| Module Title: | Network Programmability and Automation |
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| Language of Instruction: | English |
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| Teaching & Learning Strategies: |
Combination of lectures and practical laboratory sessions. Lectures will take the form of traditional theory and tutorials. Laboratory sessions take the form of individual & group work. |
| Module Aim: |
To provide the student with: 1. the skills necessary to automate and program networks. 2. apply software-defined networking principles. 3. Apply DevOps principles to network management |
| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to: |
| LO1 |
Relate how automation impacts network management and compare DevOps techniques to traditional techniques, such as SNMP and CLI |
| LO2 |
Identify characteristics of RESTful based APIs (CRUD, HTTP verbs, data encoding), interpret and manipulate JSON encoded data. |
| LO3 |
Classify and employ DevOps tools for IT automation. |
| LO4 |
Relate Cloud, Virtualisation and Containerisation as the foundation for Software-Defined Networking (SDN) |
| LO5 |
Build Controller-based Software-Defined Networks and compare to traditional networks. |
| Pre-requisite learning |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
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| No recommendations listed |
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. |
| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. |
| Python programming and GNU/Linux system administration |
Module Content & Assessment
| Indicative Content |
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DevOps and network automation
How network automation impacts network management. Syntax, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), Extensible Markup Language (XML), YAML Ain’t Markup Language (YAML), Object representation, Key/Value pairs.
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RESTful APIs
Client/server, Stateless, Cacheable. Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) representation, HTTP methods. Authentication. Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) .
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Configuration Management Tools
Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Python modules such as the Netmiko Library for SSH access, NETCONF.
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Virtualisation and Containerisation
Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS),
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Virtual Machines, Containers, Hypervisor, Virtual Switches, Virtual Network Infrastructure (VNI)
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Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
Data, Control, and Management Planes, SDN Controllers, North-Bound Interface (NBI), South-Bound Interface (SBI), OpenFlow, Mininet, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI).
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Continuous Assessment | 40.00% |
| Project | 20.00% |
| Practical | 40.00% |
| Continuous Assessment |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Multiple Choice Questions |
MCQ 1: The students will be given an MCQ to assess their knowledge of DevOps, RESTful API and JSON. |
1,2,3 |
20.00 |
n/a |
| Multiple Choice Questions |
MCQ 2: The students will be given an MCQ to assess their knowledge of SDN and SDN programmability. |
4,5 |
20.00 |
n/a |
| Project |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Project |
Each learner will receive a Scenario-based problem to solve and describe their solution via presentation and demonstration. |
1,2,3,4,5 |
20.00 |
n/a |
| Practical |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Practical/Skills Evaluation |
Two practical examinations to demonstrate the achievement of the learning outcomes. |
1,2,3,4,5 |
40.00 |
n/a |
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
| Continuous Assessment |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Multiple Choice Questions |
MCQ 1: The students will be given an MCQ to assess their knowledge of DevOps, RESTful API and JSON. |
1,2,3 |
20.00 |
n/a |
| Multiple Choice Questions |
MCQ 2: The students will be given an MCQ to assess their knowledge of SDN and SDN programmability. |
4,5 |
20.00 |
n/a |
| Project |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Project |
Each learner will receive a Scenario-based problem to solve and describe their solution via presentation and demonstration. |
1,2,3,4,5 |
20.00 |
n/a |
| Practical |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Practical/Skills Evaluation |
Two practical examinations to demonstrate the achievement of the learning outcomes. |
1,2,3,4,5 |
40.00 |
n/a |
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
| Lecture |
Every Week |
3.00 |
| Laboratory |
Every Week |
2.00 |
| Independent Learning Time |
Every Week |
5.00 |
| Total Hours |
10.00 |
Module Delivered In
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