Cisco Next Level
CI-SPAUI
Implementing Automation for Cisco Service Provider Solutions

How you´ll benefit
This course will help you:
- Use network programmability to scale and streamline Service Provider network infrastructure
- Gain hands-on experience in using modern data models to manage Service Provider network infrastructure
- Prepare for the 300-535 SPAUTO exam
Who should attend
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
Date | Country | Location | Language | Register |
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16-03-2021 - 18-03-2021 | AE | Dubai | English |
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05-10-2021 - 07-10-2021 | AE | Dubai | English |
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Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
CCNP equivalent level of knowledge for Routing and Switching (R&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)
The following Cisco courses can help you gain the knowledge you need to prepare for this course:
Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR)
Implementing Cisco Service Provider Advanced Routing Solutions (SPRI)
Implementing Cisco Service Provider VPN Services (SPVI)
Introducing Automation for Cisco Solutions (CSAU)
Course Objectives
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 utilize SSH
Automate service provider network configuration with Cisco NSO
Describe how to automate virtualized resources with Cisco ESC
Describe how to automate service provider WAN with Cisco WAE
Course Outline
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 Utilize 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 Virtualized 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
If you would like to know more about this course please contact us