Drivenets Network Orchestrator - DNOR

With advanced automation, enhanced visibility and smart insights, DNOR brings a cutting-edge orchestration experience – from network infrastructure resources to service instances.

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DriveNets Network Orchestrator

The cloud-native, open, distributed network model introduces new challenges for operations teams. DriveNets Orchestrator (DNOR) automates the deployment, scaling and management of the DriveNets Network Cloud solution.  DNOR is designed not only to resolve these challenges but also to radically transform how networks are deployed and maintained.

DNOR eliminates operational complexity by orchestrating and managing the entire Network Cloud solution like an integrated single-vendor network. Unlike traditional black box solutions, DNOR offers greater control, visibility and insights with both granular and complete views of the system – including hardware components, firmware or software containers across clusters and cluster elements. This accelerates troubleshooting, increases availability and ensures optimized network performance.

Automated Deployment, Scaling and Management

Automated Operations

Bootstrapping for new network elements, enabling Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP)​

Lifecycle Management​

From initial deployment through ongoing maintenance to eventual decommissioning​

Health Assurance & Monitoring

Ensures network availability and performance via granular visibility and real-time insights

Features & Benefits

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Zero-touch provisioning

  • Build and provision unconfigured white boxes into working nodes

Consistent single-entity management

  • Any deployment type is managed as a single entity, regardless of topology, size or location​

Modular software orchestration

  • Automated installation, upgrades and scaling of firmware, BaseOS, NOS containers, and hosted services, across clusters and cluster elements​
  • Leverages the benefits of disaggregated architecture
  • Operates with the same level of simplicity as monolithic routers

Short maintenance windows

  • Reduces maintenance windows and service interruption for software and service upgrades down to minutes

High network reliability

  • Automatic scaling and failovers
  • Self-healing provided by Kubernetes (K8s) container orchestration​

New Node Installations and Upgrades​

  • Bootstrapping, provisioning, upgrading, configuration and troubleshooting of DriveNets Network Operating System (DNOS)​

Scheduled Tasks​

  • Smart Rollout allows operators to easily and systematically push software stacks or patches across their entire DNOS network during maintenance windows ​

Best shared-infrastructure use of resources

  • Maximizes resource utilization among hosted services
  • Ensures service level requirements

Granular cluster topology visibility

  • Real-time view of cluster elements, states, formation and connectivity
  • Cluster and network-wide levels

Advanced fault and performance management

  • Real-time alarm monitoring
  • Technical support tools
  • Advanced analytics

Standard northbound interfaces

  • Open APIs
  • OpenConfig/YANG models

High network availability and performance

  • Proactive monitoring
  • Reduced mean-time-to-resolve
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