Technical Use Cases

Following are sample technical use cases that you can support with I.

Network Source of Truth (NSoT)

With I, network engineers can take advantage of a fully customizable schema to model their unique infrastructure, track multiple planned changes, render configurations in OpenConfig, YANG, or vendor-specific formats, and integrate with automation tools such as Nornir and Ansible to push changes to the network.

IP Address Management

I offers robust IPAM capabilities out of the box, including: IP Address and prefix modeling

Namespaces: model distinct, isolated contexts for managing IP resources
Generic VRFs: Isolate and manage IP resources for each VRF, preventing address overlap.
Security Zones: Align IP address management with security zones to ensure clear segmentation and compliance.
Hybrid Designs: Differentiate and track IP resources across on-premises and cloud environments.
Multi-Cloud: Isolate address spaces for multiple cloud providers to avoid conflicts and simplify management.
Regional Compliance: Create zones for IPs tied to specific data sovereignty regulations.

EVPN Data Center Fabric

Automate a data center running VxLAN / EVPN and firewalls. Represent ASNs, devices, locations, VLANs, prefixes. Model topologies and topology elements, and manage security policies.

Configuration Push Automation

Model devices in I’s customizable schema, transform generic infrastructure model data to generate device-specific configurations, then automate via your own choice of tools such as Ansible and Nornir.

EVPN Data Center Fabric

Automate a data center running VxLAN / EVPN and firewalls. Represent ASNs, devices, locations, VLANs, prefixes. Model topologies and topology elements, and manage security policies.