Stop guessing who ran that change at 2am. This guide walks through configuring TACACS+ with Cisco ISE on IOS-XE — AAA method lists, command authorization, per-command accounting, and hardening steps with real CLI examples on Catalyst 9300 and ISR 4000.
Cisco’s Embedded Event Manager (EEM) is one of the most underutilized features in IOS-XE. This guide covers six practical EEM applets — from BGP peer monitoring and interface flap detection to nightly config backups and CPU spike capture — with real CLI syntax and Cat9K-specific tips.
Stop logging into devices one by one. This hands-on guide covers Netmiko, NAPALM, and Nornir — the Python libraries that let network engineers automate Cisco IOS/IOS-XE tasks, parse show command output, push config changes, and run parallel jobs across hundreds of devices. Real code, real CLI examples, production-ready patterns.
