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Allied Telesis Autonomous Management Framework (AMF)
is a scalable network management platform. It supports
Allied Telesis switching, firewall, and wireless products, as
well as a wide range of third-party devices—including video
surveillance cameras and IP phones—for truly inclusive
network automation.
Allied Telesis Vista Manager EX enables graphical monitoring
and management of AMF networks, and the full AlliedWare
Plus operating system command set is available for all
network devices.
Choose locally-based automated network management, or
fully cloud-based deployment.
Business value through automation
AMF delivers immediate value to businesses of all sizes, with
centralized network management able to treat a network of
any size as a single, converged entity. This reduces cost and
complexity by delivering:
ۼ Centralized management of many or all devices right
across the network—locally or world-wide.
ۼ Network automation, with zero-touch or one-touch
backup, provisioning, upgrade, and recovery.
ۼ Network intelligence reacts to changes in the network
and automatically changes the topology.
ۼ Smart commands allow network problems to be quickly
identified and issues resolved.
Reduce operating costs by up to 60%—AMF saves time
and money.
Simplify your network
Software Defined Networking (SDN) is moving networking
towards the ideal combination of optimal network utilization
and centralized management. An integral part of the Allied
Telesis SDN solution, AMF delivers powerful management
capabilities that are simple to use. An entire network can
be managed from a single point, up-to-date network status
is easily monitored using Vista Manager, and actionable
reporting is available for timely issue resolution.
AMF reduces the time and skill required to maintain the
network. Configuration and firmware files are regularly
backed up. Failed devices are automatically regenerated,
and configuration changes can be made on multiple devices
simultaneously.
For peace of mind, AMF secure mode increases network
security with management traffic encryption, authorization,
and monitoring.
AMF automation
ۼ Centralized management of all devices
ۼ Peace of mind networking with auto-backup
ۼ Update the network with auto-upgrade
ۼ Plug-and-play expansion with auto-provisioning
ۼ Zero-touch replacement with auto-recovery
AMF management and control
ۼ Graphical monitoring with Vista Manager EX
ۼ Multi-site business support with AMF WAN
ۼ Large network support with AMF Controller
ۼ Cloud-based management with AMF Cloud
ۼ Multi-tenant support on AMF Cloud
ۼ 3rd party device support for AMF Guests
Fully scalable
AMF can manage networks that span different locations.
Whether your network spans the campus, or the continent,
AMF is simple to use. Support business growth locally, and in
remote locations, with plug-and-play simplicity.
Automated management for up to thousands of devices,
means AMF is ready for the inexorable move towards smarter
cities and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Flexible deployment
AMF can be deployed with network management integrated
right into the Allied Telesis switching or firewall hardware, with
licensing options for any size network.
Alternately, AMF Cloud offers all of the functionality
of integrated hardware-based management, with the
advantages of private or public cloud access and flexibility.
AMF Cloud multi-tenant provides a high value solution for
large distributed businesses, as well as service providers
offering network provisioning and/or management services.
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Key Features - AMF Automation
Centralized management
ۼ Centralized management enables CLI commands to
be run on multiple devices simultaneously. Commands
are issued only once and AMF ensures that they are
received and processed by each device. This saves time
and reduces the chance of mistakes when configuration
changes need to be made across several devices. Any
configuration change, monitoring request or debugging
of the network can be made to one, many, or all devices
with a single command.
Auto-backup
ۼ AMF auto-backup reduces effort and the risk of errors
by automatically managing the configurations for all
devices in the network. Every day, AMF automatically
backs up the configurations and firmware for the entire
network into a central library, which can be located
locally on the Master device, on a server, or fully online
with AMF Cloud. Backups can also be created manually
after configuration changes. Up-to-date firmware and
configuration information is always available for all
devices.
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Auto-backup
Auto-upgradeAuto-provisioning
Auto-recovery
“Configuration changes that were taking 2 hours
previously, can now be done in just 10 minutes
with AMF.”
— Southern Institute of Technology
Auto-upgrade
ۼ Firmware upgrades can be rolled out to groups
of devices or the entire AMF network quickly and
easily with auto-upgrade. The user simply selects
the group of devices to be upgraded, then issues
the CLI commands to load the new firmware release.
Each device in the group will download the files in
preparation for a reboot.
ۼ Rather than having to reboot all devices in the group
at the same time, AMF can use a rolling reboot. AMF
ensures that only one device is rebooting at any one
time, so maximum network connectivity is retained
throughout the firmware upgrade process.
Auto-provisioning
ۼ Auto-provisioning allows unconfigured devices to be
added directly into the network because AMF can
pre-provision the device even before it is present.
This allows zero-touch expansion of the network, as
devices can be easily added and AMF automatically
selects the correct configuration. If a new device
has not been pre-provisioned, then AMF isolates the
device until it has been successfully configured, which
can be managed automatically by AMF, or manually
by the user.
Auto-recovery
ۼ Replacing a failed device is truly zero touch with
auto-recovery. The replacement device needs no
configuration, other than a physical connection to the
network. As soon as the device is powered up, AMF
automatically reconfigures it using the latest back-up
of its firmware and configuration.
AMF is a sophisticated suite of management tools that provide a simplified approach to network management. Powerful
features like centralized management, auto-backup, auto-upgrade, auto-provisioning, and auto-recovery, enable
plug-and-play networking and zero-touch management.
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