Operating Cisco SD-WAN Meraki

Master Cisco Meraki SD-WAN with our comprehensive 3-day course, designed for IT professionals and network administrators seeking to enhance their capabilities in implementing advanced security and programmability features on Meraki MX routers.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Understand Cisco Meraki SD-WAN core concepts and components

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Implement advanced security features on Meraki MX routers

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Deploy Meraki SD-WAN solutions effectively

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Automate configurations using Cisco SD-WAN programmability features

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 3 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Field deployment technicians
  • Network administrators
  • Pre-/Post-sales engineers
  • Service provider engineers

Description

This 3-day course is hands-on training on Cisco Meraki SD-WAN implementations, basic and advanced Cisco Meraki SD-WAN Security features that are available on Meraki MX routers. Deep dive into capabilities like Firewall and Traffic, Application Aware Firewall, AMP Integration, Content Filtering and Threat protection and many other advanced features are covered as a part of this training. This course also provides hands-on training on Cisco Meraki SD-WAN Programmability features. The course qualified for 24 Cisco Continuing Education Credits (CE).

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Upcoming Course Dates

July 28-30, 2025

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Virtual: Online - America/Los_Angeles

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$3395

September 22-24, 2025

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Virtual: Online - America/Los_Angeles

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November 17-19, 2025

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Course Outline

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Module 1: Introduction to Meraki SD-WAN and Meraki Key Concepts

  1. Meraki Centralized Dashboard

  2. Meraki key concepts

  3. Meraki Concentrator Modes

  4. VPN Topology

  5. Split Tunnel and Full Tunnel

  6. Hub and Spoke and VPN Mesh

  7. Meraki Connection Monitor

  8. Data Center Redundancy (DC-DC Failover)

  9. Warm Spare for VPN Concentrators

Module 2: Meraki SD-WAN Deployment Models

  1. Introduction

  2. Data Center Deployment

  3. MX Deployment Considerations

  4. Upstream DC Switching Considerations

  5. Routing Considerations

  6. Firewall Considerations

  7. Branch Deployment

  8. AutoVPN at the Branch

  9. Hub and Spoke VPN Deployment

  10. Hub Priorities and Design considerations

Module 3: Meraki SD-WAN Security

  1. Exploring the SD-WAN and Security Dashboard

  2. Site-to-site VPN Deep Dive

  3. Client VPN Technologies

  4. Access control and Splash Page

  5. NAT and Port Forwarding

  6. Firewall and Traffic Shaping

  7. Content Filtering and Threat Protection

  8. Meraki and Cisco Umbrella Integration

Module 4: Firewall and Traffic Shaping Policies

  1. MX Firewall Settings

  2. Outbound Rules

  3. Appliance Services

  4. Layer 7 Firewall Rules

  5. Forwarding Rules

  6. IP Source Address Spoofing Protection

  7. Overview and Key Terms

  8. NAT Modes Implementation

  9. Supported Deployment Topologies

  10. SD-WAN and Traffic Shaping

  11. Uplink Configurations

  12. Uplink Selections

  13. Global Bandwidth Limitations

  14. Traffic Shaping Rules

  15. Web Cache

Module 5: SD-WAN Security – Content Filtering and Threat Protection

  1. MX and Active Directory Integrations

  2. Content Filtering Implementations and Troubleshooting

  3. Cisco AMP Integrations and Threat Protection

  4. Threat Grid Integrations

Module 6: Programmable API

  1. Meraki Dashboard API with Postman

  2. Meraki Organization and Networks Import into Postman

  3. Meraki Devices into the appropriate Networks using APIs

  4. Troubleshooting Meraki using APIs

  5. Dashboard

  6. Device Dashboard

Lab Outline

  1. Discovery Lab 1: Configure Tags, EtherChannel, Port Mirroring, and Wireless High-Density Deployment

  2. Discovery Lab 2: Establish Auto VPN Tunneling

  3. Discovery Lab 3: Configure SVIs and Routing on Cisco Meraki MS Switches

  4. Discovery Lab 4: Configure Routing and Redistribution on MXs

  5. Discovery Lab 5: VoIP QoS

  6. Discovery Lab 6: Configure Traffic Shaping on MR and MX

  7. Discovery Lab 7: Uplinks Load Balancing

  8. Discovery Lab 8: L3 and L7 Firewall rules

  9. Discovery Lab 9: Enable AMP, IDS and IPS

  10. Discovery Lab 10: Configure and Apply Access Policies

  11. Discovery Lab 11: Configure Wireless Guest Access

  12. Discovery Lab 12: Enable Alerts and Webhooks

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