Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Interconnect uses a cloud agnostic backbone to
connect from site to site and site to multiple clouds. This Cloud OnRamp solution automates
on-demand connectivity between multiple sites and to the world's leading cloud provider
networks directly from your SD-WAN controller.
Cisco SD-WAN solution is a cloud-delivered Wide Area Network (WAN) overlay
architecture that extends the principles of software-defined networking (SDN) into
the WAN. The solution is broken up into four planes: data, control, management and
orchestration.

Why Use CISCO SD WAN-Cisco SD-WAN gives users the ability to manage
connectivity across their WANs from a single dashboard. It also lets them connect to
cloud platforms with greater speed, reliability, and efficiency.

What is the advantage of SD WAN
SD-WAN is more cost-effective and operationally agile than MPLS. SD-WAN
reduces capex and opex while also simplifying WAN management and scalability.

CISCO SD WAN Certification Job/Market Scope
the Cisco SD-WAN certification is extremely valuable in today's quickly changing
networking market. The demand for dependable and efficient software-defined wide
area networks has increased as organisations continue to embrace digital
transformation and cloud-based services.

Is CISCO SD WAN, the Future-
In the future, control, and data planes will be moved to the cloud to increase software
performance, and SD-WAN will be the best way to guide traffic across multiple
transport types. Overall, enterprises will have more freedom than ever before.

Cisco SD-WAN Live online training covers the below topics:

Module 1: Introduction to SD-WAN

• Introduction to software-defined networking (SDN)
• Overview of SD-WAN concepts, benefits, and use cases
• Evolution of WAN technologies and the need for SD-WAN

Module 2: Cisco SD-WAN Architecture

• Cisco SD-WAN components and their functions
• Control plane, data plane, and management plane overview
• Understanding the role of vManage, vBond Orchestrator, vSmart Controller and WAN Edge

Module 3: SD-WAN Fabric Deployment

• Planning and considerations for SD-WAN deployment
• Deployment models: hub-and-spoke, full-mesh, hybrid
• Hardware, software, and connectivity requirements

Module 4: Configuration and Management

• Introduction to vManage and its features
• Device templates and feature templates
• Overlay Management protocol

Module 5: Routing and Traffic Control

• Policy Architecture
• Control and Data policies
• Traffic steering and load balancing techniques
• Quality of Service (QoS) configuration and optimization

Module 6: Security in SD-WAN

• Security features and capabilities in Cisco SD-WAN
• Threat protection and security policy configuration

Module 7: Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Monitoring the SD-WAN fabric using vManage and monitoring tools
• Troubleshooting common issues in SD-WAN deployments
• Diagnosing connectivity, performance, and security problems

Module 8: Integration and Migration

• Integration with existing network infrastructure (e.g., MPLS, legacy routers)
• Migration strategies from traditional WAN to SD-WAN
• Best practices for seamless integration and coexistence

Lab outline:

• Overlay Bringup lab
• Templates lab
• VRRP lab
• OMP lab
• VPN Segmentation lab
• Hub and Spoke lab
• Direct Internet Access (DIA) lab
• Application Aware Routing (AAR) lab
• Service Chaining lab
• Extranet VPN (Route leaking between VPNs) lab
• TLOC Extension lab
• Application Firewall lab

End-to-end visibility into applications and infrastructure across the entire SD-
WAN fabric.
 Real-time information for failure correlation, cross-customer benchmarking,
and application performance scores.
 What-if scenarios for performance forecasting.