Network Automation Essentials (NAE)

Module 1: Accessing the Lab Environment\n\n\n\n- Identify the contents and objectives of the course\n- Define the class schedule and class logistics\n- Identify the related courses\n- Review the lab environment details\nModule 2: Network Automation Overview\n\n\n\n- Describe the features of OpenText Network Automation software (NA)\n- Describe the NA system architecture including Tiered architecture and Driver architecture\n- Identify the concepts and terminology that are associated with NA\n- Describe the NA user interface\n\nModule 3: Device Management\n\n\n\n- Identify the device authentication process\n- Add devices\n- Describe the auto-discovery process\n- Import devices from a .csv file\n- Search for devices\n- Edit, view, and deploy a configuration\n- Compare device configuration versions\n- Perform a bare metal install\n- Provision a device from a device template\n\nModule 4: Device Access Methods, Device Groups, and Tasks\n\n\n\n- Explain device access methods\n- Identify the connection methods in NA\n- Identify the transfer protocols in NA\n- Differentiate between device groups and parent groups\n- Differentiate between Partitions and Realms\n- Configure device groups\n- Identify the major task types available in NA\n- Create, manage, and perform device tasks\n\nModule 5: Change Plans and Tasks\n \n\n\n- Explain Change Plans and the supported features\n- Identify the common operations you can do using Change Plans\n- Edit and configure Change Plans\n- Deploy Change Plans\n\nModule 6: Access Control Lists (ACLs)\n\n\n\n- Explain the Access Control Lists (ACLs)\n- Create, edit, and run ACL scripts\n- Create, edit, and use identity resource pools\n\nModule 7: Deploying Software Images and Using the Command-Line Interface\n\n\n\n- Explain the procedure for upgrade of software images using NA\n- Prepare for updating a software image on a device\n- Upload and manage software images\n- Deploy software images\n- Use the CLI of NA to manage network devices\n- Create advanced scripts from (automatically) recorded user sessions\n\nModule 8: Managing Policies\n\n\n\n- Explain the compliance life cycle\n- Manage configuration policies, including creating and modifying configuration policies\n- Export and import configuration policies\n- Review policy activity\n- Test configurations against policies\n- Review the Policy Subscription Service\n\nModule 9: Managing Reports\n\n\n\n- Identify the different reports available in the NA system\n- Explain the use of the Statistics dashboard\n- Search for reports\n- Create and view various types of reports\n\nModule 10: Task Troubleshooting\n\n\n\n- Identify failed tasks\n- Explain how to read the tasks details\n- Troubleshoot failed tasks\n- Review common device issues\n\nModule 11: Authorizing User Access\n\n\n\n- Plan for users, access, and authorization\n- Differentiate between roles and permissions\n- Create user accounts and user groups\n- Edit user accounts\n- Add users to user groups\n- Create partitions\n- Add users, user groups, devices, and device groups to partitions\n\nModule 12: Workflows\n\n\n\n- Explain the workflow process\n- Create and manage workflows\n\nModule 13: Monitoring Server Health\n \n\n\n- Verify the server status with the built-in NA monitoring tools\n- Explain data pruning tasks\n- Configure and use Event Notification and Response rules\n\nModule 14: Administrative Settings\n\n\n\n- Explain the NA server administrative settings\n- Configure and manage the NA server administrative settings\n\nModule 15: Administrative Troubleshooting\n\n\n\n- Identify NA-related problems\n- Diagnose NA-related problems\n- Isolate NA-related problems\n- Resolve NA-related problems\n- Locate additional references and support materials such as Contacting NA Support, Reporting a problem, Knowledge Base, Class registration, Documentation\n- The OpenText Marketplace

To be successful in this course, you should have the following prerequisites or knowledge:\n\n\n\n- Device management operations principles and practices\n- TCP/IP and industry-standard networking protocols\n- Familiarity with network devices such as routers, gateways, firewalls, switches\n- Systems and network administration\n- Familiarity with Linux command language and shell scripting\n- Basic programming skills with shell scripting and Perl/Python programming

This course is intended for:\n\n\n\n- Network engineers\n- Network operations center (NOC) operators\n- Support staff\n- Operation Managers