This five-day course teaches you how to implement and optimize automation in Cisco data center networks. You will gain hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus programmability, APIs, and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible and Terraform. Topics include day-zero provisioning with POAP, on-box automation with Bash, Python, and Guest Shell, off-box automation with NX-API, NETCONF, RESTCONF, and YANG, Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller workflows, and network testing with pyATS. The course prepares you for the 300-635 DCNAUTO v2.0 exam and earns 43 CE credits.
Who Should Attend
Network and systems engineers, network administrators, consulting engineers, solutions architects, and site reliability engineers who automate Cisco data center networks.
Prerequisites
- Basic programming concepts
- Basic understanding of virtualization and VMware
- Ability to use Linux and CLI tools such as SSH and Bash
- CCNP-level data center knowledge
Course Objectives
- Explain the role and benefits of programmability in Cisco data center networks
- Work with XML, JSON, and YAML data models and manage configurations in Git
- Perform day-zero provisioning on Cisco Nexus devices with POAP
- Automate Nexus devices with Bash, Python, Guest Shell, NX-API, NETCONF, and RESTCONF
- Build Infrastructure as Code workflows with NDFC, Ansible, and Terraform
- Validate and test networks with Cisco pyATS
