SPWAE – Operating and Implementing Cisco WAN Automation Engine

Course Overview

The Operating and Implementing Cisco WAN Automation Engine (SPWAE) v1.0 course teaches you, through a combination of lectures and labs, how to install the Cisco® WAN Automation Engine (WAE), builds your confidence with Cisco WAE configuration and basic troubleshooting, and enables you to practice designing and managing bandwidth and traffic engineering.

Who should attend

This course is designed for:

System installers
System integrators
System administrators
Network administrators
Solutions designers

Prerequisites

Before enrolling in this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

Knowledge of general networking and routing concepts
Basic knowledge of routing protocols: Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Understanding of Cisco Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering (MPLS TE) technologies
Understanding of Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE) technologies
Basic knowledge of Linux server operation and Linux tools
Basic understanding of network automation and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) concepts

These are the recommended Cisco offerings that may help you meet these prerequisites:

Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR)
Implementing Segment Routing on Cisco IOS XR (SEGRTE201)

Course Objectives

This course will help you:

Learn to install Cisco WAN Automation Engine
Gain confidence with Cisco WAE configuration and basic troubleshooting
Practice designing and managing bandwidth and traffic engineering
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Explain WAE basics, the purpose of WAE, and its capabilities
Understand the Cisco WAE solution implementation
Describe the network module configuration process
Describe WAE Design software tools, demands creation, BGP modeling, and Failure and Simulation analysis
Describe Cisco WAE Design traffic engineering and QoS modeling
Explain how to use API with WAE Design and WAE Server
Describe the function, components, and processes of Cisco WAE Live