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SDWOTS Training

Cisco SD-WAN Operations Troubleshooting and Best Practices

This five-day course covers the new deployment, options and features of version 20.x Cisco Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN). SD-WAN is an overlay architecture that overcomes the biggest drawbacks of traditional WAN. Students will learn how to design, configure and operate a Cisco SD-WAN utilizing any transport (MPLS, Broadband, LTE, VSAT etc.). Candidates will discuss and build an SD-WAN environment starting from Day 0 provisioning and will also be able to provide troubleshooting, management, policy control and application visibility across the enterprise network. This hands-on Course covers the Cisco SD-WAN product and contains extensive labs to reinforce the knowledge learned.

45 CLC or $4495

Eligble for 47 CE Credits

Pay with 45 Learning Credits

45 CLC or $4495

Eligble for 47 CE Credits

Pay with 45 Learning Credits

  • The primary audience for this course is as follows:

    • Engineering and Planning team evaluating WAN evolution

    • Personnel involved in SD WAN Design, Implementation and Operation

    • Network Operations team with SD WAN solution

    • Cisco partners who sell and support SD WAN solutions

  • The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

    • Familiarity with WAN Networks

  • Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

    • Describe how to deploy SD-WAN

    • Configure SD-WAN environment

    • Deploy Plug and Play / Zero-Touch Provisioning

    • Implement SD-WAN Security

    • Configure SD-WAN Policies

    • Deploy, maintain and troubleshoot cEdge devices

    • Operate SD-WAN Devices and software

    • Troubleshoot SD-WAN environment

  • Module 1: Cisco SD-WAN Introduction

    • Introduction and Background

    • SD-WAN Concepts

    • Solution Architecture Overview

    Module 2: Cisco SD-WAN: Control Plane

    • Deploying SD-WAN Control Plane

    • SD-WAN Router Establishes Control Connection with vBond

    • Devices and Controllers Identities

    • Establishing the Control Plane

    • Cisco SD-WAN Control Plane Overlay Management Protocol (OMP)

    • Troubleshooting Control Connections

    Module 3: Cisco SD-WAN: Data Plane

    • Establishing the Data Plane

    Module 4: Templates

    Module 5: Policy Framework

    • Control Policies

    • Building, Applying, and Processing Centralized Control Policies

    • Control, Data, Application Aware, VPN Membership, cFlowd, and Security Policies

    • Central and Local Control Policy

    • Central and Local Data Policy

    • Application Aware Policy

    • Creating a Centralized Policy

    • VPN Membership Policies

    • cFlowd Policy

    • Security Policies

    • Application Quality of Experience

    Module 6: Data Plane Troubleshooting

    • Troubleshooting BFD and Data Plane Tunnels

    • BFD Troubleshooting

    • Control Connections Related Issues

    • Firewalls – Port Requirements

    • NAT – Related Problems

    • OMP

    • Security Configuration

    • ISP Problems with DSCP 48

    • cEdge: In-depth Datapath Debugging

    Module 7: Troubleshooting Policies

    • Control Policy Failure Scenario No. 1

    • Control Policy Failure Scenario No. 2

    • Troubleshooting Data Policies and App-Route Policies

    • Centralized Policies – Points of Failure

    • Example 1: vManage Policy Deployment Failure

    • Example 2: Policy Deployment on vSmart

    • Example 3: Policy Deployment on vEdge

    • Example 4: Policy Deployment on cEdge

    • Tricky Problem

    Module 8: Management and Operations

    • Customer Deployment

    • Use Case: Retail

    • Controller Deployment

    • Seamless Migration

    • Multi-Segment Overlay

    • Hub and Spoke Topology

    • Secure Internet Access

    • Cloud onRamp for SaaS

    • Cloud onRamp for IaaS

    • Redundancy

    Module 9: SD-WAN Multi-Tenant

    Appendix

    • Troubleshooting Common Issues

    • Interface Troubleshooting

    • Troubleshoot vManage Common Issues

    • Cisco SD-WAN Best Practices

  • Labs are designed to assure learners a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities:

    • Lab 0: Access the Lab Devices

    • Lab 1: Onboard vSmart Controller

    • Lab 2: Prepare a vEdge Router for Onboarding

    • Lab 3: Prepare a cEdge Router for Onboarding

    • Lab 4: Add vEdge to vManage Inventory

    • Lab 5: Configure and Deploy vEdge Router Control-Plane

    • Lab 6: Configure and Deploy cEdge Router Control-Plane

    • Lab 7: Decommission a cEdge from vManage Inventory

    • Lab 8: Adding a cEdge to vManage Inventory

    • Lab 9: Configure and Deploy an Overlay Network

    • Lab 10: Exploring vManage GUI

    • Lab 11: Provision and Deploy vManage Feature TemplatesTask 1: Deploy Feature-Based Device Template

    • Lab 12: Provision and Deploy vManage CLI Templates

    • Lab 13: Provision and Deploy Policies

    • Lab 14: Provision and Deploy Policies (Part 2)

    • Lab 15: Verifying and Troubleshooting Data Plane IssuesTask

    • Lab 16: TLOC Extension

    • Lab 17: Troubleshooting Methods and Tools

    • Lab 18: Using the REST API and Python Scripting

    • Lab 19: Deploy Multitenant vManage

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