SDWFND: Cisco SD WAN Operation and Deployment

This Cisco SD-WAN Operation and Deployment (SDWFND) course provides an overview of the Cisco® Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) solution and SD-WAN components. Learn how to create, manage, and operate a secure extensible network using Cisco SD-WAN products. Gain the skills to configure, operate, and monitor overlay routing in a secure extensible network whilst developing an understanding of the policies and Quality of Service (QoS) deployed in the SD-WAN overlay network.

This course is worth 12 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification!

The Cisco SD-WAN solution is a cloud-delivered overlay WAN architecture that facilitates digital and cloud transformation for enterprises. Cisco SD-WAN significantly reduces WAN costs and time to deploy new services. With Cisco SD-WAN, you can build a robust security architecture that’s crucial for hybrid networks and provides a strong policy framework.

Audience

Engineers involved in the implementation of a Cisco SD-WAN environment.

Prerequisites

Attendees should meet the following pre-requisites:

  • Strong understanding of enterprise wide area network design
  • Strong understanding of routing protocol operation, including both interior and exterior routing protocol operation
  • Familiarity with Transport Layer Security (TLS) and IP Security (IPSec)

Recommended prerequisites:

CCNA - Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions
ENCOR - Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies

Course Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Identify the various components and architecture of the Cisco SD-WAN solution.
  • Deploy vEdge routers in a secure extensible network.
  • Create templates to aide in the deployment and operation of the secure extensible network.
  • Configure and verify overlay routing in the secure extensible network.
  • Create simple policies to control traffic flow in the secure extensible network.

Course content

SD-WAN Solution Components

  • SD-WAN Solution Overview
  • SD-WAN Components
  • Managing SD-WAN Components

Secure Extensible Network Deployment

  • Secure Control Plane Operation
  • Secure Control Plane Deployment
  • Secure Data Plane Operation
  • Cloud Deployments and Redundancy

SD-WAN Template Deployment

  • Templates Overview
  • Feature Templates
  • Device Templates
  • Attaching Devices to Templates

SD-WAN Overlay Routing

  • Overlay Routing Overview
  • OMP Route Advertisements
  • OMP Route Redistribution and Network Segmentation
  • Configuring and Verifying Overlay Routing

SD-WAN Policies and QoS

  • Policy Overview and Framework
  • Smart Policy Operation and Construction
  • Forwarding and QoS Overview
  • Configuring and Monitoring QoS Forwarding

Labs

  • 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

Certification

There are no exams currently aligned to this course

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