Cisco Network Service Orchestrator (NSO) Essentials for Programmers and Network Architects (v3.0) (NSO201)

Module 1: Introduction to Cisco NSO

• Meeting Challenges with Orchestration
  • Challenges of Network Management
  • Challenges of Network Orchestration
  • NSO Features and Benefits that Meet Challenges
  • Standardized Approach
• What Is NSO?
  • Logical Architecture
  • Components
• What Does NSO Do?
  • Orchestration Use Cases
• How Does NSO Work?
  • Introduction to NETCONF and YANG
  • Packages
  • Mapping Logic
  • Network Element Drivers
• Resources and Training
  • Resources
  • Training

Module 2: Get Started with Cisco NSO

• Installing Cisco NSO
  • Setup Overview
  • Cisco NSO Local Installation
  • Installing NEDs
  • Using NetSim
• NETCONF Overview
  • Challenges of Network Management
  • Introduction to NETCONF
  • NETCONF Operation
• Device Manager
  • Device Manager Overview
  • Device Configuration Management
  • Device Connection Management
  • Templates and Groups
  • Other Device Management Tools

Module 3: Service Manager Essentials

• YANG Overview
  • Introduction to YANG
  • Other Representations of YANG
  • Data Types
  • XPath Overview
  • Basic YANG Statements
  • Can You Spot the Error?
• Using Services
  • Package Architecture
  • Creating a Service Package
  • Sample Service Configuration
  • Service Template
  • YANG Service Model
  • Deploying a Service
• Model-to-Model Mapping
  • Mapping Introduction
  • Mapping Logic
  • FASTMAP
  • Template Processing

Module 4: Service Design and Cisco NSO Programmability

• Service Design
  • Service Design Overview
  • Top-Down Approach◦
  • Bottom-Up Approach
  • Device Configuration
  • Service Model
• Service Management
  • Service Management Tasks
  • Service Lifecycle Management Guidelines
• NSO Programmability Introduction
  • NSO Programmability Overview
  • Python Service Skeleton
  • Creating a Service YANG Model
  • Creating a Service Template
  • Template Processing with Python

Module 5: Cisco NSO Flexibility

• System Configuration and Troubleshooting
  • System Configuration
  • System Troubleshooting
• Integration
  • Integration Options
  • NETCONF Server
  • Web Integration
  • SNMP Agent
• Alarm Management and Reporting
  • Alarm Management
  • Reporting
• Scalability and Performance
  • High Availability
  • High-Availability Cluster Communications
  • Clustering
  • Layered Service Architecture
  • Addressing Performance Limitations
• Components and Function Packs
  • Function Packs
  • NFV Orchestration
  • Reactive FastMap