SPAUI

Please note: The 300-535 exam will only be available until February 2, 2026.

The course prepares you to implement and support automation solutions in service provider network infrastructure using network programmability principles, protocols, tools and mechanisms. Through a combination of lessons and hands-on labs, you will learn to deploy, configure, monitor and operate service provider network environments using modern data models. These models allow you to visualize operational data and new network management protocols to manage hundreds or thousands of devices in a single operation, replacing the traditional, time-consuming, error-prone, device-by-device command line. The course also introduces powerful automation solutions that can streamline network operations.

This training covers Yet Another Next Generation (YANG) data models and validation tools, Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol RESTCONF and Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) management protocols, model-driven telemetry with Google Remote Procedure Call (gRPC) and Google Network Management Interface (gNMI), traffic automation with XR Transport Control (XTC), Secure Shell (SSH)-based automation tools such as NetMiko and Ansible, orchestration through Network Services Orchestration (NSO), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) lifecycle management with Elastic Services Controller (ESC), and network operations automation with WAN Automation Engine (WAE).

Course Contents

• Implementing Network Device Programmability Interfaces with NETCONF and RESTCONF
• Implementing Model-Driven Programmability with YANG
• Implementing Model-Driven Telemetry
• Automating Service Provider Network Traffic with Cisco XTC
• Automating Networks with Tools That Utilize SSH
• Orchestrating Network Services with Cisco NSO
• Automating Virtualized Resources with Cisco Elastic Services Controller
• Automating the WAN with Cisco WAE
• Explore NETCONF Protocol in Cisco Devices
• Configure Cisco IOS XE Devices with RESTCONF
• Explore Cisco and OpenConfig YANG Data Models with YANG Tools
• Use ncclient and Python to Configure Cisco Devices
• Use YANG Development Kit (YDK) to Configure Cisco Devices
• Configure Model-Driven Telemetry with gRPC
• Configure Model-Driven Telemetry with gNMI
• Configure Path Disjointness with Cisco XTC
• Use Python Netmiko Library to Configure Cisco Devices
• Use Ansible to Configure Cisco Devices
• Use Cisco NSO Device Manager
• Create a Loopback Service Template
• Use Cisco NSO REST API with Postman
• Explore and Use Cisco WAE Features

You will receive the original course documentation from Cisco in English language as a Cisco E-Book. In the Cisco Digital Learning Version, the content of the courseware is integrated into the learning interface instead.

Target Group

• SP network administrators
• Network technicians
• Network supervisor
• Network managers
• NOC personnel

Knowledge Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this training. However, it is recommended that you have the following knowledge and skills before participating in this training:

• CCNP equivalent knowledge of routing and switching (R and S)
  Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS XE) and Cisco IOS XR work experience
• SP Operations experience with routing, multi-protocol label switching (MPLS), and virtual private network (VPN) solutions
• Network programmability basics (network programming foundations, APIs and protocols, network model-driven APIs and protocols, configuration management with Ansible, service provider network automation workflows)

You can learn these skills in the following Cisco courses:

• Introducing Automation for Cisco Solutions (CSAU)
• Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR)
• Implementing Cisco Service Provider Advanced Routing Solutions (SPRI)
• Implementing Cisco Service Provider VPN Services (SPVI)

The course Introducing Automation for Cisco Solutions (CSAU) provides the basic knowledge required to successfully complete the training and should be attended in advance.

Complementary and Continuative Courses

SPCOR – Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies
SPRI – Implementing Cisco Service Provider Advanced Routing Solutions
SPVI – Implementing Cisco Service Provider VPN Services
DEVASC – Developing Applications and Automating Workflows using Cisco Platforms
DEVOPS – Implementing DevOps Solutions and Practices using Cisco Platforms
DCAUI – Implementing Automation for Cisco Data Center Solutions
SAUI – Implementing Automation for Cisco Security Solutions

Course Objective

This training prepares you for the Automating and Programming Cisco® Service Provider Solutions (SPAUTO) exam. Upon passing, you will receive the Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist - Service Provider Automation and Programmability certification and meet the concentration exam requirements for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Service Provider and Cisco Certified DevNet Professional certifications.

You are interested in a certification? The course at hand is part of the following certification(s):

Certification as CCNP Service Provider Certification

Certification as DevNet Professional Certification

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Hybrid training

Hybrid training means that online participants can additionally attend a classroom course. The dynamics of a real seminar are maintained, and the online participants are able to benefit from that. Online participants of a hybrid course use a collaboration platform, such as WebEx Training Center or Saba Meeting. To do this, a PC with browser and Internet access is required, as well as a headset and ideally a Web cam. In the seminar room, we use specially developed and customized audio- and video-technologies. This makes sure that the communication between all persons involved works in a convenient and fault-free way.

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Cisco Digital Learning

This course is available in the Cisco Digital Learning Library. These recently developed, multi-modal training events include HD videos moderated by lecturers with stored searchable text and subtitles, as well as a exercises, labs, and explanatory text and graphics. We provide this offer to you via our myExperTeach learning portal. Effective of the activation of the account, access to the courses will be granted for a duration of 6 months. In the case of packet solutions (Cisco Digital Learning Subscriptions), this time period will amount to 12 months.

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