BRKCDN-1109

XDE
An Environment for Customizing
Network Management
Agenda
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XDE Agenda
Introducing XDE
An environment for customizing Cisco Prime Products
XDE Architecture Overview
Demonstration of the XDE SDK
How customization works
XDE Extension Points
Prime Fulfillment Customization
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Introducing XDE
Toolkit for extending
Cisco Prime products
Supports
customization of:
Prime Fulfillment
Prime Diagnostics
Download XDE from
CDN today
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What XDE can do for you
Maximize value of your Prime product purchase
Tailor Cisco Prime products to your network
Enable management of your network design
Giving you the freedom to differentiate your network
Adopt new Cisco device features more quickly
Implement management according to your own schedule
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Extending Cisco Prime Products
Extensions independent of product release cycle
Customization can be done quickly, on site
Supported by the rich XDE tool set
Growing community of XDE users
Allows different business models
Cisco Advanced Services / third party integrator
Customer-led, supported by Cisco consultancy
Cisco product teams produce changes and patches quickly
XDE Architecture
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XDE and PAL
XDE: eXtensible Decision Engine
Scripting environment aimed at orchestrating business logic
Graphically edited
Contains familiar flow constructs and built-in functions
XML is the native data structure
Closely integrated with PAL
PAL: Protocol Abstraction Layer
Single point of device communication
Introduces XML interface on to various devices and protocols
Allows new device support to be added
Allows new device information to be collected / configured
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XDE Business Logic Scripting
XDE procedures
capture operational
business logic
Transform use case
into device and logical
operations
Should be isolated
from different device
dialects
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PAL: Normalized device access
PAL actions capture
device-level tasks
Parameters supplied
by XDE procedure
A rule for each
platform variant
Each rule allows for
different handling
Thereby several rules
can cover different
variants
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Cisco NMS Product
Cisco Prime Product
Standard
Scripting
Logic
Standard
Device
Access Logic
XDE Runtime Engine
XDE Procedures
PAL Actions
The Network
Standard
Behaviour
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Customization Methodology
Cisco Prime Product
The Network
Custom
Device
Access Logic
Custom
Scripting
Logic
XDE/PAL SDK
Customized
Behaviour
Test Lab
Custom
artifacts
deployed into
product
XDE and PAL:
SDK Demonstration
XDE Extension Points
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XDE Extension Points
An API inside the
standard XDE
procedure
Customize scripting
without modifying
standard logic
Developed, packaged
and installed
separately
Attached at run-time
Configure interface
IP Address
Configure interface
description
Bring interface up
Apply QoS settings
Extension Point
Custom Extension
XDE and PAL
In Prime Fullfillment
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Cisco Prime Fullfillment
Based on IP Solution Center 6.0
Management of MPLS VPNs
Management of Carrier Ethernet and L2 VPNs
Part of Cisco Prime Suite
New Brand 2012 Look and Feel
First step towards field extensibility
Examples of Customization
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Examples of Customization
Custom deployable services can be created
These can have their own logical structure
May draw on / manipulate any source of data
Third party software / service layer integration
Add specific Cisco hardware / software support
All device interaction is customizable:
Allows support of non-Cisco devices
This can be added as necessary by 3
rd
party integrators
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Download XDE SDK and start today
http://developer.cisco.com/web/xde
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