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IT workforces are under great pressure in our digital era. They must deliver their services in a short time, and high quality is expected. Infrastructure deployment and life cycle management should be fast and feasible on a large scale. Cloud application development, deployment, and change management has shifted from manual control to an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) way of working. This change demands optimizations in the underlying infrastructure components, specifically life cycle management of network switches.
Zero touch provisioning (ZTP) allows for the secure deployment of network switching infrastructure from a central management point using a fully automated workflow, eliminating human error, and reducing manual labor. The following are examples of use cases that ZTP supports:
This whitepaper guides network staff on how to set up zero touch deployment (ZTD) for a Dell switch with Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) step by step. ZTP examples, diagnostics, and monitoring screenshots are all inclusive. After finishing this guide, you will understand ZTD on SONiC and can decide whether this is a valuable addition to your network infrastructure.