MEF-SDWAN

Networking engineers, service provider architects, and premise technology engineers looking to expand their understanding of SD-WAN and MEF certification.

In this MEF-SDWAN Bootcamp, you will learn all aspects related to SD-WAN from a MEF perspective, as fundamentals and characteristics of SD-WAN solutions, service components and service attributes, service assurance of SD-WAN connections, High Availability of SD-WAN Services and applying Policy-based Packet Forwarding for SD-WAN.

Module 1 Overview of Basic Networking

• Network Definitions
  • Node
  • Endpoint
  • Local Area Network (LAN)
  • MAC Address
  • Ethernet
  • Ethernet Frame
  • Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)
  • IEEE 802.1ad, Q-in-Q
  • Wide Area Network (WAN)
  • Subscriber
  • Service Provider
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
  • Routing
  • Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
  • Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
  • Intermediate System – Intermediate System (IS-IS)
  • Source Packet Routing in Networking (SPRING)/Segmented Routing (SR)
• Network Robustness
  • Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
  • Fast Reroute (FRR)
• Network Failures and Performance Issues
  • Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP)
  • Simple Network Message Protocol (SNMP)
  • Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
  • Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6 (ICMPv6)
  • Ping
  • Ping6
  • Traceroute
  • Traceroute6
• Traffic Addresses
  • Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
  • IPv4 Address
  • Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
  • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
  • Internet Protocol version 5 (IPv5)
  • Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
  • IPv6 Packet
  • Stateless Address Auto Configuration (SLAAC)

Module 2 Assessing, Planning, and Designing

• Characteristics and Benefits of an SD-WAN Service
• SD-WAN Components
  • SD-WAN UNI
  • Underlay Connectivity Services (UCS)
  • Tunnel Virtual Connection (TVC)
  • SD-WAN Virtual Connection (SWVC)
  • SD-WAN Virtual Connection Endpoint
  • SD-WAN Edge
• Internet Breakout
• SWVC Service Attributes
  • SWVC Identifier Service Attribute
  • SWVC End Point List Service Attribute
  • Service Uptime Objective Service Attribute
  • SWVC Reserved Prefixes Service Attribute
  • SWVC List of Policies Service Attribute
  • SWVC List of Application Flow Groups Service Attribute
  • SWVC List of Application Flows Service Attribute
  • Application Flow Groups and Policies
• SWVC End Point Service Attributes
  • SWVC End Point Identifier Service Attribute
  • SWVC End Point Policy Map Service Attribute
• SD-WAN UNI Service Attributes
  • SD-WAN UNI Identifier Service Attribute
  • SD-WAN UNI L2 Interface Service Attribute
  • SD-WAN UNI L2 Maximum Frame Size Service Attribute
  • SD-WAN UNI IPv4 Connection Addressing Service Attribute
  • SD-WAN UNI IPv6 Connection Addressing Service Attribute
  • SD-WAN UNI Example Scenario
• Application Flows and Groups
• Policies
  • Policy Criteria
• Legacy Migration to SD-WAN
  • SOHO or Small Office Branch Type
  • Medium or Larger Offices Branch Type
  • SD-WAN Use Policies
• Designing and Planning Scenarios

Module 3 Underlay Connectivity Services

• Types of Underlay Connectivity Services
• Characteristics of Underlay Connectivity Services
  • Carrier Ethernet Services
  • IP Services
  • L1 Connectivity Services
  • Public Internet
• Access Methods for Underlay Connectivity Services
  • Copper Access / DSL
  • Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) / Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
  • Fiber Access
  • HFC / DOCSIS
  • Packet Radio Access
  • Passive Optical Network
  • PDH Access
  • LTE
• Public versus Private
  • Private UCS
  • Public UCS
  • Backup UCS
• Traffic Requirements and Allocation of Bandwidth across Multiple Underlay Connectivity Services
  • Allocation of Bandwidth
  • BANDWIDTH Policy Effect on Packets
  • BANDWIDTH Policy Application
• UCS Scenarios

Module 4 SD-WAN Components

• Using an SD-WAN Gateway to Interconnect an SD-WAN Service to an External Service
  • Defining an SD-WAN Gateway
  • SD-WAN Gateway Use Case
• Defining the SD-WAN Controller and SD-WAN Orchestrator
  • SD-WAN Controller
  • SD-WAN Service Orchestrator
• Challenge Questions

Appendix A – Understanding the Basic Structure of the LSO API

• Benefits of LSO API
• LSOs with existing SDKs
• LSOs without SDKs

Module 5 SD-WAN Security

• Security
  • End-to-End Encryption
  • Security in the SD-WAN Context
• Firewall Usage With SD-WAN
  • Firewalls
  • Firewalls in SD-WAN Context
• Security Protocols
  • Transport Layer Security (TLS)
  • Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
  • Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)
• Encryption
  • IPSec Cryptographic Algorithms
  • WireGuard

Security Scenarios

It is recommended to have a basic understanding of L2 switching and L3 routing and experience in deployment, design, maintenance and troubleshooting of networks as MPLS and Ethernet.