Cisco SDWAN Fundamentals (SDWFND)

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Course description

Cisco SD-WAN Operation and Deployment (SDWFND) v2.0 course provides a comprehensive overview of the Cisco® Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) solution and Cisco SD-WAN components such as vManage, vSmart and vBond.

You will learn how to deploy, manage, and operate a secure, programmable, and scalable SD-WAN fabric using IOS XE Cisco SD-WAN products. The course also covers how to configure, operate, and monitor overlay routing across the Cisco SD-WAN network. In addition, you will learn about data and control policies, and how to deploy Quality of Service (QoS) and Direct Internet Access (DIA) in the SD-WAN overlay network.
The course will allow you to earn 16 Continuing Education (CE) credits toward recertification.


 How you’ll benefit
This class will help you learn to use Cisco SD-WAN to:

  • Establish transport-independent WAN for lower cost and higher diversity
  • Meet SLAs for business-critical and real-time applications
  • Provide end-to-end segmentation for protecting critical enterprise compute resources
  • Extend seamlessly into the public cloud
  • Optimize the user experience for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications

Who should enroll
Enterprise network system installers

  • System integrators
  • System administrators
  • Network administrators
  • Solutions designers

Course Objectives
After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Identify the various network elements of the Cisco SD-WAN solution.
  • Deploy WAN Edge routers.
  • Create templates to aid in the deployment and operation of the Cisco SD-WAN network.
  • Configure and verify Cisco SD-WAN overlay routing.
  • Create simple policies to control traffic flow through the Cisco SD-WAN fabric.

Course Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

  • Strong understanding of enterprise WAN design
  • Strong understanding of routing protocol operation, including interior and exterior routing protocol operation
  • Familiarity with Transport Layer Security (TLS) and IP Security (IPsec)

These recommended Cisco learning offerings may help students meet these prerequisites:

  • Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
  • Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR)

Duration

2 Days

Course outline


Module 1: SD-WAN Solution Components

  • Lesson 1: SD-WAN Solution Overview
  • Lesson 2: SD-WAN Components
  • Lesson 3: Managing SD-WAN Components

Module 2: Secure Extensible Network Deployment

  • Lesson 1: Secure Control Plane Operation
  • Lesson 2: Secure Control Plane Deployment
  • Lesson 3: Secure Data Plane Operation
  • Lesson 4: Cloud Deployments and Redundancy

Module 3: SD-WAN Template Deployment

  • Lesson 1: Templates Overview
  • Lesson 2: Feature Templates
  • Lesson 3: Device Templates
  • Lesson 4: Attaching Devices to Templates

Module 4: SD-WAN Overlay Routing

  • Lesson 1: Overlay Routing Overview
  • Lesson 2: OMP Route Advertisements
  • Lesson 3: OMP Route Redistribution and Network Segmentation
  • Lesson 4: Configuring and Verifying Overlay Routing

Module 5: SD-WAN Policies and QoS

  • Lesson 1: Policy Overview and Framework
  • Lesson 2: vSmart Policy Operation and Construction
  • Lesson 3: Forwarding and QoS Overview
  • Lesson 4: Configuring and Monitoring QoS Forwarding

 
Lab outline

  • Lab 1: Manage and Monitor SD-WAN Components
  • Lab 2: Deploy and Verify SD-WAN vEdge Routers
  • Lab 3: Deploy SD-WAN Templates
  • Lab 4: SD-WAN Overlay Routing
  • Lab 5: SD-WAN Policies