IISO10 - Implementing Software Defined Networks by orchestrating with OpenStack and Integrating with Cisco UCS Director v1.0

Overview

Duration: 5 days

Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), is changing the entire networking ecosystem. Virtualization is an innovation wave that cannot be ignored. The value proposition is too compelling for anyone operating a network (Enterprises and Service Providers) to ignore. All participants in this ecosystem must adapt, or they’ll be left behind. SDN empowers the business to control network behaviour by emphasizing the software application instead of the network infrastructure.

Networking must support programmatic APIs in order to dynamically provision the resources needed for applications and to integrate effectively with compute and storage resources. OpenStack Networking is designed to support programmability and Software-Defined Networks. OpenStack Networking has been evolving from simple APIs and functionality in Quantum to more complex capabilities in Neutron. The course will give deep idea about SDN and its impact, evolution, adoption by various vendors in their own way. During this session, the participants will get profound knowledge about SDN and will get to know comprehensively about programmability, APIs, SDN controllers. Finally, how to integrate Cisco UCS Director with OpenStack for centralized management, provisioning and automating of resources.

Objectives

Understand the need for SDN
Discuss SDN and its different implementations.
Identify the different areas where SDN can be utilized.
Discuss different real-world implementations of SDN.
Idea about SDN Controllers
UCS Director integration into OpenStack

Content

1. Network Complexity and the Need for SDN

What is a Network
Growing Network Complexity
Technical Challenges of Complex Networks

2. Traditional Networking and SDN

Key aspects of the networking planes
Control plane challenges
Management plane challenges
Control plane improvements with SDN
Management plane improvements with SDN

3. NFV

NFV Architecture
NFV Overlays
Benefits of NFV
Relationship with SDN

4. SDN and Evolution of programmability

SDN Architecture
Data Plane and Control Plane
Northbound Interfaces
Southbound Interfaces

5. Network Programmability Basics

Python basics
REST API
HTTP Method calls
Request and Response data formats
Authentication

6. Data Models

Introduction to data modelling language
Yang data model
Yang feature
Yang Example

7. SDN Protocols

Getting familiar with SDN Protocols
Configuration Management

- Pyang
- YIN
- OF-CONFIG
- NETCONF
- RESTCONF
- JSON-RPC transport

Use cases of protocols

8. SDN Controller- Cisco APIC EM

Overview of Cisco APIC-EM Controller
Features of Cisco APIC-EM
Exploring REST API Calls
Implementation using Postman
Examples of retrieving the device information using python

9. SDN - Brocade Controller

Overview of Brocade Controller
Features of Brocade Controller
Exploring REST API Calls
Viewing information about hosts and topology

10. Configuring Programming capability devices using Python

Python Networking with SSH
Python Networking with Telnet
Python Networking with NETCONF
Python Networking with REST CONF

11. Configuring Network devices using Device APIs

Cisco Nexus Switch overview
Cisco NX-API ? Retrieving device information
Configuring the device using Python

12. SDN Applications

Creating applications to fetch information
Network visibility and control
Application Examples

13. OpenStack

Purpose of OpenStack
Capabilities in OpenStack
Securing Network traffic in OpenStack
Advanced Networking services
OpenStack API for Networking

14. Cisco UCS Director Integration into OpenStack

OpenStack and Network abstractions
OpenStack and RESTful API
OpenStack and centralized management

Audience

N/A

Prerequisites

Aspiring next-generation network engineers who want to understand the high level understanding of SDN and its architecture and participants those who want to know how it will change the way business operate and handling networking landscape.

Certification

This course is not associated with any Certification.

Schedule

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