Cisco SD-WAN Fundamentals

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Welcome

Lecture 1: Welcome to the "Cisco SD-WAN Fundamentals" course

Chapter 2: Introduction to Cisco SD-WAN

Lecture 1: Traditional WAN networks

Lecture 2: Traditional approach: Issues and challenges

Lecture 3: SD-WAN: benefits

Chapter 3: Components of the Cisco SD-WAN SEN

Lecture 1: Cisco SD-WAN Secure Extensible Network

Lecture 2: Virtual IP Fabric

Lecture 3: Virtual IP Fabric components

Lecture 4: Cisco SD-WAN SEN elements (Planes)

Lecture 5: Orchestration Plane – vBond

Lecture 6: Management Plane – vManage

Lecture 7: Control Plane – vSmart

Lecture 8: Overlay Management Protocol (OMP)

Lecture 9: Data Plane – WAN Edge Router

Lecture 10: Data Plane – WAN Edge Router Models

Lecture 11: Summary

Chapter 4: Secure overlay architecture

Lecture 1: Zero Trust Model

Lecture 2: Two-way SSL authentication

Lecture 3: Two-way SSL authentication: Digital Signature

Lecture 4: Two-way SSL authentication: Digital Certificate

Lecture 5: Two-way SSL authentication: Certificate Creation Process

Lecture 6: Two-way SSL authentication: SSL handshake process

Lecture 7: Control Plane Security: Overview

Lecture 8: Control Plane Security: Control connections

Lecture 9: Control Plane Security: WAN Edge Control Connections

Lecture 10: Control Plane Security: Control Connections summary

Lecture 11: Control Plane Security: Authentication

Chapter 5: Deploy Cisco SD-WAN Controllers

Lecture 1: Controller Certificates Deployment

Lecture 2: Controller parameters

Lecture 3: Controllers Recommended Computing Resources

Lecture 4: On-premises deployment model: Topology

Lecture 5: Firewall Port Considerations

Lecture 6: Controllers Installation

Lecture 7: Practice Session 1: On-Prem Controller Deployment on ESXi

Lecture 8: Configuring SD-WAN Controllers

Lecture 9: Practice Session 2: Configure SD-WAN Controllers

Chapter 6: Deploy Controller Certificates

Lecture 1: Controllers Deployment Options

Lecture 2: The method used to deploy the certificates

Lecture 3: Prerequisites: Organization-name

Lecture 4: Prerequisites: DNS configuration

Lecture 5: Prerequisites: Smart Account

Lecture 6: Create the Controller Profile: Plug and Play Portal

Lecture 7: Create the Controller Profile: Add a profile

Lecture 8: Practice Session: Create a controller profile

Lecture 9: Install Controller certificate

Lecture 10: Check the status of certificates

Lecture 11: Practice Session: Install a certificate for vmanage

Lecture 12: Add Cisco vBond et vSmart to the Overlay Network

Lecture 13: Practice Session: Add SD-WAN controllers and install certificates

Lecture 14: Check controllers status with vManage Gui

Lecture 15: Check certificates details