SDWFND - Cisco SDWAN Fundamentals

Course Description
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.

How You'll Benefit
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

Who Should Enroll
Enterprise network system installers
System integrators
System administrators
Network administrators
Solutions designers

Course Objectives
After taking this course, 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.

Course Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
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 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)

Course 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