had intents for their networking; technology has now caught up to deliver that intent automatically. We&#8217;ve seen some of the fundamentals of IBN in previous networking technologies, such as software-defined networking (SDN). SDN centralizes the network management process by allowing IT teams to configure hardware via a program. IBN is essentially an extension of SDN that automates the configuration process. With IBN, IT professionals gain a network management tool that is centralized, automated, and business-centric.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>How IBN affects network monitoring<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Network performance monitors (NPMs) examine and analyze a network to ensure it&#8217;s running at peak performance. As IBN tools administer tasks to network hardware, NPMs let you know if a node isn&#8217;t handling its task well. The remediation functions of IBN programs might also aid in fixing performance issues, depending on what fixes it applies. IBN managers and NPMs go hand-in-hand, automating network tasks and ensuring optimal performance. In the future, we expect to see NPMs and network management tools with IBN features implemented out-of-the-box.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/get-a-free-network-monitoring-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Network Monitoring Buyer&#8217;s Guide<\/a> contains profiles on the top network performance monitor vendors, as well as questions you should ask providers and yourself before buying.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong>Check us out on\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CloudTechReview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> for the latest in NetMon news and developments!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"nm-speedbump\" title=\"Download link to Network Monitoring Buyer's Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/get-a-free-network-monitoring-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2021\/04\/Network_Monitoring_Buyers_Guide_Bump_800.gif\" alt=\"Download Link to Data Integration Buyers Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT teams need to have a goal for their networks. They need to understand what they want a network to do and configure that network&#8217;s hardware to achieve it. Traditional, the network team configures the hardware manually. However, a recent development in networking seeks to change that idea: intent-based networking. 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