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Overview
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.
With AMF Cloud, network automation and management can
be accessed from anywhere, with the flexibility of private or
public cloud-based deployment.
Using AMF Cloud with Vista Manager EX provides graphical
monitoring and management of the network. Powerful built-
in operation and statistical tools enable proactive network
management.
Business value through automation
AMF Cloud 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 dramatically—AMF Cloud saves time,
resource, and money.
Simplify your network
AMF Cloud 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, no matter where they are located. Support
business growth across all locations with plug-and-play
simplicity.
Fully scalable
AMF Cloud can manage networks that span different
locations. Ideal for multi-site businesses, and service
providers managing customer networks, AMF Cloud provides
centralized access to all your devices.
Automated management for up to thousands of devices,
means AMF Cloud is ready for the inexorable move towards
smarter cities and the Internet of Things (IoT).
ۼ Flexible deployment with private or public cloud
installation—use your own local server, or deploy fully
online with Amazon web services.
ۼ Scalable for any size network, with multiple licensing
options.
ۼ Lower cost of entry with no dedicated hardware
requirements.
ۼ Reduce costs with simple pay-as-you-go.
ۼ Web-based interface for remote network monitoring
and management—anywhere, anytime.
ۼ Peace of mind networking with a full back-up stored
in the cloud.
ۼ Eco-friendly—cloud deployment requires no rack
space, cooling or power.
ۼ Visual monitoring and management of the AMF
network using Vista Manager EX.
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Key Features
Allied Telesis Autonomous Management Framework
TM
(AMF) for cloud-based network management
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Key Features - AMF Cloud 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 multiple devices in
multiple locations. 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 cloud-based library, so an up to
date backup is always available. 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 network locations, 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. Cloud-based deployment makes this powerful network
automation easily accessible from anywhere at any time.
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