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Cisco SD-WAN Day N Monitoring and Advanced Troubleshooting
This Cisco SD-WAN training is targeted to engineers and technical personnel involved in deploying, implementing, operating and optimizing Cisco SD-WAN solution, both in enterprise and Service...
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$3,395 USD
Duration
4 days
Course Code
SDWADV-NTO
Available Formats
Classroom, Virtual
Overview
This Cisco SD-WAN training is targeted to engineers and technical personnel involved in deploying, implementing, operating and optimizing Cisco SD-WAN solution, both in enterprise and Service Provider environments, including advanced features for centralized AAR/Data policies, QoS, application performance routing, configuration templates, control policies and troubleshooting common and advanced operating issues. The Cisco SD-WAN course is lab-intensive, and objectives are accomplished mainly through hands on learning. Students taking this Cisco SD-Wan training course should be familiar with Wide Area Networks (WANs) in a variety of ways, which can be found below. Ideal candidates for this course include engineering and planning teams who evaluate WAN evolution, personnel involved in SD-WAN Design, Implementation and Operation, and others. The course qualifies for 30 Cisco Continuing Education Credits (CE).
Course Details
Module 1: Cisco SD-WAN Introduction
- High-level Cisco SD-WAN Deployment models
- Application level SD-WAN solution
- Cisco SDWAN plan for HA and Scalability
- Cisco SD-WAN solution components: vManage NMS, vSmart Controller, vBond Orchestrator
- Edge Routers (cEdge & vEdge)
- Cloud Based Deployment vs On-Premises Deployment
Module 2: Zero Touch Provisioning
- Overview
- User Input Required for the ZTP Automatic Authentication Process
- Authentication between the vBond Orchestrator and WAN Edges
- Authentication between the Edge Routers and the vManage NMS
- Authentication between the vSmart Controller and the Edge Routers
Module 3: Cisco SD-WAN Solution
- Overlay Management Protocol (OMP)
- Cisco SD-WAN Circuit Aggregation Capabilities
- Secure Connectivity in Cisco SD-WAN
- Performance Tracking Mechanisms
- Application Discovery
- Dynamic Path Selection
- Performance Based Routing
- Direct Internet Access
- Cisco SD-WAN In-built Security features: App Aware FW, Talos IPS, URL Filtering, Umbrella Integration & Advanced Malware Protection
- Dynamic Cloud Access: Cloud On-Ramp for SaaS and IaaS (AWS, Azure & GPC)
Module 4: Operations Best Practices
- Config: Test Configuration Changes Before Committing
- NAT: Secure Routers Acting as NATs
- Edge Routers: Connect to the Console Port
- vManage Operational Commands
- SD WAN Devices: Site ID Naming Conventions
- SD WAN Devices: Using the System IP Address
- vManage NMS: Disaster RecoveryDisaster Recovery Cluster failover scenariosvManage Disaster Recovery ChecklistHow to configure Disaster Recovery
Module 5: Application Monitoring (Including SD-AVC)
- vManage Application Monitoring
- How to enable DPI on SD-WAN cEdge RoutersMonitoring Application traffic per device/siteHow to enable SD-AVC on vManage and push to routers.Configuring application log collection parameters.
- vAnalyticsvAnalytics dashboard walk-throughvAnalytics Network HealthvAnalytics Network AvailabilityvAnalytics Applications
- Ecosystem Partner Solutions
Module 6: General Troubleshooting
- Check Application-Aware Routing Traffic
- Collect Device Data To Send to Customer Support
- Monitor Alarms and Events
- Monitor TCP Optimization
- Ping an SD WAN Device
- Run a Traceroute
- Simulate Flows
- Troubleshoot Cellular Interfaces
- Troubleshoot Device Bringup
- Use Syslog Messages
- Tunnel Health
Module 7: Troubleshooting: Data Plane Issues
- BFD Session Information and Troubleshooting a BFD Session
- Cflowd Issues
- Data Policies
- DPI Issues
- Symptom: Site Cannot Reach Applications in Datacenter
- Symptom: vManage Showing Edge Router or Interface Down
- Symptom: Site-Wide Loss of Connectivity (Blackout)
- Symptom: Poor Application Performance (Brownout)
- Issue Severity Assessment
Module 8: Troubleshooting: Routing Issues
- Troubleshooting NAT Issues for Control and Data connections
- BGP Information
- Multicast Information
- OMP Information
- OSPF Information
- PIM Information
- Symptom: Some or All Routes Missing from Edge Routing table
- Symptom: Data Traffic Using Suboptimal Path
- Symptom: Data Traffic Not Using All Transports
Module 9: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Application-Aware Routing
- Application Performance with Cloud-Express Service
- Tunnel Latency Statistics
- Tunnel Loss Statistics
Module 10: Troubleshooting Policy Related Issues
- Checking configuration o For Localized PoliciesFor Centralized Policies
- How to check if FIA is enabled
- Confirming and troubleshooting TCAM Issues
- Enabling Various Policy Level LogsFRM LogsEPBR LogsFNF Logs during configCollecting Log FilesHow to deal with too many logs
Module 11: Network Operations
- Check Alarms and Events
- Check User Accounts and Permissions
- Deploy the SD WAN Overlay Network
- Determine the Status of Network Sites
- Control Connections
- Data Connections
- OMP Status
- Enabling Embedded Packet Captures and Packet Trace on Cisco cEdges
Module 12: Security Certificate Troubleshooting
- Generate a Certificate Signing Request
- Issues when installing a certificate
- Using Cisco Signed Certificates vs 3rd Party Signed Certificates
- Upload the Edge Serial Number File
Module 13: SD WAN Devices Maintenance
- Decommission a vEdge Cloud Router
- Determine the Status of a Network Device
- Migrate a Controller's Virtual Machine Using vMotion
- Remove an Edge Router's Serial Number from the vManage NMS
- Replace an Edge Router
- Restore the vManage NMS
- Set Up User Accounts to Access SD-WAN Devices
- Validate or Invalidate an Edge Router
- Software Versions Installed on a Device
- Troubleshooting platform crash issues
Module 14: SD WAN Device Operation and Troubleshooting
- Determine Changes to a Configuration Template
- Determine Why a Device Rejects a Template
- Alarm Severity Levels
- Hardware Alarms
- Checking Alarms and Notifications
- LEDs
- Additional Information
- Restore an Edge Router
- Remove Edge Router Components
Lab Outline:
- Lab 1: Deploy and configure the Cisco SD-WAN FabricConfigure and Deploy Control-Plane ConnectivityConfigure and Deploy an Overlay NetworkProvision and Deploy vManage TemplatesProvision and Deploy vManage Policies
- Lab 2: Operational Best Practices
- Lab 3: Installing SD-AVC and monitoring CFlowd & DPI
- Lab 4: Cisco SD-WAN Control Plan Troubleshooting
- Lab 5: Cisco SD-WAN Data Plane Troubleshooting
- Lab 6: Cisco SD-WAN Troubleshoot Routing IssuesBasic route troubleshooting on the SD-WAN XE ImageDebugs on the Cisco SD-WAN XE Image
- Lab 7: Troubleshooting Cisco SD-WAN Policies
- Lab 8: Configuring a vManage Disaster Recovery Backup
- Lab 9: Troubleshooting platform crash files
- Lab 10: Configuring Cisco SD-WAN Alarms, Alerts and Notifications
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Reviews
Class was very informative, although one lab didnt but will try again later
vary good online learning. instructor is vary good the way he explained every thing.
This was a good program to get prepared for the solutions architect associate exam.
Concise and good to follow along. Although it is a lot to take in under a short period of time.
ExitCertified provided a very organized way to learn and provided materials to follow along.
