Creating Templates in Cisco Managed Services Accelerator (SPMSXT) v3.5 is a multi-tenant, multi-service, cloud-native, service creation and delivery platform that helps service providers quickly, easily, and cost-effectively develop and deliver managed services to business customers.
Using MSX, service providers can create entirely new services from scratch or leverage pre-built service packs from Cisco. Whether deployed on site or as a cloud-based SaaS, MSX can be up and running with minimal integration costs and time, offering an unlimited range of managed services based on both virtual or physical network functions from both Cisco and third-parties.
This 1-day course is targeted for network designers, administrators and technical personnel involved in the creation, edition, importing and deployment of templates for SD-Branch and Managed Device services as part of the MSX administrative tasks.
Prerequisites:
The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:
- Familiarity with Service Providers Operations environments
- Familiarity with Managed Services environments
- MSX-1 course attendance or equivalent knowledge level
- Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) and CLI fundamental knowledge
- Ability to create and edit XML files
Course Objectives:
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Understand MSX templates concepts, types and benefits
- Create or edit existing MSX templates
- Import existing templates into MSX
- Deploy and verify templates
Module 1: Introduction to NSO
- Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) Overview
- NSO and MSX relationship
- NSO and MSX Service Packs
- Multi-NSO Orchestrator Support in MSX
- NSO as the Plug-and-Play Server (PnP)
- MSX/NSO Templates
- Templates Development Environment (TDE)
- Cisco MSX Service Extensions
Module 2: SD-Branch Templates
- SD-Branch templates overview
- SD-Branch Workflow
- Creating a SD-Branch Template
- Editing a SD-Branch Template
- Importing a SD-Branch Template
- Deploying a SD-Branch Template
- Verifying results of SD-Branch Template deployment
Module 3: Managed Device Templates
- Managed Device templates overview
- Managed Device Workflow
- Creating Managed Device Template
- Editing a Managed Device Template
- Importing a Managed Device Template
- Deploying a Managed Device Template
- Verifying results of Managed Device Template deployment
Lab Outline:
Labs are designed to assure learners a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities:
- Working with SD-Branch Templates
- Create a new SD-Branch service in NSO
- Use TDE to create the SD-Branch Template
- Import SD-Branch Template into MSX
- Deploy the SD-Branch Template
- Verify the template results
- Working with Managed Device Templates
- Create a new Managed Device XML in NSO
- Edit Managed Device XML
- Import Managed Device Template into MSX
- Deploy Managed Device Template
- Verify the template results
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Service designers, network administrators, system engineers, NOC personnel and technical support personnel involved in Managed Services creation, deployment and support using MSX Templates.