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Managing Cisco Networks via Infrastructure as Code
What if you could manage your IT environment like a code project? After teaching network fundamentals, this course explores the details of Infrastructure as Code. It focuses on model-driven programmability applied to Cisco networking products.
What you'll learn
Cut through the buzzwords around IT infrastructure automation and orchestration with this course. In this course, Managing Cisco Networks via Infrastructure as Code, you will gain the ability to design, deploy, and manage networks using modern automation techniques. First, you will learn the fundamentals of networking such as IP routing, Ethernet switching, and critical network services (DHCP, DNS, NAT, SNMP, and NTP). Next, you will discover the capabilities of common Infrastructure as Code frameworks such as Cisco pyATS, Puppet, and Ansible. Finally, you will explore network-oriented model-driven programmability by exploring YANG, NETCONF, and RESTCONF. This includes demonstrations hosted on Cisco DevNet sandboxes using Cisco IOS-XE and Cisco Nexus platforms. When you’re finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of a junior network automation engineer needed to successfully automate your production systems.
Table of contents
- Course Introduction | 1m 55s
- The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model and Common Devices | 5m 21s
- Different Types of Encapsulation and Transport Protocols | 3m 3s
- Analysis: A Quick Look at Segments, Packets, and Frames | 3m 14s
- Detour: Planes of Operation | 1m 9s
- How Does Ethernet Switching Work? | 2m 29s
- Understanding Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) | 2m 9s
- Demo: Switching in the Globomantics Network | 4m 32s
- Advancing up the Stack with IP Routing | 2m 38s
- Demo: Routing from Clients to the Data Center | 3m 55s
- Module Review | 51s
About the author
Nick Russo, CCDE #20160041 and CCIE #42518, is your go-to-guy for all things networking and automation. Nick loves training online and speaking at industry conferences sharing his expertise.
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