[ixpmanager] IXPM4 to auto provisioning switches L2 ACL

[Remy Günter]

Dear all

 

I wonder about the features to auto provision switches (L2 ACLs, etc.) currently available in IXPM4. I could not find anything in the documentation with the exception of below statement in the document: https://www.inex.ie/noncms/2016-02-IXP-Manager-Funding-1.3.pdf:

 

L2 ACLs 
Most IXPs are moving towards static L2 ACLs rather than dynamic port security. We want IXP Manager to provide database management, a UI for updating (including member facing for router changes) and zero touch provisioning to switches. 
This means the addition of some new and interesting features to IXP Manager: 
• Queue based task management: rather than the current system of polling / executing jobs based on cron schedules, a queue based task manager will execute jobs on demand. In this example, the job would be to edit / update L2 ACLs on the switch. 
• For the first time, IXP Manager will start to configure switches directly. This means that we will write the necessary functionality for altering a switches configuration with reference implementations for Extreme and Brocade.

 

What is the current status of this implementation? And if it is available how can it be enabled?

 

Thanks for any feedback.

 

Rémy Günter

SwissIX

 

 

     

 

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