SPAUTO

Automating Cisco Service Provider Solutions (Exam 300-535 SPAUTO)

The Automating and Programming Cisco Service Provider Solutions v1.0 (SPAUTO 300-535) exam is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Service Provider, Cisco Certified DevNet Professional, and Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist - Service Provider Automation and Programmability certifications. This exam tests a candidate's knowledge of implementing service provider automated solutions, including programming concepts, orchestration, programming OS, and automation tools.

Course Outline:

• Utilize common version control operations with git (add, clone, push, commit, diff, branching, and 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 or IOS XR platforms
• Describe the characteristics and use of YANG Data Models (OpenConfig, IETF, and Vendor
• Describe common HTTP authentication mechanisms (basic, token, and oauth)
• Compare common data types (JSON, XML, YAML, plain text, gRPC, and protobuf)
• Identify the JSON instance based on a YANG model
• Identify the XML instance based on a YANG model
• Interpret a YANG module tree generated by pyang
• Implement configuration and operation management using RESTCONF protocol
• Implement configuration and operation management using NETCONF protocol
• Compare the NETCONF datastores
• Deploy device configuration and validate operational state using ncclient
• Construct a Python script using NETCONF with YDK
• Deploy device configuration and validate operational state using NetMiko
• Deploy device configuration and validate operational state using Ansible playbooks
• Compare gNMI with NETCONF
• Construct a Python script using RESTCONF with JSON
• Construct Xpath notation for a given node or instance of a node
• Diagnose model-driven dial-in/-out telemetry streams with gRPC for a Cisco IOS XR
• Describe ETSI NFV
• Describe NSO architecture
• Identify the benefits of NSO
• Construct a Python script to configure a device using NSO RESTCONF API
• Describe the management and automation of Cisco ESC components
• Implement XR traffic controller (including topology information transfer to XTC)
• Identify the uses of Cisco WAE
• Construct a service template using NSO
• Deploy a service package using NSO