Implementing Cisco Software-Defined Wan (SD-WAN) for your Enterprise and Cloud

22h 13mAdvanced2024-10-21

Authors

Pearson

Brad Edgeworth

Course details

What’s the secret to effectively implementing Cisco Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) for your enterprise and cloud? In this course designed for network engineers, learn how to design, configure, implement, and operate a Cisco SD-WAN solution in a production network. Join SD-WAN technical architect at Cisco, author, and distinguished speaker Brad Edgeworth as he provides an overview of the solution, how it works, and how to leverage each of its components like a pro.

Learning objectives
Understand how the Cisco SD-WAN solution architecture works.
Deploy and operate the Cisco SD-WAN solution in your own network or within a cloud production environment.
Implement advanced features including Application Aware Routing, centralized policies, traffic forwarding, troubleshooting tools, and security services.

Skills covered

CiscoNetwork AdministrationNetwork and System AdministrationOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Introduction

Lesson 1 - Cisco SD-WAN Fundamentals

02 - Learning objectives
03 - Cisco SD-WAN benefits and use cases
04 - Cisco SD-WAN architecture and components
05 - Cisco SD-WAN terminology and constructs
06 - Overlay Management Protocol (OMP)
07 - Cisco SD-WAN fabric operations
08 - Data tunnel connectivity
09 - Transport path selection
10 - VPN segmentation
11 - Control and data plane connectivity models
12 - Edge architecture
13 - vManage dashboard demonstration

Lesson 2 - SD-WAN Controller Deployment

14 - Learning objectives
15 - Controller scalability and redundancy
16 - Controller deployment methods
17 - Deploying customer hosted vManage controller
18 - Deploying customer hosted vBond
19 - Deploying customer hosted vSmarts
20 - Post installation cleanup tasks

Lesson 3 - Device Configuration

21 - Learning objectives
22 - Device configuration fundamentals
23 - CLI template
24 - Device and feature template structure overview
25 - Building system feature templates
26 - Building VPN feature templates
27 - Building VPN interface feature templates
28 - Building other common feature templates
29 - Building device templates

Lesson 4 - Edge Device Deployment

30 - Learning objectives
31 - Provisioning process
32 - CLI bootstrap
33 - Zero touch provisioning (ZTP)
34 - One touch provisioning (OTP)
35 - Verify device connectivity
36 - Virtual device deployment

Lesson 5 - Software Management

37 - Learning objectives
38 - Software repositories
39 - Controller code upgrade
40 - Edge device upgrades

Lesson 6 - Routing

41 - Learning objectives
42 - SD-WAN routing
43 - SD-WAN routing mechanics
44 - Static route configuration
45 - OSPF configuration
46 - EIGRP configuration
47 - BGP configuration
48 - Multicast routing
49 - Multicast routing demonstration

Lesson 7 - Policy

50 - Learning objectives
51 - Policy overview
52 - Access control lists (ACLs)
53 - Route policy
54 - Traffic data policy overview
55 - Traffic data policy configuration
56 - Application pinning with local TLOCs
57 - Application pinning with remote TLOCs
58 - VPN membership policy
59 - Topology policy (hub and spoke)
60 - Customized topology policy (hub and spoke)
61 - Dynamic on-demand tunnels
62 - Advanced topology policies (multi-region)
63 - Traffic engineering with topology policies
64 - Route leaking (shared services)
65 - Service chaining
66 - Application aware routing (AAR), part 1
67 - Application aware routing (AAR), part 2
68 - Policy review

Lesson 8 - High Availability in Branches

69 - Learning objectives
70 - TLOC extensions
71 - Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
72 - Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)

Lesson 9 - Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco SD-WAN

73 - Learning objectives
74 - SD-WAN monitoring capabilities
75 - SD-WAN troubleshooting tools
76 - Troubleshooting control plane connectivity

Lesson 10 - Direct Internet and Cloud Connectivity

77 - Learning objectives
78 - Direct Internet Access (DIA) NAT
79 - Policy-based Direct Cloud Access (DCA) and DIA, part 1
80 - Policy-based Direct Cloud Access (DCA) and DIA, part 2
81 - Cloud OnRamp for SaaS
82 - Cloud connectivity
83 - Cloud onRamp for Multicloud - AWS
84 - Cloud onRamp for Multicloud - GCP
85 - Cloud onRamp for Multicloud - Azure
86 - Cloud onRamp for Multicloud - Software Defined Cloud Interconnect (SDCI)
87 - Cloud onRamp for Multicloud - Backbone as a Service, transport
88 - Cloud onRamp for Multicloud - Backbone as a Service, policy

Lesson 11 - SD-WAN Security

89 - Learning objectives
90 - Device authentication
91 - Application-aware enterprise firewall
92 - Additional on device security services
93 - Secure Internet Gateway (SIG)

Lesson 12 - Quality of Service

94 - Learning objectives
95 - Quality of Service (QoS) fundamentals
96 - Cisco SD-WAN QoS configuration
97 - Per tunnel and adaptive QoS
98 - Packet loss protection
99 - TCP optimization
100 - Data redundancy elimination (DRE)