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Monitoring">SAN Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-storage"><a href="/network-monitoring/storage-monitoring.html" title="Storage Monitoring">Storage Monitoring</a></li> <li id="sto-ra-mgnt"><a href="/network-monitoring/storage-raid-management.html" title="Storage Raid Management">Storage Raid Management</a></li> <li id="ta-lib-mgnt"><a href="/network-monitoring/tape-library-management.html" title="Tape Library Management">Tape Library Management</a></li> <li id="sto-md"><a href="/network-monitoring/storage-monitoring-dashboard.html" title="Storage Monitoring Dashboard">Storage Monitoring Dashboard</a></li> <li id="sto-cap-plan"><a href="/network-monitoring/storage-capacity-forecasting-planning.html" title="Storage Capacity Forecasting">Storage Capacity Forecasting</a></li> <li id="fa-sw-mgnt"><a href="/network-monitoring/san-switch-management.html" title="Fabric Switch Management">Fabric Switch Management</a></li> <li id="fa-sw-netapp"><a href="/network-monitoring/netapp-monitoring.html" title="NetApp Monitoring">NetApp Monitoring</a></li> <li id="fa-nsm-dellstorage"><a href="/network-monitoring/dell-storage-monitoring.html" title="Dell EMC Storage Monitoring">Dell EMC Storage Monitoring</a></li> <li id="fa-nsm-ibmstorage"><a href="/network-monitoring/ibm-storage-monitoring.html" title="IBM Storage Monitoring">IBM Storage Monitoring</a></li> <li id="fa-hpe-ibmstorage"><a href="/network-monitoring/hpe-storage-monitoring.html" title="HPE Storage Monitoring">HPE Storage Monitoring</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-repo"><span>Reports</span> <ul> <li id="nt-sr"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-reporting.html" title="Scheduled Reports">Scheduled Reports</a></li> <li id="nt-rprt"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-performance-reporting.html" title="Network Performance Reporting">Network Performance Reporting</a></li> <li id="busines-rpt"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-reports.html" title="Business Snapshot Based Reports">Business Snapshot Based Reports</a></li> 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Management">IP Address Management</a></li> <li id="tree-portmap"><a href="/network-monitoring/ipam-spm-plugin.html#SPM" title="Switch Port Mapper">Switch Port Mapper</a></li> <li id="tree-apm-plugin"><a href="/network-monitoring/apm-plugin-overview.html" title="Applications Monitoring">Applications Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-meprd"><a href="/network-monitoring/integration.html" title="Integrations">Integrations</a></li> <li id="help-dsk"><a href="/network-monitoring/helpdesk-integration.html" title="ServiceDesk Plus Integration">ServiceDesk Plus Integration</a></li> <li id="help-sdp-ond"><a href="/network-monitoring/servicedesk-plus-cloud-integration.html" title="ServiceDesk Plus Cloud Integration">ServiceDesk Plus Cloud Integration</a></li> <li id="help-sdp-msp"><a href="/network-monitoring/opmanager-servicedeskplus-msp-integration.html" title="SDP MSP Integration">ServiceDesk Plus MSP Integration</a></li> <li id="help-serv"><a 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href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/raid-configurations.html" title="Raid configurations">Raid configurations</a></li> <li id="tree-hdd"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/hdd-vs-ssd.html" title="HDD-VS-SSD">HDD-VS-SSD</a></li> <li id="tree-sddc"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/software-defined-data-center.html" title="Software Defined Data Center">Software Defined Data Center</a></li> <li id="tree-twi"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/troubleshoot-wifi-issues.html" title="Troubleshoot Wifi Issues">Troubleshoot Wifi Issues</a></li> <li id="tree-spl"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/storage-pools-and-luns.html" title="Storage Pools and Luns">Storage Pools and Luns</a></li> <li id="tree-bmh"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/bare-metal-hypervisor.html" title="Bare Metal Hypervisor">Bare Metal Hypervisor</a></li> <li id="tree-adc"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/application-delivery-controller.html" title="Application Delivery Controller">Application Delivery Controller</a></li> <li id="tree-nmm"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/network-monitoring-metrics.html" title="Network Monitoring Metrics">Network Monitoring Metrics</a></li> <li id="tree-sla"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/sla-monitoring.html" title="SLA Monitoring">SLA Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-da"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/disk-array.html" title="Disk Array">Disk Array</a></li> <li id="tree-nmc"><a href="/network-monitoring/challenges-of-network-monitoring.html" title="Challenges of Network Monitoring"> Challenges of Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-wns"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-software.html" title="Network Software"> Network Software </a></li> <li id="tree-nm"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-monitor.html" title="Network Monitor"> Network Monitor </a></li> <li id="tree-whatsnm"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-management.html" title="Network Management">Network Management Software</a></li> <li id="tree-cnm"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-management-challenges.html" title="Network Management Challenges">Network Management Challenges</a></li> <li id="tree-nms"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-management-system.html" title="Network Management System">Network Management System</a></li> <li id="tree-npm"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-performance-management.html" title="Network Performance Management">Network Performance Management</a></li> <li id="tree-nim"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-incident-management.html" title="Network Incident Management">Network Incident Management</a></li> <li id="tree-net-admin"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-administration.html" title="Network Administration">Network Administration</a></li> <li id="tree-cim"><a href="/network-monitoring/cisco-management.html" title="Cisco Management"> Cisco Management</a></li> <li id="nt-tool"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-monitoring-tools.html" title="Network Monitoring Tools">Network Monitoring Tools</a></li> <li id="graph"><a href="/network-monitoring/real-time-network-monitoring.html" title="What is Real-time Network Monitoring?">Real-time Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-sm"><a href="/network-monitoring/server-management.html" title="What is Server Management?">Server Management</a></li> <li id="spm"><a href="/network-monitoring/server-performance-management.html" title="What is Server Performance Management?">Server Performance Management</a></li> <li id="tree-wsnmp"><a href="/network-monitoring/what-is-snmp.html" title="What is SNMP?">SNMP</a></li> <li id="tree-vsm"><a href="/network-monitoring/virtual-server-management.html" title="What is Virtual Server Management?">Virtual Server Management</a></li> <li id="tree-anm"><a href="/network-monitoring/agentless-network-monitoring.html" title="What is Agentless Network Monitoring?">Agentless Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-wnsn"><a href="/network-monitoring/wireless-network-solutions.html" title="Wireless network solutions">Wireless network solutions</a></li> <li id="tree-dsmc"><a href="/network-monitoring/disk-space-monitoring-challenges.html" title="Disk Space Monitoring Challenges">Disk Space Monitoring Challenges</a></li> <li id="tree-wsmc"><a href="/network-monitoring/windows-service-monitoring-challenges.html" title="Windows Service Monitoring Challenges">Windows Service Monitoring Challenges</a></li> <li id="tree-netmap"><a href="/network-monitoring/what-is-network-map.html" title="Network Map">Network Map</a></li> <li id="tree-wiv"><a href="/network-monitoring/what-is-virtualization.html" title="What Is Virtualization?">Virtualization</a></li> <li id="tree-wiv-best"><a href="/network-monitoring/virtualization-best-practices.html" title="Virtualization Best Practices"> Virtualization Best Practices </a></li> <li id="tree-vc"><a href="/network-monitoring/virtualization-challenges.html" title="Virtualization Challenges"> Virtualization Challenges </a></li> <li id="tree-hvc"><a href="/network-monitoring/hyper-V-performance-monitoring-challenges.html" title="Hyper-V Performance Monitoring Challenges"> Hyper-V Performance Monitoring Challenges </a></li> <li id="tree-wifimanbest"><a href="/network-monitoring/wifi-network-management-best-practices.html" title="Wi-Fi Network Management">Wi-Fi Management Best Practices</a></li> <li id="tree-networkprotocols"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-protocols.html" title="Network protocols"> Network protocols </a></li> <li id="tree-nr"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/network-routing.html" title="Network Routing"> Network Routing</a></li> <li id="tree-layer2protocols"><a href="/network-monitoring/layer-2-protocols.html" title="Layer 2 Protocols"> Layer 2 Protocols </a></li> <li id="tree-trouple-nl"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/troubleshooting-network-latency.html" title="Troubleshooting Network Latency"> Troubleshooting Network Latency</a></li> <li id="tree-virtusprawl"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/how-to-prevent-vm-sprawl.html" title="Virtualization Sprawl"> Virtualization Sprawl </a></li> <li id="tree-netdiabasics"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/what-is-network-diagram.html" title="Basics of Network Diagrams"> What is Network Diagram </a></li> <li id="tree-netdia"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/network-diagrams.html" title="Network Diagrams"> Network Diagrams </a></li> <li id="tree-netmc"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-mapping-challenges.html" title="Network Mapping Challenges"> Network Mapping Challenges </a></li> <li id="tree-network-opti"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/network-optimization.html" title="Network Optimization"> Network Optimization </a></li> <li id="tree-sl"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/switching-loops.html" title="Switching Loops"> Switching Loops </a></li> <li id="tree-roufla"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/route-flapping.html" title="Route Flapping"> Route Flapping </a></li> <li id="tree-vxlan"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/vxlan-vs-vlan.html" title="VXLAN"> VXLAN </a></li> <li id="tree-vlan"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/troubleshoot-vlans.html" title="Troubleshooting VLANs"> Troubleshooting VLANs</a></li> <li id="tree-sdwan"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/sd-wan.html" title="SD-WAN"> SD-WAN </a></li> <li id="tree-bnwm"><a href="/network-monitoring/best-network-monitor.html" title="Best Network Monitor"> Best Network Monitor </a></li> <li id="tree-bfnms"><a href="/network-monitoring/best-free-network-monitoring-software.html" title="Best Free Network Monitoring Software"> Best Free Network Monitoring Software </a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-alter"><span>OpManager Alternatives</span> <ul> <li id="tree-alter"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-solarwinds-npm.html" title="Solarwinds Alternative">Solarwinds Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter1"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-prtg.html" title="PRTG Alternative">PRTG Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter2"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-zabbix.html" title="Zabbix Alternative">Zabbix Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter3"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-whatsupgold.html" title="Whatsup Gold Alternative">Whatsup Gold Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter4"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-nagios-xi.html" title="Nagios XI Alternative">Nagios XI Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter5"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-spiceworks.html" title="Spiceworks Alternative">Spiceworks Alternative</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-access"><span>Network Access Control</span> <ul> <li id="tree-role-access"><a href="/network-monitoring/role-based-access-control.html" title="Customizable Role-based Access Control"> Customizable Role-based Access Control </a> </li> <li id="tree-role-saml"><a href="/network-monitoring/SAML-authentication.html" title="SAML Authentication"> SAML Authentication </a> </li> </ul> </ul> <div id="itom-related-products"></div> <div id="itom-lhs-img"></div> </div> <div class="rhs-cont"> <div id="load_content"> <h1>Network Automation</h1> <p>As an organization expands, its network also continuously evolves and grows. Research suggests that networks of large enterprises grow on a scale of 53 percent every year. Gradually the IT costs for network operations start rising and at a point the growth of data and devices start to outpace IT capabilities. Monitoring and managing a network of this size results in operational costs being higher than that of the network. Also, with a workforce of this scale, configuration errors and inconsistencies in the network are prone to arise.</p> <p>Leveraging the benefits of Network automation solutions both centrally and remotely, is the key for organizations to stay ahead of their competitors in managing their network. The process of discovering devices, automating the configuration, monitoring them continuously, and troubleshooting network issues automatically is network automation.</p> <p><span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> is an advanced network monitoring and network automation tool that can be effectively utilized to automate your network. From basic network automation management functions like automatic network device discovery, network mapping and threshold based alarms, it also supports complex workflows to automate troubleshooting, configuration management and also provisioning of virtual network resources. Implementing <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> can maximize efficiency and the functionality of any network environment with faster service initiation, maximum visibility and reduction in human-error outages. Let us take a look at some of <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>'s highlighting automation features.</p> <ul> <li><a href="#1">Automatic network discovery</a></li> <li><a href="#2">Automated network mapping</a></li> <li><a href="#3">Automatic alarm escalation</a></li> <li><a href="#4">Workflows</a></li> <li><a href="#5">Capacity Planning</a></li> <li><a href="#6">Adaptive Thresholds</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="1">Automatic network discovery</h2> <p>In an organization, there is a collection of network devices from different vendors each running their own operating system or configuration. A reliable network automation system ensures that all the devices are properly audited and monitored, if necessary. Specify an IP range and <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> automatically discovers all the devices present in the given range or within an entire network. The discovered devices are automatically classified based on the name, device type, vendor, etc. With a highly advanced discovery engine, <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> also provides you with automation features like Discovery profiles and templates, Discovery schedules and a <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/configuring-discovery-rule-engine.html">powerful rule engine</a> that helps you setup custom discovery rules based on your requirement.</p> <p><img style="width: 3840px; border: 1px solid black;" title="Automatic Network Discovery" src="/network-monitoring/help/images/discovering-networks-1.png" alt="Network Automation - ManageEngine OpManager" /> </p> <h2 id="2">Automated network mapping</h2> <p>Networking automation also comprises of network mapping, which provides complete visibility of your network infrastructure and helps you understand the relationship between the parent and dependent devices. <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>, the network automation software , can generate a <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/what-is-network-map.html" target="_blank">network map</a> once the discovery process in completed which helps you to quickly identify and troubleshoot issues when a device goes down. With advanced <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/layer2-maps.html">Layer2 mapping</a>, <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> provides a map of all the devices connected to the seed router and you can select the devices you want to monitor - network automation, simplified. Pinpoint network outages, quickly drill down to the root cause of a network issue and automate remedial actions with <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>'s network maps.</p> <p><img style="width: 3840px; border: 1px solid black;" title="Automate Network Mapping" src="/network-monitoring/help/images/layer2-maps-1.png" alt="Network Automation Tools - ManageEngine OpManager" /> </p> <h2 id="3">Automatic alarm escalation</h2> <p><span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> equipped with advanced network automation features, provides a proactive network automation service by identifying and fixing issues before they trasnform into a bigger problem. The enterprise network automation features of <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> , correlates network events, filters them and provides meaningful color coded alarms to the operator. <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> has threshold based alarm which automatically triggers a notification via SMS or email based on different severity levels. With network automation software being a necessity, administrators can also configure <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> to run an external program or execute scripts automatically when an alarm is triggered. You can also automatically <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/servicedesk-plus-cloud-integration.html">log tickets</a> for specific network faults using <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>.</p> <p><img style="width: 3840px; border: 1px solid black;" title="Network Alarm Escalation" src="/network-monitoring/images/network-fault-management-overview.png" alt="Network Automation Software - ManageEngine OpManager" /></p> <h2 id="4">Workflows</h2> <p><span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>, the network automation software , supports code-free IT workflow automation with out-of-the-box checks and actions to automate first level troubleshooting and repetitive maintenance tasks. With <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>'s powerful network automation workflow engine, you can initiate workflow for network faults or on a routine basis and also audit workflow progress with detailed workflow execution log reports. With over 70 <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/workflow-conditions-actions.html">workflow checks and actions</a> grouped under nine different categories, you can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keLtYQV-1rk" target="_self">construct a workflow</a> using the flexible drag and drop workflow builder.</p> <p><img style="width: 3840px; border: 1px solid black;" title="Automate Network Workflows" src="/network-monitoring/images/run-book-automation.png" alt="Network Automation Solutions - ManageEngine OpManager" /></p> <h3 id="5">Capacity Planning</h3> <p>Network automation includes ensuring that your network is ready to withstand the test of time and expansion. <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> provides extensive data on network loads and bandwidth levels and makes it easy for you to understand the performance strain on servers and routers. With insights on storage levels and <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/storage-capacity-forecasting-planning.html">capacity utilization forecasts</a> based on historical trends, you can effectively plan for your network expansion before the set capacity thresholds are breached. Automate network capacity planning with <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> and stay on top of your network monitoring automation needs.</p> <p><img style="width: 1920px;" title="Network Storage Capacity" src="/network-monitoring/images/storage-capacity1.png" alt="Networking Automation - ManageEngine OpManager" /></p> <h2 id="6">Adaptive Thresholds</h2> <p>Network admins warrant optimal network performance by ensuring network devices perform at their desired levels. To achieve this, network admins closely monitor the device's performance metrics by manually setting threshold values and configuring alarms when they are breached. However, to accomplish this to they are plagued with two challenges. To know what threshold values to set and to update this threshold value to all the network devices.</p> <p><span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>'s <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/adaptive-thresholds.html" target="_self">Adaptive threshold</a> helps network admins overcome both these issues. <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>'s ML-powered predictive algorithm studies the previous performance statistics of your network devices and forecasts the values that these devices need to perform and helps in updating the new values to said network devices. This saves the time and efforts of the network admin making it easier for them to attend to other critical tasks.</p> <p><img style="width: 1920px;" title="Network Adaptive threshold" src="/network-monitoring/help/images/adaptive-threshold-1.png" alt="Automate Network - ManageEngine OpManager" /></p> <p>Learn how to leverage the benefits of Networking Automation using <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> and simplify your network automation requirements for a glowing network infrastructure by signing up for a <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/demo-form.html" target="_self">personalized demo</a> or download a free, <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/download.html" target="_self">30 day trial</a>!</p> </div> <p> </p> <div class="accordion_container"> <h2>FAQ Networking Automation</h2> <div class="accordion_head"> <h2 id="q1" class="faqh">What is network automation?</h2> <span class="plusminus">+</span></div> <div class="accordion_body" style="display: none;"> <p>Network automation is the process of automating repetitive, time-consuming IT admin tasks like device discovery, network configuration, performance monitoring, troubleshooting network issues etc.,</p> </div> <div class="accordion_head"> <h2 id="q2" class="faqh">Why is network automation important?</h2> <span class="plusminus">+</span></div> <div class="accordion_body" style="display: none;"> <p>Network automation is especially benefitial to large networks where it helps eliminate human error, reduce IT team's workload, make configuration changes faster, analyze and troubleshoot faults quicker.</p> </div> <div class="accordion_head"> <h2 id="q3" class="faqh">How does network automation work?</h2> <span class="plusminus">+</span></div> <div class="accordion_body" style="display: none;"> <p>Network automation can be performed by using network automation tools like <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>. Tools like these help you cut human error, free up IT staff, optimize performance, and quickly identify and resolve performance degradation issues.</p> </div> <div class="accordion_head"> <h2 id="q4" class="faqh">How to automate network?</h2> <span class="plusminus">+</span></div> <div class="accordion_body" style="display: none;"> <p>Network automation tools like ManageEngine <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>. 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