From Clicks to Code: Optical Network Automation Journey in GARR#

Matteo Colantonio

• Why: The optical-layer counterpart to PACMAN — automating DWDM/transponder provisioning is where physical-transport operators are heading, and it pairs directly with the PM's optics and DC/WAN interconnect interests.
• What: GARR's journey from manual, GUI/clicks-driven optical network operations toward code-driven automation. No abstract was published and no source text was extracted, so the specifics of the tooling and results cannot be described beyond the title. (title only — no abstract available)
• How: Unknown from the program text; the title indicates a transition from portal/manual workflows to automated, code-based management of the optical plant.
• Where applicable: National research and education networks and carriers with their own DWDM estates; presumably GARR-specific in tooling, transferable in pattern.