Predictika · campus network fabric quote check, USD

A sales assistant's campus network quote, checked before it goes to the customer

A sales assistant prepares a quote for a campus network, with switches, wireless access points, a management license, a support level and a partner discount, and says it is ready to send. Before it goes out, the assistant sends it to Predictika's validator, which checks the switch ports and power, the access points, the license, the support level, the discount and the quoted total together, prices the order, and reports every problem it finds in one pass.

Scope: Quotes for campus network fabrics in US dollars: switch ports and PoE power against the access points, access point and management license compatibility, support levels by switch role and partner tier, term, discount authority, order size and the quoted net total. All prices, limits and percentages are illustrative estimates, not a price list. A quote check, not an order. See everything this validator covers

This validator checks any quote of this kind against the rules below, not just the scenarios shown.

  • Ports and power — the access points must fit the ports of the quoted switches, and the PoE power they draw is checked against the power the switches supply, with a design review near the limit.
  • Access points and licenses — some access points are managed from the cloud only and cannot use the on-premises management license, and the top license tier needs an aggregation or core switch.
  • Support and partner tier — the highest support level is not offered on access switches, and only some partner tiers may quote it.
  • Term, discount and size — terms of 1 to 5 years, partner and volume discounts, an approval band above 30 percent total discount, a limit at 35 percent, and a deal desk review above USD 500,000.
  • The quoted total — the net total on the quote must match the total the validator computes.

Any campus network quote that touches these rules is in scope, not only the scenarios pictured here. Not checked: real list prices, site survey and wireless design, cabling, regional regulations, taxes and multi-currency quoting.

The sales assistantTakes the campus network request from the customer, prepares the quote and says it is ready to send.
Predictika validatorChecks every rule at once and returns the verdict, each finding, and the computed figures.

6 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch

What the agent proposes

The sales assistant says

Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.

Proposing agent: sales assistant (scripted)

Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run

Predictika validator


      

        
        
        
      

      
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Where a rules-based quoting tool gets this wrong
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Our assessment of what a typical rules-based quoting tool (one rule per field, each limit checked on its own) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.

    
What the validator caughtA rules-based quoting toolPredictika
A capacity that depends on the quantityOnly with care
The ports needed depend on how many access points are quoted and the ports available depend on how many switches, so the rule has to compare two quantities that change together.		The switches and the access points are in the same request, and the ports and the power are totaled and compared in one pass.
A product that works only with certain othersOnly with care
An access point that is managed from the cloud only cannot use the on-premises license, so every access point and license pairing needs its own rule.		The access point and the license are fields of the same request, and the finding names both.
A total that has to agree with the quoteOnly with workarounds
The net total depends on the hardware, the licenses, the support, the partner tier and the volume discount, and a tool that only validates fields never recomputes it.		The total is computed from the same request and compared with the amount the quote states.
Every problem returned in one answerOnly with workarounds
Quote forms usually stop at the first failing field, so the rep fixes one error and meets the next.		All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in.

  

  

    
What this validator catches: findings from its test cases
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Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.

    
1The access points need more ports than the quoted switches have.
2The access points need more PoE power than the switches supply.
3The access points use most of the PoE power and need a design review.
4A cloud-only access point cannot use the on-premises management license.
5The top license tier needs an aggregation or core switch.
6The highest support level is not offered on this switch.
7This partner tier cannot quote the highest support level.
8The total discount exceeds the limit.
9The total discount needs a sales director approval.
10The contract term is not offered.
11The quote is outside the range of one quote.
12The contract value needs a deal desk review.
13The quoted net total does not match the total the validator computes.

  

  

    
Scenarios and results
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The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.

    
1. Switch ports for the access points: Too few switch ports for 100 access points

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote for Redfern Medical Campus: 2 of the 5420 access switches (48 ports each) and 100 AP305C Wi-Fi 6 access points, the cloud management license, basic support for 3 years, bought direct, with a net total of USD 140,440.08. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Not enough switch ports. 100 access points need more ports than the 96 available on the two quoted switches.
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  • Price estimate. The engine priced it at USD 140,440.08 over 3 years, but a blocked quote cannot be sent.
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2. Switch ports for the access points: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote again for Redfern Medical Campus: now 3 of the 5420 access switches (48 ports each) and 100 AP305C Wi-Fi 6 access points, the cloud management license, basic support for 3 years, bought direct, with a net total of USD 149,069.12. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Price estimate. The engine priced it at USD 149,069.12 over 3 years.
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3. An access point that needs the cloud license: A cloud-only access point on the on-premises license

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote for Wexford Logistics Park: 4 of the 5520 aggregation switches and 100 AP4000 Wi-Fi 6E access points, the on-premises Site Engine management license, basic support for 3 years, bought direct, with a net total of USD 244,824.56. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Access point is cloud-only. The AP4000 Wi-Fi 6E access point is managed from the cloud only and cannot use the ExtremeCloud IQ Site Engine on-premises.
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  • Price estimate. The engine priced it at USD 244,824.56 over 3 years, but a blocked quote cannot be sent.
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4. An access point that needs the cloud license: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote again for Wexford Logistics Park: 4 of the 5520 aggregation switches and 100 AP4000 Wi-Fi 6E access points, now with the ExtremeCloud IQ Pilot cloud license, basic support for 3 years, bought direct, with a net total of USD 263,544.56. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Price estimate. The engine priced it at USD 263,544.56 over 3 years.
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5. A quoted total that must match: A quoted total that is lower than the real total

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote for Tarrant Community Schools through a Silver partner: 3 of the 5420 access switches and 60 AP305C Wi-Fi 6 access points, the on-premises Site Engine management license, basic support for 3 years, with a net total of USD 76,099.37. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Quoted total does not match. The quoted net total of USD 76,099.37 does not match the USD 81,827.28 the validator computed.
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  • Price estimate. The engine priced it at USD 81,827.28 over 3 years, but a blocked quote cannot be sent.
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6. A quoted total that must match: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote again for Tarrant Community Schools through a Silver partner: 3 of the 5420 access switches and 60 AP305C Wi-Fi 6 access points, the on-premises Site Engine management license, basic support for 3 years, now with a net total of USD 81,827.28. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Price estimate. The engine priced it at USD 81,827.28 over 3 years.
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Narration transcript
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The text of the narrated walkthrough, step by step.

    
    
      
  1. Welcome to a demo of Predictika's Validator. A sales assistant prepares a quote for a campus network, with switches, wireless access points, a management license, a support level and a partner discount. Before it goes out, the assistant sends it to Predictika's validator, which checks the switch ports and power, the access points, the license, the support level, the discount and the quoted total together, prices the order, and reports every problem it finds in one pass.
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  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
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  3. The agent says. Please check this quote for Redfern Medical Campus: 2 of the 5420 access switches (48 ports each) and 100 AP305C Wi-Fi 6 access points. It is ready to send. The rest of the request is on screen.
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  4. Before it goes out, the agent calls the validator.
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  5. Blocked, with one finding, all in one answer. 100 access points need more ports than the 96 available on the two quoted switches.
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  6. The validator returned one blocking finding in one answer. A check that reads one field at a time would pass most of this; it shows only when the choices in the quote are checked against each other.
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  7. What this shows: for a capacity that depends on the quantity, a rules-based quoting tool is error-prone for this.
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  8. Now the agent resubmits.
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  9. The corrected request. It changes the switches to 3 x 5420 access switch 48-port PoE and the stated net total to 149,069.12.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. This time the validator clears it.
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  12. The earlier finding is cleared.
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  13. One problem caught in one call, fixed in one pass, and a clean quote. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before they reach the customer. Now you can try the other scenarios yourself.
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