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Provisioning and Managing Networks Using Common Automation Tools
Learning network automation can be challenging, especially when you have no business problem to solve. This course will start at day 0 by building up a small network, configuring it, then monitoring its performance over time.
What you'll learn
Join me as we help Globomantics stand up new branch sites to support their growing business. In this course, Provisioning and Managing Networks Using Common Automation Tools, you will learn how to automate enterprise networks, although the core skills extend far beyond the enterprise. First, you will discover the variety of Cisco day 0 provisioning techniques, choose the best one to meet specific business requirements, then implement it on the live network. Next, you will advance into day 1 operations, using tools like Netmiko, Ansible, and ncclient to configure networks after their initial provisioning. Finally, you will explore techiques to track the health and performance of your network devices using streaming telemetry transported over gRPC. When you’re finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge required to introduce modern automation techniques into your business environment.
Table of contents
- Course Prerequisites and Business Scenario | 3m 42s
- Utilizing iPXE for Network Device Booting | 3m 51s
- Deploying ZTP for Initial Device Configuration | 3m 55s
- Scaling and Centralizing Day 0 Operations with Cisco PnP | 3m 12s
- Exploring Cisco PnP Provisioning Flows | 3m 20s
- iPXE, ZTP, or PnP; Which Is Right for Our Scenario? | 3m 58s
- Demo: Writing the ZTP Python Script | 6m 45s
- Demo: Implementing the ZTP Network Services in Cisco IOS-XE | 5m 26s
- Demo: Provisioning New Branch Sites with ZTP | 6m 31s
- Module Summary and Homework Challenge | 1m 1s
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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