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SDWOTS : Cisco SD-WAN Operations Troubleshooting and Best Practices

Course Duration

5 Days

Delivery

ILT/VILT

Overview

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This five-day course covers the new deployment, options and features of version 20.16 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.

What You'll Learn

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

Who Should Attend

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

Prerequisites

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

Familiarity with WAN Networks

Learning Journey

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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

Lab Outline:

Labs are designed on latest version 20.16 to assure learners latest practical experience, through the following practical activities

Lab 0: Access the Lab Devices
- Task 1: Access the EnterOne Lab
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 Templates
- Task 1: Deploy Feature-Based Device Template
Lab 12: Provision and Deploy vManage CLI Templates
Lab 13: Provision and Deploy Policies (Part 1)
- Task 1: Modify Controller Distribution Using a Control Policy
- Task 2: Create a Hub and Spoke Control Policy
Lab 14: Provision and Deploy Policies (Part 2)
- Task 1: Create an Application Aware Routing Policy
- Task 2: Create a Service Chain Policy
- Task 3: Create Localized QOS Policies Using Feature Templates
Lab 15: Verifying and Troubleshooting Data Plane Issues
- Task 1: Verifying the Data Plane
- Task 2: Verifying BFD Information
- Task 3: Determining the Makeup of Network Traffic Using DPI
- Task 4: Simulating Flows
Lab 16: TLOC Extension
Lab 17: Troubleshooting Methods and Tools
- Task 1: Ping and Traceroute
- Task 2: vManage Alarms and Events
- Task 3: vShell
- Task 4: Viewing System Log Files
- Task 5: Enabling and View Debuf Output
Lab 18: Using the REST API and Python Scripting
- Task 1: Python Installation and Introduction
- Task 2: Examine and Run a Sample Python Script and View the Output
Lab 19: Deploy Multitenant vManage
- Task 1: Deploy Multitenant vManage
- Task 2: Install vManage Certificates
- Task 3: Add vBond Controller and Install Certificates
- Task 4: Add a Tenant in vManage
- Task 5: Access vManage as a Tenant

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