Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) with Lab Access

Course Description

This course covers Cisco Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) which is an overlay architecture that overcomes the biggest drawbacks of traditional WAN. Students will be able to deploy a Cisco SD-WAN over any transport (MPLS, Broadband, LTE, VSAT etc.) and provide management, policy control and application visibility across the enterprise. This hands-on Course covers the Cisco SD-WAN product and contains extensive labs to reinforce the knowledge learned

Prerequisites

· Familiarity with WAN Networks

Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:

· Describe how to deploy SD-WAN

· Configure SD-WAN environment

· Deploy Zero-Touch Provisioning

· Implement SD-WAN Security

· Configure SD-WAN Policies

Course Overview

Module 1: Cisco SD-WAN Introduction

· High-level Cisco SD-WAN Deployment models

· Application level SD-WAN solution

· Cisco SDWAN high availability solution

· Cisco SD-WAN Scalability

· Cisco SD-WAN Solution Benefits

Module 2: Cisco SD-WAN Orchestration

· Introduction

· vManage NMS

· vSmart Controller

· vBond Orchestrator

· Controller Resiliency Architecture

Module 3: Site Architecture and Deployment Models

· Site Capabilities

· vEdge Router

· vEdge form factors

Module 4: Zero Touch Provisioning

· Overview

· User Input Required for the ZTP Automatic Authentication Process

· Authentication between the vBond Orchestrator and a vEdge Router

· Authentication between the vEdge Router and the vManage NMS

· Authentication between the vSmart Controller and the vEdge Router

Module 5: Cisco SD-WAN Solution

· Overlay Management Protocol (OMP)

· Cisco SDWAN Circuit Aggregation Capabilities

· Secure Connectivity in Cisco SD-WAN

· Performance Tracking Mechanisms

· Application Discovery

· Dynamic Path Selection

· Performance Based Routing

· Dynamic Cloud Access

Module 6: Cisco SDWAN Security Aspects

· Role-based Security

· Control Plane

· Data Plane

· Controller Protection

· vEdge Protection

· Segmentation

· Application Blocking

· Zone-based Firewall

Module 7: Application Monitoring

· vManage

· vAnalytics

· Ecosystem Partner Solutions

Module 8: Multi-Tenancy

· Multi-Tenant Mode

· Creating Tenants

· Adding Controller

· Adding Vedges

· RBAC