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DNA Center, SD-Access, and Catalyst 9k Programmability Integration Fundamentals

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Course Overview:

(Cisco DNA Center Programmability Integration Fundamentals) is a 3-day, instructor-led, Cisco DNA Center course that will help you to become familiar with programmable infrastructure concepts and integrations that support Cisco SD-Access, DNA Center, and the Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series switch programming. In this course you will learn about production solutions that run on or interact with IOS-XE on the Catalyst 9000 switches.

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Course Description:

Audience profile

Network Operations team with SD-Access solution
Network admin staff that deal with Software Defined Networking
Network Administrators
Network Architects
Network Engineers

At course completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:

Describe what is SDN and Network Programmability
Describe use cases and examples of Catalyst 9000 programmability
Learn about Python and how it automates the Catalyst 9000
Understand object-oriented programming
Understand SD-Access
Discuss how to apply Cisco Software-Defined Access programmatically
Understand the Use Cases and Problems Solved with SDN programmability
Explain an overview of OpenFlow and Network Controllers
Explain an overview of Human Interaction DevOps-Style

Course Outline

Module 1: SD-Access Introduction

SDA Quick Overview
SDA Key Benefits
Technical Overview
- LISP
- Cisco Trustsec
- VXLAN
Network Fabric
SDA Overlay Key Components
- Control Plane
- Data Plane
- Policy Plane
SDA Fabric Roles & Terminology
- DNA Controller
- Identity Services
- Analytics Engine (NDP)
- Control Plane
- Edge Nodes
- Border Nodes
- Virtual Network
- Scalable Groups
- VXLAN Encapsulation

Module 2: SDA Wireless Architecture

SDA Wireless Architecture Overview
SDA Wireless Benefits
Policy Rollout
Wireless Integration in SDA Fabric

Module 3: SDA Deployment

Digital Network Architecture
Campus Fabric Automation
Smart CLI
Programmable APIs
DNA Center – SD-Access WorkFlow
- Design
- Provision
- Policy
- Assurance

Module 4: SDA Center Ecosystems Integrations

Event Notifications and Webhooks
Integrations Overview
DevOps Integrations
ChatOps Integrations
Use Cases
- ITSM Integrations
- Client Insights with Apple Analytics
- IP Address Management (IPAM)
- Network Orchestrators
- Policy Orchestrators
- Security Analytics
- Firewalls
- Public and Private Cloud Integration

Module 5: DNA Assurance

DNA Center Architecture
Cisco DNA Assurance Introduction
DNA Assurance Architecture
Telemetry Collection Overview
DNA Assurance Getting Started
Full Stack Visibility
Network & Client Experience
Intelligent Capture
Real Time Monitoring RF
Path Trace
Sensor-based Proactive Monitoring
Application Experience
Issue Remediation
AI Network Analytics
Machine Reasoning

Module 6: Python Programming

Programmability Overview
APIs Primer
Python Foundation Overview
Lists, Tuples & Dictionaries
Control Sentences
Functions
Modules
Classes
Error Handling (Exceptions)

Module 7: Programming SDA and DNA Center

DNA Center Architecture Overview
DNA Controller
DNA Center Automation
DNA Center APIs
Building DNA Center Applications

Module 8: Cisco Catalyst 9K Introduction

Intent Based Networking
Cisco Catalyst 9K Features and Characteristics
Cisco Catalyst 9K IOS-XE
Catalyst 9K Platform Support
Linux Service Containers Introduction
Python Programmability Introduction
Zero-Touch Provisioning, iPXE, PnP
CLI – Legacy, Python CLI, Guest Shell

Module 9: Catalyst 9K and Cisco Application Framework

Cisco Application Framework / Virtual Service Infra (IOX)
Cisco Catalyst 9K Application Hosting
Application Hosting Value Proposition
Catalyst 9K Switching Application Ecosystem
Virtual Machines
KVMs
Containers
- General LXC (Linux Service Containers)
- GuestShell (pre-packaged LXC)
Other pre-packaged LXCs, ie PerfSonar
Python Programmability in Depth
Python API
Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and Plug ’n Play

Module 10: Catalyst 9K EEM Python Module

EEM Overview
Python Scripting in EEM
EEM Python Package
Python-Supported EEM Actions
EEM CLI Library Command Extensions

Module 11: Data Models & Model Driven Programmability

Why Models are Important
YANG data models
- Native models
- IETF models
- OpenConfig models
Data Encoding
- XML
- JSON
YANG Tools
- YANG Explorer
- YANG Catalog
- Pyang
NetConf
- History
- Protocol layers
- Operations
- Messages
- Using NetConf
RESTConf
- History
- Protocol layers
- Operations
- Messages
- Using RestConf
Telemetry Introduction

Module 12: Model Driven Telemetry

Yang Data Streaming
Telemetry History
gRPC
Collectors & Renderers
ELK
- Elastic Search
- Logstash
- Kibana
TIG
- Telegraph
- Influx
- Grafana
Quick Start with Docker
Publication Types
Telemetry Subscriptions
IOS-XE 16.x and 17.x Yang Model Support
Yang Model Metadata
CLI and XML Configuration Examples
Pipeline
Splunk

Module 13: 3^rd Party Integrations

ServiceNow
Splunk

Lab Outline:

Lab 1: Intro DNA Center
Lab 2: DNA Assurance
Lab 3: DNA Center API Discovery
Lab 4: Setup Machine for Development
Lab 5: Python Overview
Lab 6: Programming Cisco DNA Center
Lab 7: Managing the Guest Shell
Lab 8: Running Python Scripts as Part of EEM Applet Actions
Lab 9: NETCONF/RESTConf
Lab 10: YANG Data Modeling & YANG Explorer, YANG Catalog and pYANG
Lab 11: Catalyst 9K - Application Hosting
Lab 12: Programming Telemetry
Lab 13: Integrating DNAC with ServiceNow
Lab 14: Integrating DNAC with Splunk

Course Title

DNA Center, SD-Access, and Catalyst 9k Programmability Integration Fundamentals

Course Number

DNACPF

Course Outline

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Duration

3 days

Price

$3395.00

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