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Software Defined Networking Fundamentals

  • Course Code SDNF
  • Duration 2 days

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

  • Company Event

    Event at company

  • Public Classroom

    Traditional Classroom Learning

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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. SDN 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 SDN: Allows more efficient provisioning of new services and applications, Realises cost savings, Reduces configuration time and errors,Enhances security, Relates to/enhances cloud computing

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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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    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