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SDN Essentials: The Future of Networking

  • Course Code SDNF
  • Duration 2 days
  • Version 1.0

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

  • Class Connect HD

    Connect to a class in HD

  • Company Event

    Event at company

  • Public Classroom

    Traditional Classroom Learning

  • Virtual Learning

    Learning that is virtual

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Course Overview

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For the past 20 years, networking has not been able to quickly respond to changing business demands. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) promises to change this. Software-Defined Networking empowers the business to control network behavior by emphasizing the application instead of the network infrastructure.

Regardless of your hardware or software environment, this vendor-neutral course offers a clear picture of how Software-Defined Networking allows more efficient provisioning of new services and applications, realises cost savings, reduces configuration time and errors, enhances security, relates to and enhances cloud computing.

    Course Schedule

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    Target Audience

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    This course has been designed for individuals interested in gaining a high-level understanding of SDN.

    Course Objectives

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    After attending this course you should be able to :

    • Differentiate between SDN and its myths
    • Recognise the current SDN solution providers
    • Understand the Business and technical challenges that SDN solves
    • Understand how SDN enhances cloud computing
    • Recognize howSDN impacts your organization, your team, and you.

    Course Content

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    In this course you will learn about:

    • Identify and dispel the myths surrounding SDN
    • Determine the basic feature sets offered by different vendors and identify each vendor's style
      - Physical
      - Virtual
      - Firewall
    • Define SDN
    • The Evolution of SDN
    • Compare a traditional network and a SDN network
    • SDN terminology
    • Controllers
    • Devices
    • Applications
    • APIs (northbound and southbound)
    • Planes (mgmt, ctrl, data)
    • Draw a conceptual diagram of SDN
    • SDN enabling tools and technologies
    • Apply SDN to your organizational challenges
    • Business and technical challenges solved by SDN
    • Relationship between SDN and cloud computing
    • Roles and responsibilities in SDN
      - IT Management
      - Security and compliance
      - Network administration
    • Server and virtualization administration
    • How roles in an SDN network differ from a traditional network
    • How roles change, merge, and re-task for SDN
    • The need for collaboration between roles

    Course Prerequisites

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    Attendees should meet the following prerequisites:

    • A basic understanding of infrastructure and networking terms is helpful but not required.

    Follow on Courses

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    The following courses are recommended for further study:

    • SDNPW - SDN Planning Workshop
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