1. Cisco ESC Architecture
- Cisco ESC Architecture in the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Management and Orchestration (MANO) Framework
- VNF Lifecycle in Cisco ESC
2. Cisco ESC Installation and Upgrade
- Cisco ESC Installation on OpenStack
- Cisco ESC Upgrade on OpenStack
- Cisco ESC High Availability on OpenStack
- Cisco ESC Installation on VMware and Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
- Cisco ESC Post-Installation Tasks
3. Managing VM Resources in Cisco ESC
- VM Resource Management Overview
- Managing Tenants
- Managing Networks and Subnets
- Managing Images and Flavors
4. Deploying and Configuring Virtual Network Functions
- Deployment Data Model
- Day-Zero Configuration
- Placement Rules
- Deploying VNFs in OpenStack
- Deploying VNFs in VMware
- Deployment Notifications
5. Monitoring, Scaling, and Healing Virtual Network Functions
- Cisco ESC Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and Rules Data Model
- Monitoring VNF Health and Healing
- Monitoring VNF Load and Scaling
- Custom Metrics and Actions
- Dynamic Mapping
- VNF Operations
6. Cisco ESC Integration
- Cisco ESC Northbound APIs
- Cisco NSO Integration
- Virtual Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN
- Resource Manager
- VM Management Service
Lab outline
- Installing Cisco ESC on OpenStack
- Managing VNFs on OpenStack with Cisco ESC
- Deployment Scaling
- Custom Metrics and Custom Actions
- Cisco ESC Integration with Cisco NSO