Healthcare
AI Infrastructure

Gruve’s Nexus Dashboards Insights (NDI) Deployment for a Healthcare Provider in the U.S.

Case Study Glance Shape

At a glance

Gruve prepared an ND cluster and deployed NDI to manage the client’s ACI fabrics. The client had a primary and secondary data center with 40+ ACI switches and 2 separate ACI fabrics. The NDI deployment helped facilitate ACI upgrades, assist with operations and troubleshooting, and quickly resolve network issues.

About the client

The client is a non-for-profit health system based in the U.S., committed to delivering the highest quality care to their community. sector. The health system is comprised of three different teaching hospitals and employs more than 20,000 people.  

Challenges

The network operations team needed assistance with operating and troubleshooting issues within the ACI fabrics. It was essential for them to get more visibility into the fabrics to expedite the resolution of network issues, as well as manage multiple fabrics efficiently and effectively.  

Solutions

  • Gather ACI fabric configuration and verify in-band management is configured for ACI fabrics.
  • Validate and verify ACI firmware are at proper levels.
  • Prepare OOB and In-band networks needed for NDI cluster build and communication to ACI fabrics.
  • Walkthrough with operations team on how best to utilize NDI to quickly resolve events.
  • Build standard processes for troubleshooting and configuration changes seen in NDI to help ACI operations.

Results and benefits

Gruve successfully prepared the customer’s ND cluster and deployed NDI to manage their ACI fabrics. Additionally, Gruve utilized NDI to help facilitate ACI upgrades that were scheduled in the upcoming months. The project showcased how NDI can assist with day-to-day operations and help resolve network issues occurring in ACI fabrics.