SDWOTS: Cisco SD-WAN Operations Troubleshooting and Best Practices

Course Overview

Module 1: Cisco SD-WAN Introduction

• Introduction and Background
• SD-WAN Concepts
• Solution Architecture Overview

Module 2: Cisco SD-WAN: Control Plane

• Deploying SD-WAN Control Plane
• SD-WAN Router Establishes Control Connection with vBond
• Devices and Controllers Identities
• Establishing the Control Plane
• Cisco SD-WAN Control Plane Overlay Management Protocol (OMP)
• Troubleshooting Control Connections

Module 3: Cisco SD-WAN: Data Plane

• Establishing the Data Plane

Module 4: Templates

Module 5: Policy Framework

• Control Policies
• Building, Applying, and Processing Centralized Control Policies
• Control, Data, Application Aware, VPN Membership, cFlowd, and Security Policies
• Central and Local Control Policy
• Central and Local Data Policy
• Application Aware Policy
• Creating a Centralized Policy
• VPN Membership Policies
• cFlowd Policy
• Security Policies
• Application Quality of Experience

Module 6: Data Plane Troubleshooting 

• Troubleshooting BFD and Data Plane Tunnels
• BFD Troubleshooting
• Control Connections Related Issues
• Firewalls – Port Requirements
• NAT – Related Problems
• OMP
• Security Configuration
• ISP Problems with DSCP 48
• cEdge: In-depth Datapath Debugging

Module 7: Troubleshooting Policies

• Control Policy Failure Scenario No. 1
• Control Policy Failure Scenario No. 2
• Troubleshooting Data Policies and App-Route Policies
• Centralized Policies – Points of Failure
• Example 1: vManage Policy Deployment Failure
• Example 2: Policy Deployment on vSmart
• Example 3: Policy Deployment on vEdge
• Example 4: Policy Deployment on cEdge
• Tricky Problem

Module 8: Management and Operations            

• Customer Deployment
• Use Case: Retail
• Controller Deployment
• Seamless Migration
• Multi-Segment Overlay
• Hub and Spoke Topology
• Secure Internet Access
• Cloud onRamp for SaaS
• Cloud onRamp for IaaS
• Redundancy

Module 9: SD-WAN Multi-Tenant

Appendix

• Troubleshooting Common Issues
• Interface Troubleshooting
• Troubleshoot vManage Common Issues
• Cisco SD-WAN Best Practices

Lab Outline:

Labs are designed to assure learners a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities:

• Lab 0: Access the Lab Devices
  • Task 1: Access the NterOne Lab
• Lab 1: Onboard vSmart Controller
• Lab 2: Prepare a vEdge Router for Onboarding
• Lab 3: Prepare a cEdge Router for Onboarding
• Lab 4: Add vEdge to vManage Inventory
• Lab 5: Configure and Deploy vEdge Router Control-Plane
• Lab 6: Configure and Deploy cEdge Router Control-Plane
• Lab 7: Decommission a cEdge from vManage Inventory
• Lab 8: Adding a cEdge to vManage Inventory
• Lab 9: Configure and Deploy an Overlay Network
• Lab 10: Exploring vManage GUI
• Lab 11: Provision and Deploy vManage Feature Templates
  • Task 1: Deploy Feature-Based Device Template
• Lab 12: Provision and Deploy vManage CLI Templates
• Lab 13: Provision and Deploy Policies (Part 1)
  • Task 1: Modify Controller Distribution Using a Control Policy
  • Task 2: Create a Hub and Spoke Control Policy
• Lab 14: Provision and Deploy Policies (Part 2)
  • Task 1: Create an Application Aware Routing Policy
  • Task 2: Create a Service Chain Policy
  • Task 3: Create Localized QOS Policies Using Feature Templates
• Lab 15: Verifying and Troubleshooting Data Plane Issues
  • Task 1: Verifying the Data Plane
  • Task 2: Verifying BFD Information
  • Task 3: Determining the Makeup of Network Traffic Using DPI
  • Task 4: Simulating Flows
• Lab 16: TLOC Extension
• Lab 17: Troubleshooting Methods and Tools
  • Task 1: Ping and Traceroute
  • Task 2: vManage Alarms and Events
  • Task 3: vShell
  • Task 4: Viewing System Log Files
  • Task 5: Enabling and View Debuf Output
• Lab 18: Using the REST API and Python Scripting
  • Task 1: Python Installation and Introduction
  • Task 2: Examine and Run a Sample Python Script and View the Output
• Lab 19: Deploy Multitenant vManage
  • Task 1: Deploy Multitenant vManage
  • Task 2: Install vManage Certificates
  • Task 3: Add vBond Controller and Install Certificates
  • Task 4: Add a Tenant in vManage
  • Task 5: Access vManage as a Tenant

Prerequisites

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

• Familiarity with WAN Networks