SOLUTION BRIEF Managing Application Delivery by Network Intent Most modern applications are comprised of multiple components, APIs and microservices which are located at various network locations each with a specific network path performance requirement. For example, an application server may be dependent on low-latency and high throughput access to shared network storage to fulfill front-end requests. Client requests to that same application may require address resolution from DNS located at a different point in the topology, and another set of micro-services may be providing customer account history needed to complete Simply put, NetBrain’s new transactions. Application Assurance NetBrain’s Application Assurance capability allows network support teams to better is the automated means validate crucial application paths by visualizing all the individual network to monitor and diagnose components involved in the delivery of each application and then verifying each of the hybrid network in those components is providing the established Network Intents. Simply put, NetBrain’s the context of the Application Assurance is the automated means to monitor and diagnose the hybrid applications it is network in the context of the applications it is intended to support, not the individual intended to support, not network devices. the individual network devices Application Assurance continuously verifies Network Intents and notify ops teams of path changes or deviations. Application Manager, Application Assurance’s consolidated dashboard, displays all the crucial application network paths along with history and status for a holistic view of the network state, topology, and performance. NetBrain Application Assurance allows network ops teams to ensure ongoing application performance with 6 key capabilities: 1. Discover, calculate, and map each application’s path across all hybrid network infrastructure (regardless of vendor) from edge to cloud 2. Set the baseline path or Golden Path for each application 3. Create Network Intents that verify the network performance needed to ensure each application performs as originally designed 4. Validate application paths during change management tasks 5. Automatic validations triggered by integrations with ITSMs like ServiceNow or proactively scheduled directly from NetBrain 6. View historical events like path changes or Intent results to query and review anomalies Feature Highlights Intent-based application path verifications Identifying network paths is a great first step in validating application availability. NetBrain’s built-in checklist automatically executes a comprehensive series of verifications to determine path integrity validating a litany of network states and conditions. End-to-end connectivity alone, however, does not indicate whether or how an application or IT service will perform. Application Assurance now includes Path Intents to allow engineers to pre-define additional parameters tailored to individual application requirements. Does an application path successfully traverse firewalls or load balancers? Is the latency of a specific path too high for a voice application? Is the established QoS policy in compliance? Is the application path reliant on redundant gateway protocols? In all these cases, NetBrain can verify connectivity and check for any drift in the intent of the network. Intents unlock a network administrator’s ability to truly assess the health of the network in the context of application needs.