Cisco Intent-Based Networking
Cisco Intent-based networking represents the next evolution of network software management. Cisco intent-based networking or IBN uses machine learning and advanced orchestration to reduce the complexity of managing and maintaining network policies. Over the time, managing networks has always been a complex process.
Teams of network administrators have been responsible for managing network equipment provisioning user access configuring policies and ensuring the system is doing what it’s supposed to. Till now, many admins use command-line interfaces to control their networks unfortunately. However, this way of managing the network does not scale very well.
The idea of IBN is that the network administrator simply tells the network what their intent is and the network automatically implements it. The IBN configures the network hardware if the network changes. For example, if a new firewall is added or a new link is created, the IBN will change with it to maintain the intent.
