CCNP Enterprise Core (350-401)

Traditional WAN architectures are not designed for the cloud. As organisations adopt more cloud technologies such as Office 365, the existing traditional network provides more challenges with the level of complexity and end user expereience. Cisco SD-WAN includes a set of functionalities addressing optional cloud software-as-a-service application access and infrastructure-as-a-service connectivity called Cloud OnRamp. Cloud…

vAnalytics is an optional add-on to SDWAN that provides an optional analytics and assurance service. It can provide visibility into applications and infrastructure used across the WAN. vAnalytics can provide intelligent recommendations and forecasting.

vBond Orchestrator authenticates the vSmart controllers and the SD-WAN routers. It orchestrates connectivity between the vSmart controllers and the SD-WAN routers. The vBond Orchestrator is the only device that requires to have a public IP address on it so all other SD-WAN devices can connect to it. There are three components of the vBond Orchestrator:…

Cisco SD-WAN routers deliver the WAN, security, and multicloud capabilities of the SD-WAN architecture. The Cisco SD-WAN routers are available as hardware, software or cloud routers that sit at the perimeter of a site. SD-WAN routers support standard features such as OSPF, BGP, ACLs, QOS and other routing policies. In addition to the SD-WAN control…

vSmart controllers have preinstalled credentials that allow the controller to authenticate to every SD-WAN router that comes online. The credentials ensure that only authenticated devices can gain access to the SD-WAN fabric. After each successful authentication, the vSmart controller establishes a DTLS tunnel to each SD-WAN router in the fabric for uses these tunnels to…

The vManage NMS is a single pane of glass networking management system GUI that is used to configure and manage the SD-WAN solution. It provides centralised provisioning and managed network changes.

The Cisco SD-WAN, based on Viptela, is a cloud overlay WAN architecture. Cisco SD-WAN solution has four main components and an optional analytics service: vManage Network Management System (NMS) vSmart Controller SD-WAN Routers vBond Orchestrator vAnalytics vManage NMS Single pane of glass GUI for managing the SD-WAN solution vSmart Controller Brains of the solution SD-WAN…

SD-WAN can offer a number of benefits: Lower costs with simple WAN automation and orchestration Extend enterprise networks seamlessly into public cloud Provide optimal user experience for software-as-a-service applications Leverage a transport-independent WAN for lower cost and higher diversity, with the underlying network making up of many types of IP network (Internet, MPLS, 3G/4G/LTE, satellite)…

The management layer within Cisco DNA centre is the layer that provides an interface to the user. All information from all other layers is presented in the form of a centralised dashboard. The management layer removes the complicated information of the configuration behind the scenes and provides simple easy to use information to the user,…

The controller layer provides all of the management systems for the management layer. The controller layer is all provided by Cisco DNA centre and Cisco ISE. Cisco ISE and DNA Centre integrate with each other to share information between themselves using APIs. There are three subsystems within the controller layer Cisco Network Cloud Platform Integrated…