Explore and learn about open management interfaces

Understanding the what and why of NETCONF/RESTCONF/gRPC and YANG

Using standard interfaces help network engineers

Utilize the new open interfaces of NETCONF, RESTCONF and gRPC

Separate configuration and state information

Configure network "services" and devices

Comprehensive feature coverage with YANG data models

Resources to check out for standard interfaces

Read Adam Radford's blog, Getting Started with NETCONF/YANG

Review the IETF docs for YANG , NETCONF and RESTCONF

Explore DevNet learning labs to enrich your understanding of model driven programmability

How is Cisco involved? Read OpenConfig on Cisco Platforms by Einar Nilsen Nygarrd

Are you ready? Start developing now.

Learning Labs

Introduction to Standard Device Interfaces

Introduction to YANG Data Modeling

Introduction to the NETCONF Protocol

Introduction to the RESTCONF Protocol

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Sandbox

IOS XE Sandbox
Check out the Always On IOS XE Sandbox and test drive NETCONF and RESTCONF APIs now!

NX-OS Sandbox
Open NX-OS reservation-based sandbox includes Nexus 9000

IOS-XR Sandbox
Two IOS-XR routers and a linux host with YDK and YDK-Py sample apps

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Sample Code

RESTCONF examples
Checkout this example Python script that uses RESTCONF to configure IP Addresses

NETCONF examples
Sample code for the Cisco DevNet NETCONF Learning Labs

Check out repo

Get hands on training with YANG, NETCONF and RESTCONF

Learn the basics of Model Driven Programmability from a DevNet expert, and follow along by running the examples in a DevNet Sandbox!

Watch the videos

Checkout the Device API Docs on DevNet

IOS XE

Enable and explore MDP on Catalyst switches, ISR and ASR 1K routers.

NX-OS

See what is possible with MDP on the Nexus line of data center switches.

IOS XR

Drive your cloud-scale network built with ASR 9K, NCS and CRS and MDP.

SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT FOR YOU

Find a YANG Data Model for your Cisco device

Quickly find out which YANG Model to use for a technology

Use the lookup tool Cisco Supported YANG Models on GitHub Standard YANG Models on GitHub

DOES YOUR DEVICE SUPPORT NETCONF / RESTCONF / gRPC?

	NETCONF ( RFC 6241 )	RESTCONF (RFC 8040)	gRPC
IOS XE	as of IOS XE 3.9.1 Catalyst 4500 as of IOS XE 16.3 Catalyst 3650 Catalyst 3850 ASR 1000 Series ISR 4000 Series CSR 1000v ISRv as of IOS XE 16.6 Catalyst 9000 as of IOS XE 16.7 ASR 900 Series ASR 920 NCS 4200 Series as of IOS XE 16.8 ISR 1000 Series as of IOS XE 16.10 IR 1101 Series as of IOS XE 16.11 IE 3x00 Series	as of IOS XE 16.6 ISR 4000 Series CSR 1000v ASR 1000 Series ISRv ASR 1000 as of IOS XE 16.7 ASR 900 Series ASR 920 NCS 4200 Series as of IOS XE 16.8 Catalyst 3650 Catalyst 3850 Catalyst 9000 ISR 1000 Series as of IOS XE 16.10 IR 1101 Series as of IOS XE 16.11 IE 3x00 Series	-
IOS-XR	as of IOS-XR 5.3.0 ASR 9000(32-bit) CRS as of IOS-XR 5.4.0 XRv 9000 as of IOS-XR 6.0.0 NCS 5500 NCS 5000 as of IOS-XR 6.1.1 ASR 9000(64-bit) as of IOS-XR 6.1.2 NCS 6000	-	as of IOS-XR 6.0.0 NCS 5500 NCS 5000 XRv 9000 as of IOS-XR 6.1.1 ASR 9000(64-bit) as of IOS-XR 6.5.1 NCS 6000
NX-OS	as of NX-OS 7.0(3)I5(1) Nexus 3000 Nexus 9000 as of NX-OS 7.3(0)N1(1) Nexus 5000* Nexus 6000 Nexus 7000*	-	as of NX-OS 7.0(3)I5(1) Nexus 3000 Nexus 9000

* Nexus 7000 and 5000 have had basic NETCONF support through XML Management interface from much earlier, but significant enhancements added in the 7.3 release