The Orion platform as multi vendor Orchestration tool?

sja

Hi

We run into the debate about what is SDN and what is the difference between SDN other buzz words

I really like what Ivan is saying about automation

Ivan Pepelnjak-Software Defined Networks - Four Years Later - YouTube

[TROOPERS15] Ivan Pepelnjak - Automating Network Security - YouTube

And now to the point..

Because Solarwinds monitoring software is so well deployed ...and we know that solarwinds make money from bad vendors EMS software :-)

Did any client aproch and ask for multi vendor Orchestration ?

Orchestration (computing) - Wikipedia

NPM has the topology and NCM has the configuration management and compliance &SAM in the server SAN end?

I will like to see sometching like a "play book"that has refrance to NPM &NCM. and can chain the service creation to the underlying networks..

what i I really asking for is "chaining templates" for "services"or task...?

could be a game changer?

because that keep Solarwinds as a central player in the client network even if he moves stuff to the cloud...

rharland2012

This is an interesting idea - and one that I somehow never contemplated, even though all the control mechanisms are already there. I can see pushback from the Solarwinds side (and I understand that pushback), but there's an compelling set of capabilities that already exist. Since a lot of automation/orchestration on the virtualization side is sort of already 'owned' by existing players (puppet/chef/Vmware themselves), it might be a tough sell on the app development business case side, but it's a good topic for further discussion.