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Implementing Automation for Cisco Service Provider Solutions (SPAUI)

Length 3 days
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Why study this course

This course prepares you to implement and support automation solutions in a Service Provider network infrastructure, using network programmability principles, protocols, tools, and mechanisms. Through a combination of lessons and hands-on labs, you will learn to deploy, configure, monitor, and operate Service Provider network environments using modern data models. These models allow you to represent operational data and new network management protocols in order to administer hundreds or thousands of devices in a single operation, replacing traditional, time-consuming, error prone, device-by-device Command Line Interface (CLI) management. The course also introduces powerful automation solutions that can streamline network operations.

This course covers Yet Another Next Generation (YANG) data models and validation tools, Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol RESTCONF and Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) management protocols, model-driven telemetry with Google Remote Procedure Call (gRPC) and Google Network Management Interface (gNMI), traffic automation with XR Transport Control (XTC), Secure Shell (SSH)-based automation tools like NetMiko and Ansible, orchestration provided by Network Services Orchestration (NSO), Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) lifecycle management with Elastic Services Controller (ESC), and network operations automation with WAN Automation Engine (WAE).This course prepares you for the 300-535 Automating and Programming Cisco® Service Provider Solutions (SPAUTO) exam.

Introducing Automation for Cisco Solutions (CSAU) is required prior to enrolling in Implementing Automation for Cisco Service Provider Solutions (SPAUI) because it provides crucial foundational knowledge essential to success.

This course also earns you 24 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

Digital courseware: Cisco provides students with electronic courseware for this course. Students who have a confirmed booking will be sent an email prior to the course start date, with a link to create an account via learningspace.cisco.com before they attend their first day of class. Please note that any electronic courseware or labs will not be available (visible) until the first day of the class.

Exam Vouchers: Cisco exam vouchers are not included in the course fees but can be purchased separately where applicable.

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What you’ll learn

After taking this course, you should be able to:

Use NETCONF and RESTCONF programmability protocols on Cisco devices
Describe and use tools to validate YANG data models on Cisco devices
Describe and configure model-driven telemetry on Cisco devices
Describe and configure network traffic automation with Cisco XTC
Describe and use network automation tools that utilise SSH
Automate service provider network configuration with Cisco NSO
Describe how to automate virtualised resources with Cisco ESC
Describe how to automate service provider WAN with Cisco WAE

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Who is the course for?

This course is designed for Service Provider networking professionals in job roles such as:

Network administrators
Network architects
Network designers
Network engineers
Network managers
Network Operations Center (NOC) personnel
Network supervisors

Course subjects

Implementing Network Device Programmability Interfaces with NETCONF and RESTCONF
- Implement NETCONF Protocol
- Implement RESTCONF Protocol
Implementing Model-Driven Programmability with YANG
- YANG Data Models
- YANG Tools
- YANG Development Kit
Implementing Model-Driven Telemetry
- Implementing Model-Driven Telemetry with gRPC
- Implementing Model-Driven Telemetry with gNMI
Automating Service Provider Network Traffic with Cisco XTC
- Cisco XTC Fundamentals
- Configure Cisco XTC
Automating Networks with Tools That Utilise SSH
- Implement Device Configurations with Python Netmiko Library
- Implement Device Configurations with Ansible Playbooks
Orchestrating Network Services with Cisco NSO
- Cisco NSO Fundamentals
- Cisco NSO Device Manager
- Cisco NSO Services
- Implement Device Configurations with Python
Automating Virtualised Resources with Cisco Elastic Services Controller
- Cisco ESC Architecture
- Cisco ESC Resource Management
Automating the WAN with Cisco WAE
- Describe the Cisco WAE Components

Lab Outline

Explore NETCONF Protocol in Cisco Devices
Configure Cisco IOS XE Devices with RESTCONF
Explore Cisco and OpenConfig YANG Data Models with YANG Tools
Use ncclient and Python to Configure Cisco Devices
Use YANG Development Kit (YDK) to Configure Cisco Devices
Configure Model-Driven Telemetry with gRPC
Configure Model-Driven Telemetry with gNMI
Configure Path Disjointness with Cisco XTC
Use Python Netmiko Library to Configure Cisco Devices
Use Ansible to Configure Cisco Devices
Use Cisco NSO Device Manager
Create a Loopback Service Template
Use Cisco NSO REST API with Postman
Explore and Use Cisco WAE Features

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

CCNP equivalent level of knowledge for Routing and Switching (R and S)
Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS XE) and Cisco IOS XR working experience
SP Operations experience with routing, Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Solutions
Network Programmability Basics (Network Programming Foundations, APIs and Protocols, Network Model Driven APIs and Protocols, Configuration Management with Ansible, Service Provider Network Automation workflows)

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