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Cisco SDWAN Fundamentals (SDWFND)

The Cisco SD-WAN Fundamentals (SDWFND) training 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 training 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.

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    How you'll benefit

    This training will help you:

    • 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

    Technology areas

    • Networking
    • Software-Defined Networking

    Objectives

    After taking this training, 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

    Prerequisites

    • 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 skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:

    Outline

    • Cisco SD-WAN Solution Components
    • Cisco SD-WAN Network Deployment
    • Cisco SD-WAN Configuration Management
    • Cisco SD-WAN Overlay Routing
    • Cisco SD-WAN Policies

    Lab outline

    • Manage and Monitor Cisco SD-WAN Components
    • Deploy and Verify Cisco SD-WAN Edge Routers
    • Deploy Cisco SD-WAN Edge Configuration
    • Implement Cisco SD-WAN Overlay Routing
    • Deploy Cisco SD-WAN Policies