Module 1: Introduction to Cisco’s Software Defined Access (SD-Access)

1. Understanding Cisco Intent-Based Networking

2. Understanding Cisco SDA Use Cases customer’s benefits including business and technical outcomes and capabilities

3. Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly DNAC) Introduction

4. SD-Access Overview

5. SD-Access Benefits

6. SD-Access Key Concepts

7. SD-Access Main Components

8. Cisco Catalyst Center Automation

9. Cisco ISE (Policy)

10. Cisco StealthWatch (Traffic Analysis)

11. DNA Center Assurance

Module 2: Deployment and Initial setup for the Cisco DNA-Center

1. Cisco Catalyst Center Appliances

2. Cisco Catalyst Center Deployment Models

3. Installation Procedure

4. Initial Setup and Configuration

5. GUI Navigation

Module 3: SDA - Design

1. Network design options

2. Sites

3. Creating Enterprise and Sites Hierarchy

4. Configuring General Network Settings

5. Loading maps into the GUI

6. IP Address Management

7. Software Image Management

8. Network Device Profiles

9. AAA

10. SNMP

11. Syslog

12. IP address pools

13. Image management

14. Creating Enterprise and Guest SSIDs

15. Network profiles

16. Authentication templates

Module 4: SDA - Policy

1. 2-level Hierarchy

2. Policy

Module 5: SDA - Provision

1. Devices Onboarding

2. Templates

3. IP Transits

4. Fabric Domains

5. Adding Nodes

Module 6: SDA - Assurance

1. Overview of DNA Assurance

2. Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance- Use Cases Examples

3. Network Health & Device 360

4. Client Health & Client 360

5. Application Health & Application 360

6. Cisco SD- Application Visibility Control (AVC) on Catalyst Center

7. Proactive troubleshooting using Sensors

Module 7: Cisco SD-Access Distributed Campus Design

1. Introduction to Cisco SD-Access Distributed Campus Design – The Advantage?

2. Fabric Domain vs Fabric Site

3. SD-Access Transits

4. Deploying the Cisco Distributed Campus with SD-Access Transit

5. Cisco SD-Access Fabric in a Box

Module 8: Cisco SD-Access Brownfield Migration

1. Cisco SD-Access Migration Tools and Strategies

2. Two Basic Approaches

3. Integration with existing Cisco ISE in the network – Things to watch out for!

4. Choosing the correct Fusion Device

5. When do you need the SD-Access Layer-2 Border?

Module 9: Cisco Catalyst Center Automation- Use Cases Examples

1. DAY0: Onboarding new devices using Zero Touch Deployment

2. DAY1: Configurations using Templates

3. DAYN: Security Advisories based on Machine Reasoning Engine

4. DAYN: Simplified Software Management based on Golden Images

5. DAYN: Defective Device Replacement - RMA

Module 10: 3rd Party Integrations

1. ServiceNow

2. InfoBlox IPAM

Module 11: Specific Use Cases

1. Use Case: STACK LAN Automation

2. Use Case: Silent Hosts

3. Use Case: Wake on LAN

4. Use Case: The need for L2 flooding

5. Use Case: Multicast in the SD-Access Fabric

Module 12: Cisco SD-Access Multi-Domain Integrations

1. Cisco SD-Access to ACI Integrations

2. Cisco SD-Access to Cisco SD-WAN Integrations

Module 13: Troubleshooting

1. Fabric

2. Layer 3 forwarding

3. Layer 2 forwarding

4. Multicast Forwarding

5. Security in the Fabric

6. Troubleshooting Multi-Site Deployments

Lab Outline

1. Lab 1: SDA Fundamentals

2. Lab 2: Using the Catalyst Center Discovery Tool

3. Lab 3: Using the Catalyst Center Inventory Tool

4. Lab 4: ISE and Catalyst Center Integration

5. Lab 5: Using the Catalyst Center Design Application

6. Lab 6: Using the Catalyst Center Policy Application

7. Lab 7: Fabric Provisioning

8. Lab 8: Wired and Wireless Host and Access Point Onboarding Configuration

9. Lab 9: Configuring External Connectivity Using Fusion Router

10. Lab 10: Configuring Cisco ISE Policies for User Onboarding

11. Lab 11: Onboarding and Provisioning Access Points

12. Lab 12: Fabric and Segmentation Verification

13. Lab 13: Layer-2 Border Fundamentals

14. Lab 14: Configuring a Layer-2 Border to Extend the Same IP Pool

15. Lab 15: Transitioning the Traditional User to the SDA Anycast Gateway

16. Lab 16: Testing IP Connectivity between SDA User and Traditional User

17. Lab 17: Introduction to SDA Distributed Campus

18. Lab 18: Configuring an SDA-Transit and the Transit Control Plane (TCP)

19. Lab 19: Designing a Second Fabric Site

20. Lab 20: Deploying a Second Fabric Site – Fabric in a Box

21. Lab 21: Deploying a New Fabric Edge using LAN Automation

22. Lab 22: Automate Network Devices Using Day-N Template

23. Lab 23: Add as Edge Node to Fabric Site-2

24. Lab 24: Host Onboarding at Fabric Site-2

25. Lab 25: Connecting the two Fabric Sites Using the SDA-Transit

26. Lab 26: Testing IP Connectivity and Micro-Segmentation between Fabric Site-1 and Fabric Site-2