ENSLD - Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks

Course Description 

The Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD) training deepens your knowledge of designing enterprise networks. Topics covered include enterprise network design, including protocols and media for wired and wireless networks, SD-Access, VPN, Quality of Service (QoS), IPv6, and network programmability. This training earns you 40 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification and helps prepare you to take the 300-420 Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD) exam, which is part of the CNP Enterprise, Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Design certification.

How You'll Benefit

This training will help you:
Learn the skills, technologies, and best practices needed to design an enterprise network.
Deepen your understanding of enterprise design including advanced addressing and routing solutions, advanced enterprise campus networks, WAN, security services, network services, and software-defined access SDA.
Validate your knowledge and prepare to take the 300-420 Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD) exam.

Who Should Enroll

Network design engineers
Network engineers
System administrators

Course Objectives

Design Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) internal routing for the enterprise network
Design Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) internal routing for the enterprise network
Design Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) internal routing for the enterprise network
Design a network based on customer requirements
Design Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing for the enterprise network
Describe the different types and uses of Multiprotocol BGP (MP-BGP) address families
Describe BGP load sharing
Design a BGP network based on customer requirements
Decide where the L2/L3 boundary will be in your Campus network and make design decisions
Describe Layer 2 design considerations for Enterprise Campus networks
Design a LAN network based on customer requirements
Describe Layer 3 design considerations in an Enterprise Campus network
Examine Cisco SD-Access fundamental concepts
Describe Cisco SD-Access Fabric Design
Design a Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) Campus Fabric based on customer requirements
Design service provider-managed VPNs
Design enterprise-managed VPNs
Design a resilient WAN
Design a resilient WAN network based on customer requirements
Examine the Cisco SD-WAN architecture
Describe Cisco SD-WAN deployment options
Understand Cisco SD-WAN – NAT and hybrid design considerations
Design Cisco SD-WAN redundancy
Explain the basic principles of Quality of Service (QoS)
Design QoS for the WAN
Design QoS for enterprise network based on customer requirements
Explain the basic principles of multicast
Explore multicast with PIM-SM
Designing rendezvous point distribution solutions
Describe high-level considerations when doing IP addressing design
Create an IPv6 addressing plan
Plan an IPv6 deployment in an existing enterprise IPv4 network
Describe the challenges that you might encounter when transitioning to IPv6
Design an IPv6 addressing plan based on customer requirements
Describe Network APIs and protocols
Describe Yet Another Next Generation (YANG), Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF), and Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol (RESTCONF)

Course Prerequisites

Before taking this offering, you should be familiar with the following:
Understanding network fundamentals
Implementing LANs
Implementing LAN connectivity

Course Outline

Module 1: Designing EIGRP routing
Module 2: Designing OSPF routing
Module 3: Designing IS-IS routing
Module 4: Designing BGP routing and redundancy
Module 5: Exploring BGP Address Families and Attributes
Module 6: Designing an Enterprise Campus LAN
Module 7: Designing Layer 2 Campus
Module 8: Designing a Layer 3 Campus
Module 9: Discovering the Cisco SD-Access Architecture
Module 10: Exploring Cisco SD-Access Fabric Design
Module 11: Exploring Cisco SD-Access Site Design Strategy and Considerations
Module 12: Discovering Service Provider-Managed VPNs
Module 13: Designing Enterprise-Managed VPNs
Module 14: Designing WAN Resiliency
Module 15: Examining Cisco SD-WAN Architectures
Module 16: Examining Cisco SD-WAN Deployment Design Considerations
Module 17: Examining Cisco SD-WAN—NAT and Hybrid Design Considerations
Module 18: Designing Cisco SD-WAN Routing and High Availability
Module 19: Exploring QoS
Module 20: Designing LAN and WAN QoS
Module 21: Introducing Multicast
Module 22: Exploring Multicast with PIM-SM
Module 23: Designing Rendezvous Point Distribution Solutions
Module 24: Designing an IPv4 Address Plan
Module 25: Exploring IPv6
Module 26: Deploying IPv6
Module 27: Introducing Network APIs and Protocols
Module 28: Exploring YANG, NETCONF, RESTCONF, and Model-Driven Telemetry

Lab Outline

Discovery 1: Designing Enterprise Connectivity
Discovery 2: Designing an Enterprise Network with BGP Internet Connectivity
Discovery 3: Designing an Enterprise Campus LAN
Discovery 4: Designing SD-Access in the Enterprise
Discovery 5: Designing Resilient Enterprise WAN
Discovery 6: Designing QoS in an Enterprise Network
Discovery 7: Designing an Enterprise IPv6 Network