Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD)

The Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD) training gives you the knowledge and skills you need to design an enterprise network. This training serves as a deep dive into enterprise network design and expands on the topics covered in the Implementing and Operating Cisco® Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR) v1.0 training.This training also helps you prepare to take the 300-420 Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD) exam which is part of the CCNP® Enterprise and Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Design certifications.

Course outline

Section 1: Examining the Cisco SD-WAN Architecture
Section 2: Examining Cisco SD-WAN Deployment Options
Section 3: Deploying WAN Edge Devices
Section 4: Managing Device Configuration
Section 5: Exploring Redundancy, High Availability, and Scalability
Section 6: Enabling Service-Side and Transport-Side Routing
Section 7: Understanding Cisco SD-WAN Policy Configuration Basics
Section 8: Defining Advanced Control Policies
Section 9: Defining Advanced Data Policies
Section 10: Implementing Application Quality of Experience
Section 11: Implementing AAR
Section 12: Examining DIA and Cisco Cloud OnRamp
Section 13: Exploring Cisco SD-WAN Security
Section 14: Designing and Migrating to Cisco SD-WAN
Section 15: Performing Cisco SD-WAN Network Management and Troubleshooting
Section 16: Examining Cisco SD-WAN Multicast Support

Course objectives

After taking this training, you should be able to:

Design Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) internal routing for the enterprise network
Design Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) internal routing for the enterprise network
Design Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) internal routing for the enterprise network
Design a network based on customer requirements
Design Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing for the enterprise network
Describe the different types and uses of Multiprotocol BGP (MP-BGP) address families
Describe BGP load sharing
Design a BGP network based on customer requirements
Decide where the L2/L3 boundary will be in your Campus network and make design decisions
Describe Layer 2 design considerations for Enterprise Campus networks
Design a LAN network based on customer requirements
Describe Layer 3 design considerations in an Enterprise Campus network
Examine Cisco SD-Access fundamental concepts
Describe Cisco SD-Access Fabric Design
Design a Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) Campus Fabric based on customer requirements
Design service provider-managed VPNs
Design enterprise-managed VPNs
Design a resilient WAN
Design a resilient WAN network based on customer requirements
Examine the Cisco SD-WAN architecture
Describe Cisco SD-WAN deployment options
Design Cisco SD-WAN redundancy
Explain the basic principles of QoS
Design Quality of Service (QoS) for the WAN
Design QoS for enterprise network based on customer requirements
Explain the basic principles of multicast
Designing rendezvous point distribution solutions
Describe high-level considerations when doing IP addressing design
Create an IPv6 addressing plan
Plan an IPv6 deployment in an existing enterprise IPv4 network
Describe the challenges that you might encounter when transitioning to IPv6
Design an IPv6 addressing plan based on customer requirements
Describe Network APIs and protocols
Describe Yet Another Next Generation (YANG), Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF), and Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol (RESTCONF)