NSO201 – NSO Essentials for Programmers and Network Architects v4.0

Course Overview

The NSO Essentials for Programmers and Network Architects (NSO201) training 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 training provides an overview of NSO as a network automation solution as well as introducing you to NETCONF, YANG, and XPath. You will learn about managing devices and creating device templates, service management and service package creation, network element drivers, interfacing with other systems using APIs, configuring and troubleshooting system settings, managing alarms and reporting, configuring NSO for scalability and performance, and capabilities that can be added to Cisco NSO.

How You’ll Benefit

This course will help you:

Learn to install Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)
Practice configuring devices with NSO
Practice designing and managing services with YANG models
Gain confidence with NSO configuration

Who should attend

System installers
System integrators
System administrators
Network administrators
Solutions designers

Prerequisites

Cisco require students to have the following knowledge and skills:

Basic knowledge of the Cisco Command-Line Interface (CLI) or the CLI of UNIX-like operating systems
Working knowledge of UNIX-based operating systems and basic tasks
Basic knowledge of programming constructs
Basic knowledge of YANG data modeling
Basic knowledge of the NETCONF communication protocol
Knowledge of XML data structures and schemas
Basic management of network components (routers, switches, etc.)
The following Cisco courses can help you gain the necessary background

Programming for Network Engineers (PRNE)
Introducing Automation for Cisco Solutions (CSAU)

Course Objectives

Explain the transactional service activation and how it relates to business requirements
Explain how Cisco NSO communicates with network devices
Understand the NETCONF protocol and be able to read and write simple YANG models
Understand the difference between devices that are fully NETCONF capable and those that are less or not NETCONF capable
Understand the support for candidate configuration and confirmed commit support
Use logs to troubleshoot the Cisco NSO deployment and check NSO communication with network devices
Explain the YANG service model structure
Design a real-world usable service
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 how to implement action with use of config-templates in NSO package
Explain the use of Reactive FASTMAP in for manipulating and implementing advanced NFV components
Describe the use of feature components and function packs
Define and explain the ETSI MANO principles and solution
Work with the alarm console, and understand the NSO alarm structure and how it conforms to modern network operations procedures
Describe Cisco NSO 5.3 new features and changes in NSO