Cisco Networks: Engineers' Handbook of Routing, Switching, and Security with IOS, NX-OS, and ASA

© Chris Carthern and William Wilson and Noel Rivera 2021

C. Carthern et al.Cisco Networkshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6672-4_7

7. Introduction to Tools and Automation

Chris Carthern¹  , William Wilson² and Noel Rivera³

(1)

Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand

(2)

FPO, AP, USA

(3)

APO, AE, USA

 

This chapter introduces tools and automation. Some of the tools discussed are only covered in this chapter, while you will encounter others several times throughout the book.

Tools Overview

Modern networks are getting so complicated that it is difficult to maintain them by manually logging into each device to monitor and configure it. Tools are designed to make your life easier. Tools provide us with scalability, so we can manage large infrastructures.

There isn’t any ...