Section 1: Cisco NSO Administration

• Introducing Network and IT Convergence
• Introducing Cisco NSO Architecture
• Introducing Linux
• Explaining Setup
• Explaining Access Control
• Describing Integration Options

Section 2: Scalability

• Introducing Scalability and High Availability
• Describing Scalable System Management

Section 3: DevOps Fundamentals

• Describing Software Development Methodologies
• Explaining Version Control System
• Describing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery

Section 4: Cisco NSO Operations

• Introducing Service Maintenance
• Performing Network Element Driver (NED) Upgrades
• Introducing Configuration Management
• Describing Change Management
• Explaining Service Problem Management
• Explaining Service Monitoring and Compliance Reporting
• Cisco NSO and DevOps
• Introducing Inventory Management
• Describing Cisco NSO Use Cases

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

• System installers
• System integrators
• System administrators
• Network administrators
• Solution designers

Before you take this course, we recommend that you have the knowledge and skills obtainable by attending the Cisco Network Services Orchestrator Foundation (NSO201) class, including:

• Basic knowledge of the command line of UNIX-like operating systems.
• Basic knowledge of Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF).
• Basic knowledge of Yet Another Next Generation (YANG) data modelling.
• Basic knowledge of Python software development.