Course Outline

Introduction to SD-WAN

  • Understanding Wide Area Networks (WAN)
  • Evolution of WAN to SD-WAN
  • Key components and architecture of SD-WAN
  • Benefits and challenges of SD-WAN

SD-WAN Technologies and Vendors

  • Overview of SD-WAN technologies
  • Investigating SD-WAN vendors and solutions
  • Understanding underlay and overlay networks
  • Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and automation in SD-WAN

Implementing SD-WAN

  • Design considerations for SD-WAN
  • Deployment models
  • Migrating from traditional WAN to SD-WAN
  • Configuring and managing SD-WAN

SD-WAN Security

  • Security challenges in SD-WAN
  • Integrated security features in SD-WAN solutions
  • Encryption and secure connectivity (IPsec)
  • Implementing advanced threat protection

Policies and Quality of Service (QoS)

  • Understanding and configuring SD-WAN policies
  • QoS in SD-WAN
  • Application-aware routing
  • Troubleshooting and optimizing SD-WAN

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of networking concepts and security
  • Familiarity with WAN technologies

Audience

  • Network engineers
  • Network administrators
  • security analysts
  • IT managers
 7 Hours

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