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Automation and Programmability

How modern networks are managed with controllers, APIs and code instead of one device at a time, and where AI and machine learning fit in.

Intermediate · 4 lessons

So far you have configured devices one at a time on the CLI. This course shows the other way networks are run today: a controller such as Catalyst Center, REST APIs that return JSON, and tools like Ansible and Terraform that keep many devices consistent. It uses one small lab throughout: a NetOps PC (10.10.0.50) and Catalyst Center (10.10.0.10) on a management network behind R1, which manages the access switches SW1 and SW2. The last lesson looks at what AI can and can't do for network operations.

What's in this course

1. Network Automation

Why and how networks are automated.

  1. 1.1 Traditional vs. controller-based networking
  2. 1.2 REST APIs and JSON
  3. 1.3 Ansible, Terraform and configuration management
  4. 1.4 AI and machine learning in network operations

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