This 3-day course equips Managed Service Providers with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to deploy VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud. You develop an infrastructure using key VMware SD-WAN components such as Gateway and Edge. You learn about VMware SD-WAN design and best practices.

By the end of this course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• • Explain VMware SD-WAN architecture
• • Outline VMware SD-WAN key components
• • Discuss various MSP use cases and deployment options
• • Deploy VMware SD-WAN Gateway, and VMware SD-WAN Edge
• • Manage VMware SD-WAN Gateways and Edges
• • Design and best practice for VMware SD-WAN

Any Managed Service Provider who is designing VMware SD-WAN solutions or managing SD-WAN networks for their customers.

• • Deep understanding of routing and switching technologies
• • Deep understanding of security solutions, including VPN technologies
• • Completion of the VMware SD-WAN VTSP Accreditation
• • Completion of the VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud: Deploy and Manage course

1 Course Introduction

• • Introductions and course logistics
• • Course objectives

2 Architecture and Core Features

• • Evaluate the current state of the enterprise WAN and limitations for growth
• • Describe the key components and features of the VMware SD-WAN architecture
• • Explain VMware SD-WAN component placement and interactions between components
• • List VMware SD-WAN core value differentiators
• • Describe VMware SD-WAN core features
• • Evaluate the effect of VMware SD-WAN differentiators on a SD-WAN site deployment

3 VMware SD-WAN MSP use Cases, Deployment Models, and License Models

• • Describe VMware SD-WAN MSP use cases
• • List VMware SD-WAN deployment models
• • Describe each VMware SD-WAN topology model

4 Zero Touch Provisioning

• • Provision a VMware SD-WAN Edge
• • Describe the provisioning process for a VMware SD-WAN Edge
• • Deploy a VMware SD-WAN Virtual Edge on ESXi

5 VMware SD-WAN Cloud VPN

• • Configure Cloud VPN
• • Consider the options of Cloud VPN
• • Describe packet flow in Cloud VPN

6 Routing and Branch Design vCloud Director Networking

• • Control SD-WAN overlay and underlay route advertisement
• • Interpret overlay flow control
• • Demonstrate best practice when using BGP in SD-WAN design
• • Evaluate branch design options

7 VMware SD-WAN Security

• • Explain VMware SD-WAN security architecture
• • Describe VMware SD-WAN Edge security capabilities

8 HA Designs

• • Distinguish between standard and enhanced HA and VRRP

9 Designing for Performance and Scale

• • List the SD-WAN factors that influence scale and performance
• • Compare VMware SD-WAN Edge models and their scale and performance
• • Describe VMware SD-WAN Edge Clustering

10 Standing up a Partner Gateway

• • Describe gateway functionality and roles
• • Provision a gateway from Orchestrator
• • Demonstrate the procedure to install a gateway on ESXi
• • Describe how BGP works together with a Partner Gateway hand-off

11 MSP Operations and Version Management

• • Identify appropriate guide documents
• • Demonstrate account management
• • Describe the VMware SD-WAN upgrade sequence
• • Demonstrate a VMware SD-WAN Edge and Gateway upgrade