Cisco SD-WAN Operation and Deployment

Continuing Education: 12 credits

The Cisco SD-WAN Operation and Deployment (SDWFND) v2.0 course provides an overview of the Cisco® Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) solution and SD-WAN components. You will learn how to create, manage, and operate a secure extensible network using Cisco SD-WAN products. The course covers how to configure, operate, and monitor overlay routing in a secure extensible network. In addition, you will learn about policies and Quality of Service (QoS) in the SD-WAN overlay network. 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.

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, interior and exterior
• Familiarity with Transport Layer Security (TLS) and IP Security (IPsec)

Who Should Attend?

• Enterprise network system installers
• System integrators
• System administrators
• Network administrators
• Solutions designers

Course Outline

• 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
• sOverlay 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
• vSmart Policy Operation and Construction
• Forwarding and QoS Overview
• Configuring and Monitoring QoS Forwarding