Description
The Course Name: DNAPF – Cisco DNA Programmability Fundamentals
The Duration: 5 Days
The Overview:
The purpose of this course is to teach participants SDN concepts, programmability, and integration that support Cisco and multi-vendor solutions to help usher customers into the new age of Software Defined Networks.
What You Will Learn:
After you complete this course you will be able to:
- How to describe SDN and Network Programmability
- How to understand the Use Cases and Problems Solved with SDN
- How to understand the Digital Transformation and Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA)
- How to explain an Overview of OpenFlow and Network Controllers
- How to explain an Overview of Human Interaction DevOps-Style
- How to understand Next Steps to Get Customers Ready
The Course Index:
- Programmable Infrastructure Overview
- Digital Enterprise Definition
- The 4 Pillars of Digitization (IoT, Mobility, Big Data and Cloud)
- Digital Disruption
- What is Network Programmability?
- What to Automate?
- Business Benefits of Programmability
- Simplification
- Quantifying Programmability
- Programmability Use Cases
- Cisco’s Digital Network Architecture (DNA)
The Digital Business
Digital Network Architecture Overview
- Network fabrics
- Virtualization Architecture
- Transport virtualization
- Network function virtualization
- Cloud enablement
- Network controller
- Service definition and orchestration
- Analytics and telemetry applications
Digital Network Architecture Components
- DNA Automation and Management: APIC-EM
- DNA Virtualization: NFV and Cisco IOS XE
- DNA Analytics: CMX
- DNA Security: TrustSec, ISE, StealthWatch
- Digital Network Architecture Overview
- DNA Collaboration: Spark
Benefits of DNA
DNA Use Cases
- New Branch Office
- Employee Productivity
- Mobile and Cloud Service Adoption
- Customer Experience
Case Study: NYU Security
- Cisco Programmable Infrastructure
- Programmability with
- UCS
- Automation
- Enterprise Networking (APIC-EN, CMX, PI)
- Open Daylight (RESTCONF, NETCONF)
- DC Networking (ACI, NX-OS)
- Software Defined Storage
- Collaboration (Spark, Tropo, Acano)
- Management, Monitoring & Analytics (UCS-D, DCNM)
- Case Study: ABMU Health Board – Health Care Automation
- REST APIs and Python
- How API Enables Business Automation
- What is REST?
- How to Make a REST API Call
- REST API Request and Response
- Python Basics
- Python and JSON
- Using Python with Rest APIs
- Coding and Parsing with Python
- Use Case – Creating a List of Users
- Spark API
- Spark Automation Business Benefits
- Introduction to Spark API
- Using Spark API with Python
- Using Spark API with Postman
- Use Case – Wi-Fi Public and Guest Access
- Use Case – Post Message in a Spark room
- Cisco Mobility Experience (CMX) APIs
- CMX Programmability Benefits
- Introduction to CMX 10 Mobility Services
- CMX 10 Mobility Services REST API
- CMX Deep Dive Using the Notifications Resource
- Programming CMX Notifications for Applications and Third Party Systems
- CMX/MSE REST API
- Use Case – Find the IP Address of the WLC
- Case Study: University of Melbourne – WiFi Analytics
- APIC-EM and Rest APIs
- APIC-EM Automation Enterprise benefits
- Controller Basic
- APIC-EM Overview
- APIC-EM Applications and Use Cases
- APIC-EM REST API Python
- Application Design for Python with APIC_EM
- Use Case – Find out the device name using the IP address
- Case Study: Symantec – Network Automation
- RESTCONF, NETCONF, and YANG
- Why Models are Important
- Standard Device Interfaces
- YANG Data Modeling
- NETCONF Protocol
- RESTCONF Protocol
- Programming with NETCONF and Python
- Use Case – Create a Python Script to Retrieve Interface Stats with NETCONF/YANG and
Post to Spark
- Implementing DevOps
- The Transition to DevOps
- Spark for Human Interactions
- Tropo for Human Interactions
- NeXt UI Toolkit
- Programming Using Spark, Tropo, and NeXt
- Use Case – Post Messages from a Tropo Script to Cisco Spark Spaces
Labs:
- Python Introduction – Creating a List of Users
- Spark REST API – Create a Room and Invite People – PostMan
- Spark API – Wi-Fi Public and Guest Access – Python
- CMX – Find the IP Address of the WLC
- APIC-EM – Find Out the Device Name Using the IP Address
- NETCONF – Create a Python Script to Retrieve Interface Stats with NETCONF/YANG and Post to Spark
- NeXt UI Toolkit – Building a Network Topology
- Spark and Tropo – Bring Together Labs 2 and 5 to Create Trouble Ticket Automation