S6|E16 How Cisco DevNet Helps Automate Your Data Center

Getting into NetDevOps? Learn how Cisco UCS and DevNet help you automate your data center. Find out what parts of your data center can be automated and what really makes a developer these days. Also, what tools are available from DevNet to help you get into automation? All that and more! Cisco Champions: Jose Bogarin (http://twitter.com/josebogarin), Cisco Champion member, Chief Innovation Officer, Altus Consulting. Joseph Houghes (http://twitter.com/jhoughes) Cisco Champion member, Solutions Architect, Veeam. Cisco Guest: John McDonough (http://twitter.com/johnamcdonough), Technical Leader & Developer Advocate, Cisco DevNet. Discussion Topics: - Cisco’s UCS API - What parts of the Data Center can be automated - What makes a “Developer” these days - Cisco Intersight UCS management in the cloud - How Joe and Jose got started with their automation journeys - The PowerShell library in Cisco UCS - DevNet has both learning labs and sandboxes you can use for learning and testing - APIs vs SDKs - Working with Ansible engineering - DevNet certifications - NetDevOps Live with Hank Preston (https://developer.cisco.com/netdevops/live/) Check out: http://cs.co/ucs20s6e16 Also Mentioned in the recording: • John’s blog post: If you can do it in UCS Manager GUI, you can do it in UCS Manager API! (https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/if-you-can-do-it-in-ucs-manager-gui-you-can-do-it-in-ucs-manager-api) • Alexa Video: Managing Cisco UCS with Amazon Alexa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpRFo7yEJwY)