CCNP Enterprise ENSDWI 300-415: Designing, Deploying and Securing with Cisco SD-WAN – CS-ENSDWI

This course is primarily intended for:

– System Administrators , Network Administrators, Enterprise network engineers, System engineers

– Individuals preparing for the Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions (ENSDWI 300-415) exam

The recommended knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows: 

– CCNA 

– ENCOR

On completion of this course, participants should be familiar with:

– Cisco Software-Defined Wide Area Networking: controllers and automation. Also, the benefits and value of automating management and operations.

– SD-WAN components, including the various controllers and the various types of deployment models. Also, the control plane, data plane, and cloud integration

– The Control Plane and Data Plane Operations: the Overlay Management Protocol (OMP) and how it works to facilitate the orchestration of the control plane and ultimately influences the data plane

– Onboarding and Provisioning: how to provision the data plane devices, either manually or via Plug and Play/Zero Touch Provisioning. Also, templates as a means to gain some flexibility and scale with configuration management.

– SD-WAN Policies: the different types of policies, how policies are constructed, and how they are applied to the Cisco SD-WAN fabric.

– Centralized Control Policies: how policies are used to manipulate or filter the OMP updates in order to manipulate the structure and forwarding patterns in the Cisco SD-WAN fabric. Also, packet loss recovery techniques, including Forward Error Correction and packet duplication.

– Centralized Data Policies: how policies that are used to manipulate or filter flows in the data plane and override the natural forwarding behavior that is propagated through the OMP.

– Application-Aware Routing Policies: how these policies can be used to ensure that traffic is forwarded across the SD-WAN fabric using links that meet a required service level agreement (SLA).

– Localized Policies: including local route policies, access control lists (ACLs), and quality of service (QoS).

– Cisco SD-WAN Security: what SD-WAN security is and why it is relevant to your organization. Also, how to deploy Application-Aware Enterprise Firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, URL filtering, Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) and Threat Grid, DNS web layer security, cloud security, and vManage authentication and authorization.

– Cisco SD-WAN Cloud onRamp: what Cisco SD-WAN Cloud onRamp is and how it can optimize your organization’s application experience. Also, how to deploy onRamp for SaaS, onRamp for IaaS, and onRamp for Colocation.

– Cisco SD-WAN Design and Migration: the methodology behind SD-WAN design across the enterprise. Also, preparation for SD-WAN migration, data center design, and branch design, as well as overlay and underlay routing integration.

– The Provisioning of Cisco SD-WAN Controllers in a Private Cloud: How to deploy the controllers in a private cloud on premises, or in a lab environment. Also, the various methods to handle certificates, as certificates play a critical piece in encrypting and authenticating the control plane.

– Tips and strategies for studying for the ENSDWI 300-415 exam.

Exam # 300-415 ENSDWI is associated with the new CCNP Enterprise certification and with the Cisco Certified Specialist – Enterprise SD-WAN Implementation certification.

This exam tests a candidate’s knowledge of Cisco’s SD-WAN solution including SD-WAN architecture, controller deployment, WAN Edge router deployment, policies, security, quality of service, multicast, and management and operations.