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#CiscoChat LIVE: DevNet Network Automation Exchange
Happy New (Fiscal) Year, Cisco! We are kicking-off Fiscal Year 2020 with a special #TeamDevNet #CiscoChat LIVE! featuring: Bill Hentschell (@BHentschell) John McDonough (@johnamcdonough) Patrick Rockholz (@patrickrockholz) …and moderated by yours truly (@silviakspiva). The #CiscoChat LIVE! will be o…
Network Automation Using Unified API – Napalm
Before I joined the awesome Cisco DevNet team, I worked for Cisco on two of their biggest cloud platforms as a network engineer. My old team and I designed and built one of biggest Cisco Data Center footprints AND we did it all manually. Yes, no automation! We mostly used notepad files as templates,…
CI/CD Demo: Setting Your Local Environment – NetDevOps Series, Part 8
This is part 2 of the CI/CD Demo, on how to run your own demo using CI/CD pipelines for network configuration management. Julio’s previous posts in the NetDevOps Series are available here. To experience and demonstrate the full NetDevOps configuration pipeline, you may want to setup a local d…
Get Ready for DevNet Certifications and Validate Your Software Skills
In the past nine years I’ve worked at Cisco, I’ve seen some of the most significant expansions and updates to the Cisco Certification program – from the reorganization of the CCVP, CCIP, and CCSP certifications into the larger CCNP program; to the continued evolution of CCNA; to the further refineme…
Enterprise Streaming Telemetry and You: Getting Started with Model Driven Telemetry
Why Streaming Telemetry? Cisco IOS XE is the Network Operating System for the Enterprise. It runs on switches like the Catalyst 9000, routers like the ASR 1000, CSR1000v, and ISR 1000 and 4000’s, Catalyst 9800 Wireless LAN controllers, as well as a few other devices in IoT and Cable product li…
Cisco Stealthwatch Launches on DevNet
Find documentation, code examples, and a strong community of fellow API developers eager to help When it comes to working with a new API or technology, the learning experience provided by the vendor can have a significant impact on the success of their customers. Having worked with dozens of differe…
CI/CD Demo: Intro and Server Setup – NetDevOps Series, Part 7
Previous posts in the NetDevOps Series are available here. This is part 1 of 3, on how to run your own demo using CI/CD pipelines for network configuration management. Now that you know about some of the most important building blocks for programmability, it is time to see them working together and…
Two Types of Passes for Cisco Live Cancun (And How to Choose)
In my previous blog, I talked about the many great reasons why you should attend Cisco Live Cancun 2019. So, have you decided to attend Cisco Live Cancun 2019, but you do not know what type of pass to choose? We know that choosing is not always easy, especially when all options are good! However, we…
pyATS & Genie – Beneath the Surface
In the previous article: “Network Engineers Transform!,” you learned that pyATS | Genie comes with ready-to-use libraries, allowing everyone to exercise the power of these libraries, and perform powerful state difference verifications using its native shell CLI. Today, we’ll take you behind the scen…
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