Cisco Network Service Orchestrator (NSO) Essentials for Programmers and Network Architects (v4.0) (NSO201)

Section 1: Introducing Service Orchestration with Cisco NSO

• Challenges of Network Management
• Network Management without Cisco NSO
• Network Management with Cisco NSO
• Challenges of Network Orchestration
• Addressing Management Challenges with Service Orchestration

Section 2: Exploring Cisco NSO Architecture

• Cisco NSO Architecture
• Cisco NSO Components
• Cisco NSO and Ansible

Section 3: Orchestrating Network Solutions

• Orchestration Use Cases Overview
• Orchestration Use Case Examples

Section 4: Describing Cisco NSO Operation

• NETCONF and YANG Overview
• Cisco NSO Packages
• Cisco NSO Mapping Logic
• Network Element Drivers

Section 5: Installing Cisco NSO

• Setup Overview
• Cisco NSO Local Installation
• Installing NEDs
• Using Netsim Section 6: Exploring the Advantages of NETCONF
  • NETCONF Basics
  • NETCONF Operation
  Section 7: Managing Devices Using the Device Manager
  • Device Manager Overview
  • Device Configuration Management
  • Device Connection Management
  • Templates and Groups
  • Device Template Processing
  • Commit Queues
  Section 8: Creating YANG Models
  • YANG Basics
  • Other Representations of YANG
  • YANG Data Types
  • XPath Overview
  • Basic YANG Statements
  • Verify Yang Statements
  Section 9: Using Services
  • Package Architecture
  • Creating a Service Package
  • Sample Service Configuration
  • Service Template
  • YANG Service Model
  • Deploying a Service
  Section 10: Implementing Services with Model-to-Model Mapping
  • Mapping Service Parameters
  • FASTMAP
  • Template Processing
  • NSO Transaction Model
  Section 11: Designing Services in Cisco NSO Service Design Overview Top-Down Service Design Bottom-Up Service Design Device Configuration Service Model Section 12: Managing the Service Lifecycle
  • Service Management Tasks
  • CDM Migration
  • Service Lifecycle Management Guidelines
  Section 13: Programming with Python in Cisco NSO
  • Cisco NSO Programmability Overview
  • Python Scripting
  • Python Service Skeleton
  • Creating a Service YANG Model
  • Creating a Service Template
  • Template Processing with Python
  Section 14: Configuring and Troubleshooting System Settings
  • System Configuration
  • Role-Based Access Control
  • System Troubleshooting
  Section 15: Discovering Cisco NSO Northbound APIs
  • NSO Integration Options
  • NETCONF Server
  • Web Integration
  • SNMP Agent
  Section 16: Managing Alarms and Reporting
  • Alarm Management
  • Reporting
  Section 17: Configuring Cisco NSO for Scalability and Performance
  • High Availability
  • High-Availability Cluster Communications
  • Addressing Performance Limitations
  • Layered Service Architecture
  Section 18: Describing Cisco NSO VNF Manager and Function Packs
  • Function Packs
  • Cisco SD-WAN Solution
  • NFV Orchestration
  • Reactive FastMap