Adam Radford

Distinguished System Engineer
APJ

Adam Radford is a Distinguished Systems Engineer based in Sydney, Australia. His background is software and automation, having spent 10 years building and automating campus networks. He then joined Cisco and has focused on a variety of technologies including voice, wireless and data center. In recent times his focus has been Enterprise networks, specifically automation and programmability.

Adam has a first class honors degree in Science, majoring in Computer Science from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

Adam Radford's Articles

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  Cisco DNA Center Plug and Play (PnP) Freewheeling – Part 6

  February 19, 2019 - 2 Comments

  Find out why it makes sense to use the DNA Center API and scripts to automate the PnP process

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  Cisco Live Melbourne and the thriving Developer Community

  February 6, 2019 - 1 Comment

  Can you handle all the #CiscoDNA sessions that Adam Radford has prepared for you, Cisco Live Melbourne?

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  Cisco DNA Center Network Automation with Template Programmer API – Part 1

  January 18, 2019 - 3 Comments

  One aspect of automation involves the template programmer, which uses the velocity templating language.  Here, we use a template to assign a vlan to an interface on a switch. 

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  Cisco DNA Center Plug and Play (PnP) Reloaded – Part 5

  January 15, 2019 - 6 Comments

  Previously, PnP was a standalone application within Cisco DNA Center, with a dedicated workflow for onboarding devices.  In the 1.2.8 release, PnP has been integrated into the main provisioning screen. 

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  Get Started with the Whole of Branch Provisioning – Virtual and Physical

  November 8, 2018 - 0 Comments

  Learn how to automate branch provisioning of both virtual (ISRv) and physical (Catalyst 9300) devices.

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  On-Box Python for Cisco Devices – the Why, What, and How

  November 1, 2018 - 2 Comments

  Network automation with Python is now a major focus. Learn how to use Python scripts hosted on the box and integrated into IOS.

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  Using Velocity to create Plug and Play templates in DNA Center – Part 4

  October 4, 2018 - 6 Comments

  Earlier blogs in this series gave an overview of PnP, how to use the API and an introduction to the configuration template editor.  This blog explores creating templates in velocity. 

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  See How to Use the Plug and Play Template Editor in Cisco DNA Center – Part 3

  August 29, 2018 - 2 Comments

  See how you can create PnP configuration templates using template editor in Cisco DNA Center.

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  New Learning Labs for DNA Center API

  August 7, 2018 - 3 Comments

  New Cisco DNA Center sandbox and learning labs help you get hands-on with three new capabilities: PathTrace, Command Runner, Template Programmer!

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  See How to Use the Plug and Play API in DNA Center – Part 2

  July 19, 2018 - 0 Comments

  Part 2 in the series gives you an example script to automate the PnP process for provisioning multiple devices, and breaks down each of the API calls in case you

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