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Network Automation
Automate repeatable Cisco and Meraki tasks with protected credentials, reviewed changes and rollback plans rather than uncontrolled bulk configuration.
Devices supported
across the UK
Client locations
supported
Traffic handled
at peak time
Average
response time
Average response is not a resolution time or a contractual guarantee. Support scope and response commitments are agreed for each engagement.
Network automation makes repeatable engineering work more consistent, but it can also repeat a mistake across an estate very quickly. MCI Network Services develops controlled automation for Cisco and Meraki environments, starting with a defined task, trusted inputs and a safe operating boundary. The objective is a process your team can review and support, not an unattended script with broad access and unclear consequences.
Useful visibility
Monitor service-relevant conditions rather than collecting alerts without ownership.
Controlled change
Keep maintenance, automation and configuration work reviewable and recoverable.
Clear escalation
Connect incidents to the right engineering, provider and business contacts.
Choose a worthwhile first task
Good candidates often include inventory collection, configuration checks, reporting or a tightly defined standard change. We assess how frequently the task occurs, how much variation it contains and what happens if it fails. A poorly understood manual process should be clarified before it is automated.
We also identify the authoritative source of information. Device inventories, address plans and approved configuration standards need ownership and validation. Automation built on stale or contradictory records can produce consistent but incorrect results, so input quality is part of the engineering scope rather than someone else’s assumed responsibility.
Standards & partnerships
Confidence in the team behind your network.
Cisco Partner
Cisco Meraki
Cyber Essentials
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Match the tool to the supported platform
Cisco and Meraki environments expose different interfaces and management models. APIs, NETCONF, RESTCONF, Ansible integrations, Terraform providers and workflow platforms may each suit particular tasks. We verify the actual feature coverage and version compatibility instead of choosing a tool and assuming every required operation will be supported.
The design also considers existing configuration ownership. A controller or another automation system may already manage the same settings. We define which source is authoritative and avoid competing writers that repeatedly undo one another’s changes or create drift that nobody can explain.
A useful starting point
Tell us what is happening.
A short description of the problem is enough for an initial discussion.
Separate observation from modification
Read-only collection and validation are useful starting points because they can improve visibility without changing production. We distinguish these functions clearly from workflows authorised to write configuration. A report identifying a deviation does not automatically give the tool permission to correct it.
Where changes are required, the workflow presents the intended scope and result for review. Approvals are tied to the actual proposed action, not merely to the fact that an automation job has a familiar name. Sensitive or high-impact operations retain an appropriate human decision point.
Different environments. The same care.
Built around the work
your network supports.
Finance, banking and the wider private sector. We start with the systems and people that depend on your connections.
Finance & banking
Market-data paths, routing and provider coordination on clients’ behalf.
Financial-market services ↗Offices & multi-site teams
Reliable access between people, workplaces and business applications.
Office network design ↗Data centres & cloud
Network boundaries, workload connections and operational ownership.
Data centre networks ↗Protect credentials and execution context
Automation accounts receive the permissions needed for their task and use approved secret storage. Logs and generated reports must not expose credentials or sensitive configuration unnecessarily. We also control where the workflow runs and who can alter its code, inventory or parameters.
These controls matter as much as the device connection. An engineer with permission to edit an execution script may effectively gain the privileges of its service account. The operating model therefore includes code review, version control and access governance for the automation platform itself.
Design for partial failure
A workflow may succeed on some devices and fail on others. Network APIs and device interfaces do not necessarily provide a transaction across the entire estate. We define checkpoints, stop conditions and recovery actions for the actual task rather than assuming a failed job automatically rolls every change back.
Retries require care. A timeout can leave the result uncertain even when the remote system completed the action. We use suitable read-back checks and bounded retry behaviour, with a clear record of affected targets. This prevents an attempt to recover from a communication problem from creating duplicate or conflicting operations.
Test with representative conditions
Testing covers valid and invalid inputs, unavailable devices, insufficient permissions and relevant version differences. A pilot uses a limited scope and compares the actual result with the approved intent. The test should show how the workflow fails safely, not only demonstrate a successful run in a clean lab.
Post-change validation checks the service outcome, not merely the response code returned by an API. A configuration can be accepted while an application path remains broken. We define the evidence needed for completion and the conditions under which an engineer must investigate rather than continue automatically.
Leave a maintainable operating process
The handover includes source code or workflow definitions, dependencies, credentials ownership, test records and recovery instructions. Updates to device software or external APIs are assessed against the automation’s assumptions. An operational owner reviews failures and decides when a workflow should be paused or retired.
MCI can start with configuration validation or develop a defined change workflow for Cisco and Meraki networks. The engagement measures value through reduced manual effort and more reliable control, without promising that automation removes the need for engineering judgement, customer approval or a tested recovery plan.
Talk to a specialist
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Tell us what is affected, what changed and what your team has already checked. A short outline is enough to start.
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sales@proxar.co.ukUK-wide service.
Most of our engineers are based in Kent, with a focus on London, Sussex, Essex and Berkshire.
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