Heavy Networking 548: Automating Multi-DC EVPN With Apstra (Sponsored)

If you’ve been looking at automation for your network, you should listen to this episode. This is one of those discussions that can help you understand whether you should roll your own artisanal automation, lovingly handcrafted with Python scripts flowing from your keyboard, or whether your organization would be better served with a commercially supported tool like Apstra. That’s the choice Beelastic needed to make, and we’re going to discuss why they went the Apstra direction. Apstra customer Beelastic is going to tell their tale of data center fabric, multiple data centers, automation, validation, multi-tenancy, EVPN, and more. Joining us today for the scheduled nerdery is Gerold Toth, a Cloud Architect at Beelastic. Solution Architect Mehdi Abdelouahab from Apstra also joins the discussion. Our Discussion * What does Beelastic do? * What does Apstra do? * What problem was Beelastic trying to solve? * Why and how did Beelastic select Apstra? * Did Beelastic perform a proof of concept (POC) test? * What was the deployment strategy for the new EVPN-based data centers? * What’s the operational impact been now that Apstra is part of the workflow? Links * Search for Apstra news, analysis, and technical podcasts on Packet Pushers…there’s a lot of content. 👍 * How to Solve EVPN Implementation Challenges (Apstra Blog) * How Apstra Eliminates EVPN Complexity with Reliable Automation (Tech Field Day Video) * Beelastic – Company Home Page