Designing and Implementing Cisco Network Programmability

This is a self-study technical course aligned with the topics covered by the 300-550 NPDESI exam leading to the Cisco Network Programmability Design and Implementation Specialist Certification. This course addresses the evolving role of network engineers towards more programmability, automation and orchestration, enabling them to leverage the powerful level of abstraction provided by controller based architectures to create real added value. This new Cisco self-paced course is designed to be as effective as classroom training. Course content is presented in easily-consumable segments via both Instructor Video and text. Interactivity is enabled through Discovery Labs, content review questions, and graded Challenge Labs and Tests. This makes the learning experience hands-on, increasing course effectiveness, and provides students direct feedback on how well they have mastered the material. Gamification features are built in, including earning badges, achievements,and a leaderboard, to encourage better performance. In this course, you will:

• Learn how to minimize the amount of manual interactions (“CLI”) with the network, and increase the use of scripts and automation tools to drive down operational inefficiencies
• Review network programmability fundamentals including Linux and Python, common automation protocols such as NETCONF and REST and how they relate to YANG data models
• Learn about SDN controllers including APIC, APIC-EM and OSC, as well as how to use device-level APIs such as Cisco NX-OS,IOS-XE, IOS-XR and ASA OS
• Learn about DevOps and Agile software development methodologies, and get started on using automation tools such as Ansible, Chef and Puppet