Network Automation & Programmability Foundations

Skills for the Next-Generation Network Engineer

What you’ll learn
Network Management
Network Automation
SDN and SDN Controllers
Cisco DNA Center
Application Programming Interface – API
Network Automation Tools- overview PUPPET_CHEF-ANSIBLE
JSON Data Encoding
Requirements
CCNA Level Networking Skills
Description
This course will introduce you to the fundamental concepts and platforms that are involved with network automation and programmability, focused primarily on Cisco’s approach and solution. Starting with an overview of the traditional methods of network management (and their challenges) we’ll then progress through such topics as the Goals of Network Automation Common languages & tools and protocols used for automationSDN -Software Defined Networking SDN Models – Architecture – The imperative and declarative approaches to SDN implementationsHow SDN provides the ability to separate the Control Plane from the Data Plane,Cisco Devnet -SANDBOX for lab practice Introduction to Cisco’s DNA Center solution, introduction to APIs with emphasis placed on REST APIs, overviews of Ansible, Chef, and Puppet JSON Data Encoding Format

Overview

Section 1: Network Management

Lecture 1 What is Network Management

Lecture 2 Past-Present Methods of Network Mangement- PART 1

Lecture 3 Past-Present Methods of Network Mangement- PART 2

Lecture 4 SNMP- Simple Network Mangement Protocol

Section 2: Network Automation

Lecture 5 Challenges – Traditional Management

Lecture 6 Network Automation – Goals

Lecture 7 Types of Network Automation

Lecture 8 What can be Automated – PART 1

Lecture 9 What can be Automated – PART 2

Lecture 10 Impact of Network Automation

Section 3: SDN and SDN Controllers

Lecture 11 Automation Origination Points

Lecture 12 SDN – Software Defined Networking

Lecture 13 SDN Controllers

Lecture 14 Networks Managed by SDN Controllers

Section 4: SDN – Control Plane- Data Plane – Management Plane

Lecture 15 Identify Network Device Planes

Lecture 16 Data Plane

Lecture 17 Control Plane

Lecture 18 Management Plane

Lecture 19 SDN-Management Plane

Lecture 20 SDN-Control Plane – Data Plane

Section 5: SDN Models – Architecture

Lecture 21 SDN – Imperative Model

Lecture 22 SDN- Declarative Model

Lecture 23 SDN – Network Design Requirments

Lecture 24 UNderlaY Networks

Lecture 25 Overlay Networks

Lecture 26 SDN Fabric

Section 6: Application Programming Interface – API

Lecture 27 Application Programming Interface – API

Lecture 28 API Types

Lecture 29 API – With SDN Networks

Lecture 30 NorthBound API

Lecture 31 SouthBound API

Section 7: Cisco DEVNET – SANDBOXs

Lecture 32 Cisco DevNet

Lecture 33 DevNet Certifications

Lecture 34 DevNet Sandbox

Lecture 35 DevNet Sandbox LABS

Lecture 36 Sandbox LAB Access – Reservations

Section 8: Cisco DNA Center

Lecture 37 Cisco DNA Center

Lecture 38 DNA Center Appliance

Lecture 39 DNA Center- What can do – PART 1

Lecture 40 DNA Center- What can do – PART 2

Section 9: Web Service API – REST API

Lecture 41 Web Service API

Lecture 42 Web Service API – Commonly Used

Lecture 43 REST API

Section 10: Network Automation Tools

Lecture 44 Config Management Tools

Lecture 45 Config Management Tools – Capabilities

Lecture 46 Configuration Management Tools – Similarities

Lecture 47 Master-Agent

Lecture 48 Agent Based vs Agentless

Lecture 49 Push-Pull Model

Lecture 50 Configuration Files

Section 11: PUPPET – Config MGMT Tool

Lecture 51 PUPPET – Config MGMT Tool

Lecture 52 PUPPET-Master Agent Database

Lecture 53 PUPPET – Manifest

Lecture 54 PUPPET-Module-Forge

Lecture 55 PUPPET-Agent- Agentless

Lecture 56 PUPPET-PULL Model Steps

Section 12: CHEF- Config MGMT Tool

Lecture 57 CHEF- Config MGMT Tool

Lecture 58 CHEF- Terminology

Section 13: ANSIBLE- COnfig MGMT Tool

Lecture 59 ANSIBLE- COnfig MGMT Tool

Lecture 60 ANSIBLE- Control Station

Lecture 61 ANSIBLE- PlayBook-Inventory

Lecture 62 ANSIBLE- Templates-Variables

Section 14: JSON Data Encoding

Lecture 63 API Data Formats

Lecture 64 JSON Overview

Lecture 65 JSON Data Types

Lecture 66 JSON Syntax Rules

Lecture 67 JSON Data Interpretation

Network Engineers,Network Administrators