System installers
System integrators
System administrators
Network administrators
Solutions designers

After taking this course, you should be able to:

Describe the Cisco ESC architecture and the VNF lifecycle
Explain how to install and maintain Cisco ESC in an OpenStack or VMware environment
Explain how to manage VM resources in Cisco ESC
Explain how to deploy and configure new VNFs
Explain how to monitor, scale, and heal VNFs
Describe Cisco ESC integration with Cisco NSO and how to create a VNF solution

Before you take this course, we recommend that you have the knowledge and skills that can be obtained by attending the Cisco Network Services Orchestrator Foundation (NSO201) class, which includes:


Basic knowledge of the command line of UNIX-like operating systems
Basic knowledge of Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)
Basic knowledge of OpenStack
Basic knowledge of Yet Another Next Generation (YANG) data modelling
Basic knowledge of Python or Java software development

Outline
Cisco ESC Architecture
 Cisco ESC Architecture in the European Telecommunications Standards  Institute (ETSI) Management and Orchestration (MANO) Framework
 VNF Lifecycle in Cisco ESC
Cisco ESC Installation and Upgrade
 Cisco ESC Installation on OpenStack
 Cisco ESC Upgrade on OpenStack
 Cisco ESC High Availability on OpenStack
 Cisco ESC Installation on VMware and Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
 Cisco ESC Post-Installation Tasks
Managing VM Resources in Cisco ESC
 VM Resource Management Overview
 Managing Tenants
 Managing Networks and Subnets
 Managing Images and Flavors
Deploying and Configuring Virtual Network Functions
 Deployment Data Model
 Day-Zero Configuration
 Placement Rules
 Deploying VNFs in OpenStack
 Deploying VNFs in VMware
 Deployment Notifications
Monitoring, Scaling, and Healing Virtual Network Functions
 Cisco ESC Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and Rules Data Model
 Monitoring VNF Health and Healing
 Monitoring VNF Load and Scaling
 Custom Metrics and Actions
 Dynamic Mapping
 VNF Operations
Cisco ESC Integration
 Cisco ESC Northbound APIs
 Cisco NSO Integration
 Virtual Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN
 Resource Manager
 VM Management Service

Lab outline
Installing Cisco ESC on OpenStack
Managing VNFs on OpenStack with Cisco ESC
Deployment Scaling
Custom Metrics and Custom Actions
Cisco ESC Integration with Cisco NSO