TCP/IP foundation for engineers

Essential SD-WAN
A 1 day training course

Description Key outcomes

SD-WAN is rapidly growing in use. This vendor neutral
course starts with an introduction to what SD-WAN is
and when it is useful. Each main area of SD-WAN is
then studied in more detail to enable delegates to
recognise the technologies used in SD-WAN and then
use this information to evaluate SD-WAN products.
By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
 Describe what SD-WAN is (and isn't).
 Explain how SD-WAN works.
 Evaluate SD-WAN products.
 Compare and contrast SD-WAN with other
technologies such as MPLS, Ethernet, SDN, NFV
and WAN optimisation.

Training approach Details

This structured course uses Instructor Led Training to Who will benefit?
provide the best possible learning experience. Small Anyone wishing to learn about SD-WAN.
class sizes ensure students benefit from our engaging
Prerequisites
and interactive style of teaching with delegates
Network fundamentals.
encouraged to ask questions throughout the course.
Quizzes follow each major section allowing checking of Duration: 1 day
learning.

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“on the wire”.
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S.R. Qinetiq

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 Essential SD-WAN

Course content

What is SD-WAN? Summary

What is SD and SDN? What is WAN? Branch/
Office. MPLS, MPLS vs Internet, Ethernet,
Broadband, LTE/4G, Cable, Satellite. The impact
of the cloud. Single console, Dynamic path
selection, automation. Why SD-WAN?
SD-WAN doesn’t replace MPLS, virtualisation and
SD-WAN. Relationship with SDN and NFV. SD-
WAN versus WAN optimisation.

Single console
Network management, orchestration, What our customers say
administration. Example GUI interfaces.
Northbound and southbound APIs.
“Absolutely brilliant, very knowledgeable and
helpful trainer would recommend to teach
anyone. Kept me interested 100% of the time which is
very impressive as this does not happen often, if at all!”
O. B. Network Rail
Dynamic path selection
SD-WAN transports, Overlay networks, security.
VPNs, IPsec. QoS and prioritization. Policies, “The best technical course I’ve been on!.”
traffic path rules. Application specific routing,
bonding, optimisation. L. W. Fujitsu Telecoms Europe

“Very well thought out and structured course. Would

recommend 100%. Lots of equipment, good quality.”

A.R. Unipart
Automation
Time saving, removing errors. Zero touch, ZOOM,
ZTP. The role of the orchestrator. Real time “Course content is interesting. Relevant to current
monitoring of the network. APIs. systems and presented well.”
S.S-T. Arqiva

Architecture and products

Hardware solutions, software solutions, virtual
appliances. Clouds. SD-WAN edge devices, SD-
WAN controllers, Orchestrators. HA and SD-WAN.
Riverbed, Cisco, Juniper, others.

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