Cisco SD-WAN Operation and Deployment Training

It is recommended, but not required, to have the following skills and knowledge before attending this course:

• 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)

Upon completion of this course, you will 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.

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