Cisco Network Service Orchestrator (NSO) Essentials for Programmers and Network Architects (v4.0)

Cisco require students to have the following knowledge and skills:

• Basic knowledge of the Cisco Command-Line Interface (CLI) or the CLI of UNIX-like operating systems
• Working knowledge of UNIX-based operating systems and basic tasks
• Basic knowledge of programming constructs
• Basic knowledge of YANG data modeling
• Basic knowledge of the NETCONF communication protocol
• Knowledge of XML data structures and schemas
• Basic management of network components (routers, switches, etc.)

The following Cisco courses can help you gain the necessary background

• Programming for Network Engineers (PRNE)
• Introducing Automation for Cisco Solutions (CSAU)