Zero Touch Provisioning: How to Build a Network Without Touching Anything

This company has launched its 11th datacenter in Toronto, Canada, and is now automating the process of building new networks. They use a technology called Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) to deploy switches with minimal human intervention. The ZTP server uses DHCP to configure each switch, and the MAC address of each device is used to identify it. The company has automated this process using Python scripts and Jinja2 templating software, which creates configuration templates for each device and uploads them to the ZTP server. This allows the network to be built quickly and efficiently, with a significant reduction in time and effort required compared to manual deployment methods.