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

The Cisco NSO Essentials for Programmers and Network Architects (NSO201) course introduces you to Cisco® Network Services Orchestrator (NSO). You will learn to install Cisco NSO and use it to manage devices and create services based on YANG templates with XPath. This course provides a brief overview of NSO as a network automation solution, as well as an introduction to NETCONF, YANG, and XPath. You will learn about service packages, network element drivers, and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The course also covers service creation, device and configuration management, NSO maintenance, NSO options and integrations, and basic NSO troubleshooting.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

Explain transactional service activation and how it relates to business requirements
Explain the benefits and uses of Cisco NSO
Explain how Cisco NSO communicates with network devices
Understand the NETCONF protocol and be able to read and write simple YANG models
Install NSO and describe how NSO uses NETCONF and the Device Manager component
Understand the difference between devices that are fully NETCONF capable and those that are less or not NETCONF capable
Explain the YANG service model structure
Describe how YANG is used with NSO, create and deploy a service, and explain NSO FASTMAP
Design and manage services with YANG models
Perform NSO configuration and basic troubleshooting, and describe the following NSO features: integration options, alarms and reporting, scalability and performance options, and available function packs
Use logs to troubleshoot the Cisco NSO deployment and check NSO communication with network devices
Explain the mapping logic of service parameters to device models and consequently to device configurations
Describe the use of different integration options and APIs
Explain the use of Reactive FASTMAP for manipulating and implementing advanced Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) components
Describe the use of feature components and function packs
Define and explain the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Open Source NFV Management and Orchestration (MANO) principles and solution
Work with the alarm console, and understand the NSO alarm structure and how it conforms to modern network operations procedures

Course Outline

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

2 - WHAT IS NSO?

Logical Architecture
Components

3 - WHAT DOES NSO DO?

Orchestration Use Cases

4 - HOW DOES NSO WORK?

Introduction to NETCONF and YANG
Packages
Mapping Logic
Network Element Drivers (NEDs)

5 - RESOURCES AND TRAINING

Resources
Training

6 - GET STARTED WITH CISCO NSO

Installing Cisco NSO
Setup Overview
Cisco NSO Local Installation
Installing NEDs
Using NetSim

7 - NETCONF OVERVIEW

Challenges of Network Management
Introduction to NETCONF
NETCONF Operation

8 - DEVICE MANAGER

Device Manager Overview
Device Configuration Management
Device Connection Management
Templates and Groups
Other Device Management Tools

9 - SERVICE MANAGER ESSENTIALS

YANG Overview
Introduction to YANG
Other Representations of YANG
Data Types
XPath Overview
Basic YANG Statements
Can You Spot the Error?

10 - USING SERVICES

Package Architecture
Creating a Service Package
Sample Service Configuration
Service Template
YANG Service Model
Deploying a Service

11 - MODEL-TO-MODEL MAPPING

Mapping Introduction
Mapping Logic
FASTMAP
Template Processing

12 - SERVICE DESIGN AND CISCO NSO PROGRAMMABILITY

Service Design
Service Design Overview
Top-Down Approach
Bottom-Up Approach
Device Configuration
Service Model

13 - SERVICE MANAGEMENT

Service Management Tasks
Service Lifecycle Management Guidelines

14 - NSO PROGRAMMABILITY INTRODUCTION

NSO Programmability Overview
Python Service Skeleton
Creating a Service YANG Model
Creating a Service Template
Template Processing with Python

15 - CISCO NSO FLEXIBILITY

System Configuration and Troubleshooting
System Configuration
System Troubleshooting

16 - INTEGRATION

Integration Options
NETCONF Server
Web Integration
SNMP Agent

17 - ALARM MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING

Alarm Management
Reporting

18 - SCALABILITY AND PERFORMANCE

High Availability
High-Availability Cluster Communications
Clustering
Layered Service Architecture
Addressing Performance Limitations

19 - COMPONENTS AND FUNCTION PACKS

Function Packs
NFV Orchestration
Reactive FASTMAP

Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.