• Describe the NSOs transactional application framework and mapping model options
• Describe the Reactive Fastmap design pattern and the NSO Configuration Database (CDB) subscriber in the NSO Transaction model
• Simplify packages to remove the need for subscriber applications, scale orchestration solutions, and integrate NSO with external systems (east-west integration)
• Describe the Cisco ESC architecture and integration with NSO, and how the NSO VNF Orchestration (VNFO) Release 2 bundle interacts with ESC for orchestration

System installers
System integrators
System administrators
Network administrators
Solutions designers

• Basic knowledge of the Cisco Command -Line Interface (CLI)
• Basic knowledge of the CLI of UNIX-like operating systems
• Basic knowledge of YANG data modeling
• Basic knowledge of Java or Python software development

Module 1: Cisco NSO Programmability

• NSO Application Framework
• NSO Python Scripting
• NSO Python and Template-Based Services Resources

Module 2: Augmenting Cisco NSO Service

• Service Lifecycle and Integration Options Overview
• Greenfield Layer 3 MPLS VPN Service
• Brownfield Layer 3 MPLS VPN Service

Module 3: Managed Services

• Managed Services Overview
• Stacked Service Design Overview
• Design-Managed Network Services
• Scaling Service Orchestration

Module 4: Cisco NSO Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Orchestration

• ETSI MANO
• Cisco ESC
• Cisco NSO Orchestration