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Huawei and IEEE UAE Section Jointly Release L3.5 Data Center Autonomous

Driving Network White Paper

At HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 in Dubai, O&M systems and IT processes, which systems on demand. In this way, the ADN
Huawei and IEEE UAE Section jointly vary significantly between enterprises, so can seamlessly integrate into enterprise
released the L3.5 Data Center Autonomous as to implement intelligent closed-loop O&M systems and IT processes, slashing
Driving Network White Paper, with management throughout the process. the number of work orders and reducing
industry forerunners UAE's Ankabut To address the preceding challenges, the amount of repetitive manual work by
and Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) the White Paper proposes the L3.5 data more than 70%. "Huawei's data center
witnessing the release. This white paper center autonomous driving network, which autonomous driving network is the
provides deep insight into the architecture, implements high-level automation and industry's first to evolve from L3.0 to L3.5.
key capabilities, and typical application intelligence capabilities such as unified This is the result of our deep insight into real-
scenarios of L3.5 autonomous driving management, flexible orchestration and world service scenarios and pain points of
networks (ADNs) in data center scenarios, collaboration, and simulation in multi-cloud customers across sectors such as finance,
as well as deployment practices for key and multi-vendor networks, in addition public service, and manufacturing, as
sectors such as finance, public service, to interconnecting with enterprises' IT well as our joint innovations with industry
and energy. Serving as an informative point management systems to achieve end-to- forerunners," said Arthur Wang, Vice
of reference for enterprises, this white end automation. The White Paper illustrates President of Huawei's Data Center Network
paper can help to take the automation and the key technologies of L3.5 ADNs for data Domain. "The White Paper shares best
intelligence of data center networks (DCNs) centers: practices across these sectors, with the aim
to new levels. According to the white paper, Open programmability platform: centrally to enhance enterprises' competitiveness
as the digital economy becomes a key manages heterogeneous networks and in the digital economy era by optimizing
driver for global economic growth and devices. Intent orchestration platform: their network architectures and operating
enterprise data centers expand rapidly, data provides more than 100 generic NE models modes and helping them build agile and
center networks urgently need to solve the for flexible orchestration through drag-and- reliable services while reducing their OPEX
following most pressing problems: drop operations, implementing flexible and CAPEX." To date, Huawei's Data Center
Multi-cloud and multi-DC heterogeneous orchestration of network-wide service Autonomous Driving Network Solution has
networks have become the norm for flows without breakpoints. This, in turn, been deployed in data centers of more than
enterprises. As such, enterprise customers helps implement highly automated multi- 10,000 customers across sectors such as
need to centrally manage and coordinate cloud and multi-vendor heterogeneous finance, public service, manufacturing, and
multi-cloud DCNs and multi-vendor network networks and provision cross-cloud energy.
devices as well as implement highly networks in seconds. APIs published from
automated networks. The ADN needs orchestrated service flows: are flexibly
to seamlessly integrate into enterprises' invoked by enterprise IT management

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