Duration
4 days
Overview
The Network Automation 10.x Essentials training class is designed for network engineers and administrators. This course teaches the skills needed to successfully implement the product to manage small, medium, or large networked enterprises. Participants get the opportunity to master the skills required to develop advanced scripts to implement complex configuration changes. The course covers how to create and enforce policies which enforce security best practices. The course also covers how to integrate external applications using the NA API and how to develop customer device drivers.
The hands-on lab exercises in this course use Network Automation software version 10.0.
Audience / Job Roles
- Network engineers or administrators who are responsible for maintaining the configurations and policy compliance of a network infrastructure
- Consultants who want to implement and add value to customers’ NA installations
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the basic components and functions of NA
- Add and delete devices
- Create groups for device management
- Run tasks against devices and groups
- Create, edit, and use templates and command scripts
- Create and use policies for compliance
- Create and use reports
- Plan for an NA installation
- Use NA to upgrade device operating systems
- Create and use workflow for change control
- Describe the NA API and what it can do
- Describe the NA Network Driver Studio (NDS)
Prerequisites / Recommended Skills
To be successful in this course, you should have the following prerequisites or knowledge.
- Familiarity with networking terms and concepts
- Familiarity with web browsers and telnet or SSH connection methods
- Familiarity with different flavors of operating system environments
Learning Path
For Operators: NA01IT –Network Automation Interactive Training by ART
For Administrators: NA120 –Network Automation 10.x Essentials
Certification
- Exam ID: HP0-M40 - HP Network Automation 9.x Software
Outline
Modules
Module 1: Course
Introductions
Describe the functions and features of HP ICE
Module 2: Network
Describe the features of NA
Automation Overview
Describe the NA system architecture:
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Tiered architecture
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Driver architecture
Identify the concepts and terminology associated with NA
Describe the NA user interface
Module 3: Device
Identify the device authentication process
Management
Add devices
Describe the auto-discovery process
Import devices from a .csv file
Search for devices
Edit, view, and deploy a configuration
Compare device configuration versions
Perform a bare-metal install
Provision a device from a device template
Module 4: Device Access
Explain device access methods
Methods and Device Groups
Identify the connection methods in NA
Identify the transfer protocols in NA
Differentiate between device groups and parent groups
Differentiate between partitions and realms
Configure device groups
Identify the major task types available in NA
Create, manage, and perform device tasks
Module 5: Scripting and ACLs
Explain the difference between simple and advanced scripts
Create and use templates
Create, edit, view, and execute scripts
Explain the concept of diagnostic scripts
Explain the Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Create, edit, and run ACL scripts
Module 6: Deploying Software
Upload and manage software images
Images and Using the
Deploy software images
Command-Line Interface
Use the CLI of NA to manage network devices
Create advanced scripts from (automatically) recorded user sessions
Module 7: Managing Policies
Explain the compliance life cycle
Manage configuration policies, including:
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Creating configuration policies
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Editing configuration policies
Export and import configuration policies
Review policy activity
Test configurations against policies
Module 8: Managing Reports
Identify the different reports available in the NA system
Explain the use of the Statistics Dashboard
Search for reports
Create and view the following reports:
Summary reports
User & System reports
Device Status report
Compliance Center report
Device Software report
Software Vulnerability report
Diagramming
Best Practices
Module 9: Task
Find failed tasks
Troubleshooting
Read the task details
Troubleshoot failed tasks
Review common device issues
Module 10: Installation and
Identify the implementation requirements for installing the NA system,
Planning
including the requirements for the:
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Software
o
Database
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Hardware
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Network
Explain the NA implementation best practices
Module 11: Authorizing User
Plan for users, access, and authorization
Access
Differentiate between roles and permissions
Create user accounts and user groups
Edit user accounts
Add users to user groups
Create partitions
Add users, user groups, devices, and device groups to partitions
Module 12: Workflows
Explain the workflow process
Create, edit, and run workflows
Module 13: Monitoring Server
Check the server status with the built-in NA monitoring tools
Health
Explain data pruning tasks
Configure and use Event Notification and Response Rules
Module 14: Administrative
Explain the NA server administrative settings
Settings
Properly configure and manage the NA server administrative settings
Module 15: Administrative
Identify NA-related problems
Troubleshooting
Diagnose NA-related problems
Isolate NA-related problems
Resolve NA-related problems
Locate additional references and support materials:
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Contacting NA Support:
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Reporting a problem
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Knowledge Base
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Class registration
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Documentation
o The HP Live Network
Module 16: NA APIs
Explain NA API architecture
Describe the structure of APIs
Create simple Java/Perl code based on the NA API
Use Web Services API (WSAPI) with NA
Module 17: Network Driver
Studio
Describe the contents of a device driver
Install Network Driver Studio (NDS)
Create an NDS project in Eclipse
Use NDS to create a device driver
Install your device driver on your NA server
Perform a driver discovery and snapshot with your device driver
Execute a command script with your device driver
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.