Cisco SDWAN Fundamentals (SDWFND)

The Cisco SD-WAN Fundamentals (SDWFND) training 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 training 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 training will help you:

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

Learning Path Objectives

After taking this training, 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

Learning Path Prerequisites

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 skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:

Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)

Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR)

Learning Path 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