Course Objectives

• Review Cisco ACI fundamental concepts, GUI workflows, and create the case for implementing automation
• Introduce the Cisco ACI REST API, the tools already available on the Cisco APIC, and understand basic API interaction using Postman
• Understand the functionality provided by the Python ACI libraries and write scripts that apply configuration and verify state on the Cisco ACI fabric
• Understand Cisco ACI Ansible modules, build playbooks that apply Infrastructure-as-Code concepts to Cisco ACI tenant configuration, and generate a health report using Ansible
• Understand Cisco ACI Apps Center integration and the benefits of integrating Kubernetes infrastructure with Cisco ACI
• Understand the API types and capabilities available on Cisco Nexus product family
• Understand Day 0 operations and how ZTP, POAP, and iPXE fulfill these goals with their respective tooling
• Understand functionality provided by the on-box tooling on the Cisco Nexus series switches and implement simple solutions to improve daily operations
• Use Python and Ansible to leverage the NX-API to implement and verify configuration state using modern workflows
• Understand the paradigm shift of Model-Driven Telemetry and explore a fully set up pipeline for data collection and analysis
• Understand the Cisco UCS developer tools and implement management workflows leveraging Cisco UCS APIs, Python, and Ansible modules
• Review Cisco NDFC product capabilities and understand how its API can be leveraged to automate the Cisco Data Center
• Understand the advantages of using Cisco Intersight and how to implement automation tasks using its REST APIs via Python and Ansible
• Describe Terraform plans for Cisco ACI deployments

Course Outline

Learning Path Curriculum

• Cisco Data Center ACI Automation
• Cisco Data Center NX-OS Automation
• Cisco Data Center Orchestration
• Cisco Data Center

 
Lab Outline

• Use Cisco APIC Web GUI
• Discover the Cisco APIC REST API
• Use Postman with the APIC REST API
• Use Python with the Cisco APIC REST API
• Configure and Verify Cisco ACI Using Acitoolkit
• Use Cobra and Arya to Recreate a Tenant
• Manage Configuration Using Ansible
• Set Up a New Tenant the NetDevOps Way
• Create an Infrastructure Health Report
• Set Up Power on Auto Provisioning on the Cisco Nexus 9000
• Use Bash and Guest-Shell on Cisco NX-OS
• Use Python to Enhance CLI Commands
• Trigger a Python Script Using Cisco Embedded Event Manager (EEM)
• Configure and Verify Using NX-API and Python
• Configure and Verify Using NETCONF/YANG
• Use Ansible with Cisco NX-OS
• Connect, Query, and Modify Cisco UCS Manager Objects Using Cisco UCS PowerTool
• Connect, Query, and Modify Cisco UCS Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Objects Using Cisco IMC PowerTool
• Utilize Cisco UCS Python Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Utilize Cisco IMC Python SDK
• Implement Ansible Playbooks to Modify and Verify the Configuration of Cisco UCS Manager