July 2022
Intermediate to advanced
656 pages
19h 56m
English
book
Understanding and Troubleshooting Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers
by Nicolas Darchis, Simone Arena, Francisco Sedano Crippa, Sudha Katgeri
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Chapter 12
Network Programmability
What Is Network Programmability?
In this chapter, you learn how to deploy and manage the Catalyst 9800 wireless LAN controller using software. You may use open-source software to interact with the wireless LAN controller, and you can also write your own software.
Using this approach, you can tailor the 9800 WLC behavior to your organization’s exact needs.
Traditionally, network devices have been configured using the command-line interface, or CLI. This interface was designed with the human in mind and, although it’s certainly possible to write software to emulate human interaction, IOS-XE offers solutions better tailored to be used from software. Nevertheless, the CLI continues to be a widely used option to ...