Who should attend
Cisco Partners: Solution Architects, Pre-Sales Engineers, Network Engineers
Prerequisites
The knowledge and skills you should have before attending this course are as follows:
- Cisco Certified Network Professional, Routing & Switching (CCNP-RS) certification, or equivalent knowledge or experience
- Cisco Certified Network Associate, Data Center (CCNA-DC) certification, or equivalent knowledge or experience
- Cisco Cetified Network Associate, Wireless (CCNA-Wireless) certification, or equivalent knowledge or experience
- Good understanding of LISP, VXLAN, Cisco TrustSec
Course Objectives
- Describe the need for a new networking model
- Describe the Cisco Software-Defined Access solution, its components and features
- Describe how to perform a DNA Readiness Assessment
- Describe Cisco DNA Center as the management solution for the new architecture
- Describe how to secure SD Access
- Describe the wireless integration into SD Access
- Describe the Catalyst 9000 switches
- Discuss the licensing model for SD Access
Course Content
This course is an introduction to concepts, implementation and considerations when deploying the Cisco Software-Defined Access solution. It is designed for Cisco partners.
The Software Defined Access Essentials course presents Cisco’s SD Access solution. You will learn the concepts, components, implementation, migration and design principles of deploying this solution. As well, business justification and the benefits of the SD Access solution are discussed.
The course leads you into detailed coverage of the SD Access Fabric, its components and implementation as well as supported architectures and migration paths. The course also introduces the new Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches and outlines the new features, including ETA. You will also learn about integrating wireless architectures with SD Access and discuss best practice designs and migrations.
The Cisco SD Access solution is centered around DNA Center and as such, the course will cover this solution. You will learn about NDP, APIC-EM, ISE and StealthWatch integration as well as Assurance and Analytics.