Cisco SD-WAN Operation and Deployment

The Cisco SD-WAN Operation and Deployment (SDWFND) v2.0 course 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 course 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.

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

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)

These recommended Cisco learning offerings may help students meet these prerequisites:

●   Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)

●   Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR)

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 aid 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

This class will help you learn to use Cisco SD-WAN to:

• 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

7 hours of instruction, including videos and 5 hands-on lab exercises

For any information regarding the Cisco Continuing Education Program and CE-Credits please visit the designated Cisco website.

Please note that a voucher for the exam is NOT included.