WDAWL – Deploying Advanced Cisco Wireless LANs v1.2

Network Programmability Foundation

• Utilize common version control operations with git (add, clone, push, commit, diff, branching, merging conflict)
• Describe characteristics of API styles (REST and RPC)
• Describe the challenges encountered and patterns used when consuming APIs synchronously and asynchronously
• Interpret Python scripts containing data types, functions, classes, conditions, and looping
• Describe the benefits of Python virtual environments
• Explain the benefits of using network configuration tools such as Ansible and Puppet for automating IOS XE platforms

Automate APIs and Protocols

• Identify the JSON instance based on a YANG model
• Identify the XML instance based on a YANG model
• Interpret a YANG module tree generated per RFC8340
• Compare functionality, benefits, and uses of OpenConfig, IETF, and native YANG models
• Compare functionality, benefits, and uses of NETCONF and RESTCONF

Network Device Programmability

• Implement device management and monitoring using NetMiko
• Construct a Python script using ncclient that uses NETCONF to manage and monitor an IOS XE device
• Configure device using RESTCONF API utilizing Python requests library
• Utilize Ansible to configure an IOS XE device
• Configure a subscription for model driven telemetry on an IOS XE device (CLI, NETCONF, and RESTCONF)
• Compare publication and subscription telemetry models
• Describe the benefits and usage of telemetry data in troubleshooting the network
• Describe Day 0 provisioning methods

Cisco DNA Center

• Compare traditional versus software-defined networks
• Describe the features and capabilities of Cisco DNA Center
• Implement Cisco DNA Center event outbound webhooks
• Implement API requests for Cisco DNA Center to accomplish network management tasks
• Implement API requests for Cisco DNA Center to accomplish network management tasks using these APIs
• Troubleshoot Cisco DNA Center automation process using Intent APIs

Cisco SD-WAN

• Describe features and capabilities of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Certificate Management APIs
• Implement a Python script to perform API requests for Cisco SD-WAN vManage Device Inventory APIs to retrieve and display data
• Construct API requests for Cisco SD-WAN vManage Administration APIs
• Implement a Python script to perform API requests for Cisco SD-WAN vManage Configuration APIs to modify Cisco SD-WAN fabric configuration
• Construct API requests for Cisco SD-WAN vManage Monitoring APIs (Including real-time)
• Troubleshoot a Cisco SD-WAN deployment using vManage APIs

Cisco Meraki

• Describe features and capabilities of Cisco Meraki
• Create a network using Cisco Meraki APIs
• Configure a network using Cisco Meraki APIs
• Implement a Python script for Cisco Meraki Alert WebHooks