IT administrators are looking to reduce manual processes in their day-to-day operations with automation that’s repeatable and with templatized routines and workflows.
The FlexPod® automation project, in conjunction with Cisco Intersight Cloud Orchestrator, serves as a prime example of this technological revolution. This open-source initiative, accessible on GitHub, employs automation to streamline your data center operations.
The FlexPod Intersight Workflow project is open source, and it’s designed to help you manage your FlexPod infrastructure by using Cisco Intersight Cloud Orchestrator. The core of this project is its automation-centric approach, offering you a set of workflows that automate various aspects of FlexPod management, such as infrastructure deployment, configuration, and maintenance.
With the automation capabilities of the FlexPod Intersight Workflow, your organization gains several significant benefits:
With Intersight Cloud Orchestrator, it’s easy to implement basic operations like create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) in your NetApp® and VMware workflows:
You can find several workflows for FlexPod from the Cisco Community, including:
With its strong emphasis on automation, the FlexPod Intersight Workflow stands out as an excellent choice to streamline your operations and to increase productivity. By reducing manual effort, by simplifying operations, and by enabling scalability, it provides a robust and efficient solution for managing your data center.
For the latest updates on this project and to find out how to add the FlexPod Intersight Workflow to your own Intersight account, visit the project’s GitHub page. You can also review the list of NetApp tasks in Intersight Cloud Orchestrator.
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Anand Louis is a Principal Product Manager for FlexPod at NetApp’s Hybrid Cloud Group. He is currently responsible for FlexPod XCS, joint Cisco & NetApp solution, built on Cisco Intersight. Prior to NetApp, Anand has held positions in product management, sales enablement and marketing teams at high-tech companies including Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks.