Cisco SD-WAN Online Training

Are you looking to build skills in Cisco SD-WAN solutions, or want to prepare for the Cisco ENSDWI certification? This online Cisco SD-WAN course provides flexible training options to master the Cisco Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solutions, while preparing you for the 300-415 Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions (ENSDWI) certification.

Our Cisco SD-WAN training covers topics such as Cisco SD-WAN architecture, edge platforms, Cloud OnRamp, SD-WAN policies, security, SD-WAN quality of service, and many more. To strengthen students' knowledge, we also provide free hands-on labs with the course. 

Whether you are a beginner or a working professional, this course will teach you concepts that are relevant to current industry standards. You will gain access to our unique study material and a 24/7 available Cisco SD-WAN lab. You can check our course format by downloading the course content.

Enroll now to upskill your networking portfolio and master Cisco SD-WAN Solutions!!

Course Format

The Cisco SD-WAN course is an online class-based training program, where we hold different group batches to teach Cisco SD-WAN and prepare students for the ENSDWI certification exam.

The instructor covers the theory and demonstrates practical tasks related to Cisco SD-WAN. The students are provided with the study material, virtual lab access, and recorded classes for revision and practice.

Students can keep access to study material and recorded classes for an extended duration, but the lab access will be revoked after course completion.

If you have any further doubts about the course format or want to enquire about the next training batch, contact our learning advisors.

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Course Highlights

Key Topics Covered in the Course

1. Architecture

● Cisco SD-WAN Architecture and Components: Understand the orchestration plane (vBond, NAT), management plane (vManage), control plane (vSmart, OMP), and data plane (vEdge). Learn about TLOC, IPsec, vRoute, and BFD.

2. Controller Deployment

● Controller Cloud Deployment: Learn about deploying controllers in the cloud environment.

● Controller On-Prem Deployment: Understand on-premises deployment, including hosting platforms like KVM/Hypervisor, installing controllers, and ensuring scalability and redundancy.

● Configure and Verify Certificates and Whitelisting: Learn to configure and verify certificates and whitelisting for secure communication.

● Troubleshoot Control-Plane Connectivity Between Controllers: Gain skills in troubleshooting control-plane connectivity issues between controllers.

3. Router Deployment

● WAN Edge Deployment: Understand WAN Edge deployment, including onboarding and orchestration with zero-touch provisioning/plug-and-play.

● Different Hub Deployments: Learn about different deployment scenarios such as single, multi-datacenter, and regional hub deployments.

● SD-WAN Data Plane: Configure and verify the SD-WAN data plane, including circuit termination and TLOC extension.

● Underlay-Overlay Connectivity: Understand and configure underlay-overlay connectivity.

● OMP: Learn to configure and verify the Overlay Management Protocol (OMP).

● TLOCs: Configure and verify Transport Locator (TLOC) settings.

● Feature Configuration Templates: Use CLI and vManage to configure feature templates.

● VRRP, OSPF & BGP: Configure and verify VRRP, OSPF, and BGP protocols.

4. Policies

● Control Policies: Learn to configure and verify control policies.

● Data Policies: Understand and configure data policies.

● End-to-End Segmentation: Configure and verify end-to-end segmentation, including VPN segmentation and topologies.

● SD-WAN Application-Aware Routing: Learn to configure and verify application-aware routing.

● Direct Internet Access: Configure and verify direct Internet access for optimized performance.

5. Security and Quality of Service

● Service Insertion: Learn to configure and verify service insertion for enhanced security.

● Describe Application-Aware Firewall: Understand the application-aware firewall and its functionalities.

● QoS Treatment on WAN Edge Routers: Configure and verify Quality of Service (QoS) treatment on WAN edge routers, including scheduling, queuing, shaping, and policing.

6. Management and Operations

● Monitoring and Reporting from vManage: Learn about monitoring and reporting capabilities in vManage.

● REST API Monitoring: Understand REST API monitoring for automated network management.

● Software Upgrade from vManage: Learn the process of upgrading software from vManage.

Devices Used in Our Virtual Lab

In the Cisco SD-WAN training lab (Similar to the Eve-NG lab platform), we have provided the following devices.

✔ Cisco SD WAN Controller: 1 vManage, 1 vBond, and 1vSmart

✔ WAN Edge Devices: 5 vEdge Routers, and 1 cEdge Router

✔ Workstations: 1 Linux Server (Root CA), 1 Windows Server, and 4 Mini Linux

✔ LAN Devices: 6 Cisco Switches and 6 Cisco Routers

List of Lab Tasks Covered in the Course

This course contains various lab practicals related to real-world Cisco SD-WAN scenarios. Each student will get an SD-WAN lab workbook that contains all the necessary information to practice the SD-WAN solutions in the lab.

Lab practicals covered in the course are:

Who Should Take Cisco SD-WAN Training

People working in the IT field in the following positions should enroll in the online Cisco SD-WAN course and upgrade their careers.

About Cisco SD-WAN Certification

To be certified in SD-WAN solutions, one should clear the Cisco 300-415 ENSDWI certification exam. The 300-415 ENSDWI certification exam is a 90-minute exam with 65+ questions that validates your knowledge of Cisco SD-WAN Solutions.

The basic Details of the exam are: