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Expand your automation
journey with new Cisco

NSO usecases and features
Roque Gagliano – Automation Technical Specialist

Marcus Hjortsberg - Automation Sales Specialists
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Agenda
• NSO and how it makes people happy

• New NSO features since Cisco Live EMEAR 2019
• Cisco NSO Core Function Packs
• Helping customers to deliver on automation
• NSO use cases discussion
• Conclusions
NSO and how it makes
people happy
What do your stakeholders think?
Infra I need to increase responsiveness

Operations and still lower opex
Service I am on the front line for customer

Automation experience
Service I need to out-innovate the

Developer competition
Business I don’t care about the tech, show

Owner me how you can drive growth
What do you need your tools to do?
Task Automation Domain Automation Business Automation

• Single box, simple task • Multi-box, Multi-vendor, single • Automate full business processes
• Ex: Port Turnup domain • Scope: Tech and LoB teams
• Scope: Single team • Ex: L3VPN provisioning • Ex: Auto-scaling services
• Trigger: Manual • Scope: Single team • Trigger: Business process
• Metric: Successful Completion • Trigger: Domain-specific tooling toolchain
• Metric: Efficiency • Metric: Flexibility
Time >
Device Automation
• Single box, complex task Cross-Domain Automation
• Ex: ZTP • Ex: Multi-Layer IP+Optical
• Scope: Single team • Scope: Multiple concurrent teams
• Trigger: Manual • Trigger: Workflow tool chain
• Metric: Completion • Metric: Speed
Cisco NSO is a bridge
Between people that build

services and ones that
operate infrastructure
Across different domains and
vendors
Over both physical and virtual
infrastructure
NSO Architecture
Model-driven, end-to-end
service lifecycle and
customer experience focused
Seamless integration
with northbound tooling
Loosely-coupled and modular
architecture leveraging open
APIs and standard protocols
Orchestration across multi-
domain and multi-layer for
network-wide, centralized
policy and services
Industry’s broadest multivendor support
Over 170 NEDs and growing – custom NEDs available
Rich software interfaces = easier integration
> CLI
RESTCONF
170+
3rd-party
devices
NETCONF
Web UI
New NSO features since
Cisco Live EMEAR 2019
The Age
of
NSO
version 5
has
began
What’s New With NSO 5
Virtually unlimited horizontal ETSI SOL003 Support in NFVO

scaling
Scale Open Swagger/OpenAPI
Concurrent heterogenous NED Builder tool
environments
500,000 physical and Secure Call-Home

virtual devices under
management Service Tracking
In production in all top 10 Proven Trusted Audit Trails

service providers Continued platform hardening
Multiple Version Runtime Namespaces Perf. &
Usability
• Allow NSO to runtime-load the same YANG module (as defined by it’s namespace)
many times over
• This will vastly improve NSOs usefulness in certain scenarios:
• Runtime analysis of version change impact across versions. I.e. what-if analysis on service code based on
NED upgrades
• Migration tooling for minimal impact-NEDs
Robust support for emerging NETCONF/YANG platforms
NED Builder
Configure connectivity Initiate NED Formally unknown device

1 and log into new device 2 Builder Script 4 now fully manageable in
NSO
Unknown
NETCONF
Device
3a 3b
Script pulls models from …and generates a new
device… NED
Web UI Updates New
Features
• Plan component integrated into

service manager
• Incremental overhaul of type
representations
Overview of the running administrative status
NSO and Ansible play great together
• NSO modules are now core

certified modules in Ansible
• Cisco Live 2019 “Batteries and
Pipeline Included with Cisco NSO
and Ansible” is available
• Listen to the joint Cisco – Red Hat
podcast on how the two play
together
More integrations coming: Terraform, ServiceNow, etc. etc.
Last, several important removals to be aware of
• NSO version 4.X EoL announced

• Java version minimal increased to
1.8+
• Python 2 not longer supported,
you need to migrate to Python 3
• At one point, we want to remove
the old REST API, please move to
RESTCONF
We have great things in our radar
NSO Enhancement Radar

Operational Performance insights Developer Tooling
Enhancements • Profiling tools: Where is the time • Nano service tooling
spent in NSO
• No downtime rolling upgrades • Template studio
Package upgrade performance
• Scaling and sizing guidance • Xpath tooling
• NSO restart/upgrade
performance • LSA cluster performance • Package creation tooling
visibility enhancements
• Improved operational tooling
(nct++)
Cisco NSO Core
Function Packs
Two types of function packs from Cisco
Different support model and innovation speed
Cisco Core Function Packs Cisco CX Automation Packs

• Ready-made applications from Cisco • Delivered by Cisco CX organization
• Not meant to be modified in field • Can be modified in the field by Cisco CX
• Priced via well-known licensing model • Typically multi-vendor, focused in usecases
• TAC supported • Cisco CX supported
• Aligned with a Cisco-validated solution • Incubation for future Cisco Core Function
Packs
Cisco Core Function Packs
Taking you a long way in your automation journey
NFV virtualization for Cisco and 3rd party VNFs on top of
NFVO
OpenStack or VmWare. It includes VNF lifecycle.
NFV virtualization for Cisco and 3rd party VNFs on top of Cisco
vBranch
ENCS universal CPEs. It includes VNF lifecycle.
Orchestration of Cisco Viptela SD-WAN solution, including

SD-WAN
Vmanage/vBond/vSmart/vEdge instantiation and lifecycle
Secure Agile “DMZ in a box” security solution that includes Cisco CSP for
Exchange (SAE) simple enterprise datacenter service chaining
Transport SDN automation for Cisco IOS-XR and extensible for

Transport SDN
3rd party devices. Part of our Transport SDN Solution
Cisco ACI and Cisco IOS XR integration for Datacenter and

5G Datacenter
WAN integration
Cisco CX Automation Service Packs - NSO
Jumpstart the Network Automation – Prebuilt Use Cases
Zero Touch
OS Upgrade Port Turnup Compliance
Provisioning (ZTP)
Metro Ethernet Service Discovery

Migration Traffic Drain
Services Framework
5G Virtual Packet Distributed Access COMPASS

ACL Management
Core (VPC) Architecture (Cable) Architecture (SP)
Personas
Network Engineering Network Operations Security Operations IT / DevOps
Helping customers
to deliver on
automation
Automation is a Journey
Autonomous
System
Autonomous
Automated Orchestrated
Multidomain Assurance
Multivendor
Automation Intent based Network
IDC: Initial SPN Closed Loop
Semi- Automation
Automation
Automated 70% of SPs Self Managed/ Driving
Hand
Crafted
Event Driven Automation
Manual Modelling, Telemetry
Provisioning Optimization & Analytics & Correlations
Manual
Physical/ Virtual Validation
CLI Scripting Agile Methodologies & Maturity
Best Effort
Journey Stage Foundation Acceleration Transformation
Up to 10% productivity gain * >10%-30% * >30% *
* Source: Mindtree’s Automation Maturity Model 2017
Avoid the Valley of Despair!
*
Technology Peak of inflated

Trough of disillusionment Slope of enlightenment New level of productivity
Trigger expectations
E.g., NADM = Network Automation Delivery Model:

https://developer.cisco.com/docs/network-automation-delivery-model/
Automation journey supporting programs
Continuous Network Advisory Automation and

Development and Automation Services Orchestration
Automation Delivery Model training
Framework
SP Digital dCloud AO labs DevNet, Standardized

Transformation and demo’s developers deployment
industry insights community packages to
and benchmark accelerate
outcome
Value curve
Getting started Build automation practice
Define Demonstrate Deploy Expand Operationalize Run
First use case automated

Expected value curve
Start small, and incrementally learn, deliver value and grow
Automation is much more than technology…
Roles Vision, mission and culture statement Objectives, strategy and plan
Key Performance Indicators Development process Build an organization
Deployment &
Stakeholder management Use case definition
Operations
Continuous integration & Continuous delivery Testing Demo
NSO usecases
discussion
Automation aligned with business objectives
What are the automation goals? What is the automation journey?
Revenue
Efficient Operations at Scale Improved

$
💲 Protect and Grow Revenue Margins
Improve Service Quality

Cost
Reduce Risk and Opportunity Cost time
Actionable Insight, Optimization

Business Transformation
Simplicity, Velocity and Agility
Technology Evolution
People & Process Changes
Defining a use case
1 The budget driver
Can apply across different

An automation use case devices and software
is a set of technical 2 platforms, and reflects
actions that map to a customer business
processes
business outcome
Critical for business case
qualification, healthy project
3 execution and faster return on
investment
• Have a well-defined process for
use case definition
Use case best • Fill out RACI matrix for use case
practices •
generation
Coordinate the use case with all
stakeholders
• Use a common format for all use
cases
✓ Acceptance criteria well defined
and understood
Use case checklist ✓ The use case fits into current

strategy
✓ Business value of the use case is
well understood
✓ Use case can be demonstrated
effectively
Use-case Expansion Opportunities
• Network Operations
Increasing coverage
• Service Operations
Use-case expansion
• Collection and data

analytics integration
Use-case #2 • “SDN” use-cases in

Network #1 transport, DC etc.
Use-case #1 • Virtualization, NFV-MANO

Network #1
• End-to-End / Cross
Domain Orchestration
Network expansion
Making the business case
Cost of
Value of Cost Of Automation
Automation Automation
How much does it

How much is it
cost me to own this
saving me and
on a recurring
where?
basis?
Let use cases frame the automation journey
Align automation with business strategy and priorities
Manage expectations and secure buy-in from all stakeholders
Framework for automation roadmap and evolution
Increase scope and complexity as you grow your automation

practice and capability
Work with partners and Cisco to explore new and potential use cases
Successfully delivered NSO usecases
Just a summary of what can we do with Cisco NSO
Data Center Security Campus

• Multi-vendor DC Fabric automation • Multi-vendor Rule management • Multi-technology Layers1/2/3
• PaaS Network Automation • Anti-Spoofing automation • Remote worker automation
• Zero Touch Provisioning • DMZ: Secure Agile Exchange • Wireless
• NSO + ACI • SDN-WAN automation
Transport Access NFV

• Layers 2/3 VPN automation • FTTH: OLT, DSLAM automation • Virtual functions instantiation
• Mobile Core automation • Subscriber automation, including • Service chaining, across DC,
• IP + Optical automation Radius Transport and network functions
• Transport SDN • BNG, CMTS automation: IP pools • Management of Containers
Successfully delivered NSO usecases
Just a summary of what can we do with Cisco NSO
Network Operations Service Operations
Network Operations to Automate Service Operations to Automate
Maintenance Window (MOP) Change Request from Customers
ACL Management Add New Customer
Device Migration Service Disconnect
Config audit/validation Incident Resolution
Network refresh/regional roll-outs Introduction of New Service or Capability
Device Provisioning Service Migration
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Conclusions and
take-aways
Conclusions and take-aways
• Cisco NSO is a multi-vendor, multi-domain network orchestrator

• Cisco NSO version 5 is a leap-step forward for the platform, that will enable massive
scale and easier to develop and operate
• Cisco has several of assets to help you in your automation journey
• Defining a use case and aligning it to business objects is key
• We have seen successful deployments of NSO automation in Datacenter, Security,
Campus, Transport/Core, Access and NFV
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Expand your automation

journey with new Cisco

Roque Gagliano – Automation Technical Specialist

• NSO and how it makes people happy

Infra I need to increase responsiveness

Service I am on the front line for customer

Service I need to out-innovate the

Business I don’t care about the tech, show

Task Automation Domain Automation Business Automation

Between people that build

Over 170 NEDs and growing – custom NEDs available

Virtually unlimited horizontal ETSI SOL003 Support in NFVO

500,000 physical and Secure Call-Home

In production in all top 10 Proven Trusted Audit Trails

• Migration tooling for minimal impact-NEDs

Robust support for emerging NETCONF/YANG platforms

Configure connectivity Initiate NED Formally unknown device

• Plan component integrated into

Overview of the running administrative status

• NSO modules are now core

More integrations coming: Terraform, ServiceNow, etc. etc.

• NSO version 4.X EoL announced

NSO Enhancement Radar

Cisco Core Function Packs Cisco CX Automation Packs

Orchestration of Cisco Viptela SD-WAN solution, including

Transport SDN automation for Cisco IOS-XR and extensible for

Cisco ACI and Cisco IOS XR integration for Datacenter and

Metro Ethernet Service Discovery

5G Virtual Packet Distributed Access COMPASS

Technology Peak of inflated

E.g., NADM = Network Automation Delivery Model:

Continuous Network Advisory Automation and

SP Digital dCloud AO labs DevNet, Standardized

Getting started Build automation practice

Define Demonstrate Deploy Expand Operationalize Run

First use case automated

Start small, and incrementally learn, deliver value and grow

Key Performance Indicators Development process Build an organization

Continuous integration & Continuous delivery Testing Demo

What are the automation goals? What is the automation journey?

Efficient Operations at Scale Improved

Improve Service Quality

Actionable Insight, Optimization

People & Process Changes

1 The budget driver

Can apply across different

Use case checklist ✓ The use case fits into current

• Collection and data

Use-case #2 • “SDN” use-cases in

Use-case #1 • Virtualization, NFV-MANO

How much does it

Align automation with business strategy and priorities

Manage expectations and secure buy-in from all stakeholders

Framework for automation roadmap and evolution

Increase scope and complexity as you grow your automation

Data Center Security Campus

Transport Access NFV

Maintenance Window (MOP) Change Request from Customers

ACL Management Add New Customer

Device Migration Service Disconnect

Config audit/validation Incident Resolution

Network refresh/regional roll-outs Introduction of New Service or Capability

Device Provisioning Service Migration