Network Automation in the Service Provider Cloud (NASPC)

This three-day course is designed to provide students with the knowledge required to work with the Juniper Networks Cloud CPE software-defined networking (SDN) solutions. Students will gain in-depth knowledge of how to use Contrail Service Orchestrator (CSO), Contrail Cloud, and NFX Series devices to instantiate centralized, distributed, and SD-WAN deployments of Juniper Networks Cloud CPE solution. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience with features of each of these devices.


Intended Audience

This course benefits individuals responsible for working with software-defined networking solutions in service provider environments.


Prerequisites

The prerequisites for this course are as follows:

  • Basic TCP/IP skills;
  • General understanding of data center virtualization;
  • Basic understanding of the Junos operating system;
  • Attendance of the Network Automation using Contrail Cloud (NACC) course prior to attending this class; and
  • Basic knowledge of object-oriented programming and Python scripting is recommended.


Objectives

After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Describe the benefits of the NFX Series product.
  • Describe the hardware and software architecture of the NFX Series product.
  • Describe the default management networks of the NFX Network Services Platform.
  • Manually configure VNF service chaining on the NFX using both virtio and SR-IOV interfaces.
  • Describe the basic features of the CSO portals.
  • Navigate the Administrator Portal.
  • Navigate the Customer Portal.
  • Describe how to add a new tenant to CSO.
  • Describe how to verify the status of CSO.
  • Navigate the Designer Tools user interface.
  • Create a network service design using Network Service Designer.
  • Describe the various distributed Cloud CPE deployment models.
  • Describe the internal NFX topology created by stage 1 and 2 configuration.
  • Describe the workflow for the distributed deployment model.
  • Describe how to bypass the redirect server.
  • Describe the additional workflow steps for options 1 and 4.
  • Describe the Contrail SD-WAN deployment model.
  • Describe the internal NFX topology created by the SD-WAN stage 1 and 2 configuration.
  • Describe the workflow for the SD-WAN deployment model.
  • Describe how to implement intent based policies.
  • Instantiate an SD-WAN topology using CSO, NFX, and vSRX Series devices.
  • Describe how to monitor all aspects of the Cloud CPE operations using CSO.
  • Describe the overall topology of the centralized Cloud CPE (vCPE) model.
  • Describe the workflow for the centralized Cloud CPE deployment model.
  • Implement a centralized deployment using a combination of CSO and Contrail Cloud.


Course Contents

Chapter 1: Course Introduction


Chapter 2: Evolution of the Telco Cloud

  • SDN/NFV Overview
  • Today’s Telco Data Center
  • Juniper’s Cloud CPE Solution Overview


Chapter 3: NFX Network Services Platform

  • NFX Overview
  • Hardware and Software Architecture
  • VNF Data Plane
  • Internal Management Networks
  • Initial Configuration and Management
  • Service Chaining Examples
  • Useful Commands
  • Lab 1: NFX Network Services Platform


Chapter 4: Network Service Designer

  • Getting Started with Designer Tools
  • Network Service Designer
  • Lab 2: Network Service Designer


Chapter 5: CSO User Interfaces

  • Basic Navigation
  • Administrator Portal Walkthrough
  • Customer Portal Walkthrough
  • Adding a Tenant
  • Other User Interfaces
  • Verifying the State of CSO
  • Lab 3: Accessing the CSO User Interfaces


Chapter 6: Distributed Cloud CPE

  • Distributed Cloud CPE Deployment Models
  • Internal NFX Topology
  • Distributed Deployment Workflow
  • Bypassing Redirect Server
  • Deployment Options 1 and 4
  • Lab 4: Distributed Cloud CPE Deployment


Chapter 7: Contrail SD-WAN

  • Contrail SD-WAN Deployment Model
  • Internal NFX Topology
  • SD-WAN Deployment Workflow
  • Intent-Based Policies
  • Lab 5: Contrail SD-WAN Deployment


Chapter 8: Centralized Cloud CPE

  • Centralized Cloud CPE Overview
  • Centralized Cloud CPE Deployment Example
  • Lab 6: Centralized Cloud CPE