Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN: Design, Deploy and Secure your WAN Premium Edition and Practice Test, 2nd Edition

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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN: Design, Deploy, and Secure Your WAN, Second Edition, Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test

The exciting new Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN: Design, Deploy, and Secure Your WAN Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test, Second Edition is a digital-only certification preparation product combining an eBook with enhanced Pearson IT Certification Practice Test. The Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test contains the following items:

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This Premium Edition contains an enhanced version of the Pearson Test Prep practice test software with four full practice exams. In addition, it contains all the chapter-opening assessment questions from the book. This integrated learning package

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About the Premium Edition eBook

Unleash the power of Cisco SD-WAN with this comprehensive guide to design, deployment, and security. Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN: Design, Deploy, and Secure Your WAN is your definitive guide to mastering Cisco's Software-Defined Wide Area Networking. This comprehensive resource equips you with the knowledge and skills to optimize performance and enhance security for your organization's network. Whether you're an IT professional, network engineer, or system administrator, this completely revised edition provides the essential tools and knowledge you need to excel in today's demanding networking landscape. With insights from four leading Cisco technology experts, this book also helps you prepare for the CCNP Enterprise Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions ENSDWI 300-415 exam. Covering all of the exam topics, this is the only self-study resource approved by Cisco. It provides a proven test-preparation routine to help you pass the ENSDWI 300-415 exam on your first attempt.

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Key Features:

Architectural Mastery: Understand the key components and benefits of Cisco SD-WAN
Efficient Design and Migration: Learn the steps to transition your network smoothly to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Policy Implementation: Gain detailed insights into SD-WAN policies and their application
Advanced Security: Discover techniques to safeguard your network effectively
Up-to-date Content: Includes new chapters on Cloud OnRamp, monitoring, and troubleshooting

Content Update Program:

This fully updated second edition includes the latest topics and additional information covering changes to the latest CCNP Enterprise Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions ENSDWI 300-415 exam. Visit ciscopress.com for information on annual digital updates for this book that align to Cisco exam blueprint version changes.

This extensively updated new edition contains updated policy chapters to include new technologies, such as:

Enhanced App Aware Routing
Coverage of configuration and policy groups
Completely updated security content including segmentation
New chapters on Cloud OnRamp and monitoring and troubleshooting

Introduction xxii

Chapter 1 Introduction to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN 2

Transport Independence 3

Use Cases Demanding Changes in the WAN 6

Cloud Trends and Adoption 9

Summary 12

Review All Key Topics 12

Key Terms 12

Chapter Review Questions 12

Chapter 2 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Components 14

Data Plane 16

Management Plane 22

Control Plane 24

Orchestration Plane 27

Multi-tenancy Options 28

Deployment Options 29

Summary 30

Review All Key Topics 30

Key Terms 31

Chapter Review Questions 31

References 32

Chapter 3 Control Plane and Data Plane Operations 34

Control Plane Operations 35

Data Plane Operations 65

Summary 88

Review All Key Topics 88

Key Terms 89

Chapter Review Questions 89

References 89

Chapter 4 Onboarding and Provisioning 92

Configuration Templates 94

Developing and Deploying Templates 98

Configuration Groups and Feature Profiles 102

Developing and Deploying Configuration Groups 103

Onboarding Devices 111

Key Settings in Device Templates and Configuration Groups 117

Summary 120

Review All Key Topics 120

Key Terms 120

Chapter Review Questions 121

References 122

Chapter 5 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Design and Migration 124

Cisco SD-WAN Design Methodology 125

Cisco SD-WAN Control Components Design 136

Cisco SD-WAN Implementation Preparation 154

Cisco SD-WAN Transport Connectivity 157

Cisco SD-WAN Data Center Design 166

Cisco SD-WAN Branch Design 170

Integrating Cisco SD-WAN with Existing Networks 176

Summary 185

Review All Key Topics 185

Chapter Review Questions 186

References 189

Chapter 6 Introduction to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Policies 190

Purpose of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Policies 190

Types of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Policies 191

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Policy Construction 195

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Policy Administration, Activation, and

Packet Forwarding Order of Operations 208

Summary 210

Review All Key Topics 210

Define Key Terms 210

Chapter Review Questions 211

Chapter 7 Centralized Control Policies 214

Centralized Control Policy Overview 215

Use Case 1: Isolating Remote Branches from Each Other 217

Use Case 2: Enabling Branch-to-Branch Communication Through Data Centers 235

Use Case 3: Traffic Engineering at Sites with Multiple Routers 251

Use Case 4: Preferring Regional Data Centers for Internet Access 260

Use Case 5: Regional Mesh Networks 267

Use Case 6: Enforcing Security Perimeters with Service Insertion 274

Use Case 7: Isolating Guest Users from the Corporate WAN 281

Use Case 8: Creating Different Network Topologies for Each Segment 284

Use Case 9: Creating Extranets and Access to Shared Services 288

Summary 299

Review All Key Topics 300

Define Key Terms 300

Chapter Review Questions 300

References 302

Chapter 8 Centralized Data Policies 304

Centralized Data Policy Overview 304

Use Case 10: Direct Internet Access for Guest Users 306

Use Case 11: Direct Cloud Access for Trusted Applications 322

Use Case 12: Application-Based Traffic Engineering 331

Application-Based Traffic Engineering with Policy Groups 338

Use Case 13: Protecting Corporate Users with a Secure Internet Gateway 341

Use Case 14: Protecting Applications from Packet Loss 353

Summary 363

Review All Key Topics 364

Define Key Terms 364

Chapter Review Questions 364

References 366

Chapter 9 Application-Aware Routing Policies 368

The Business Imperative for Application-Aware Routing 368

The Mechanics of Traditional App-Route Policies 369

Enhanced Application-Aware Routing 402

Summary 407

Review All Key Topics 407

Define Key Terms 408

Chapter Review Questions 408

References 410

Chapter 10 Localized Policies 412

Introduction to Localized Policies 412

Localized Control Policies 413

Localized Data Policies 426

Quality of Service Policies 430

Summary 439

Review All Key Topics 440

Chapter Review Questions 440

References 442

Chapter 11 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Security 444

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Security: Why and What 444

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Security Policies 448

Unified Security Policies 479

Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) 483

Policy Groups 486

Secure Segmentation 494

SD-WAN Manager Authentication and Authorization 503

Summary 510

Review All Key Topics 511

Define Key Terms 511

Chapter Review Questions 511

Reference 513

Chapter 12 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp 514

Cloud OnRamp for SaaS 516

Cloud OnRamp for Multicloud 534

SD-WAN Cloud Interconnect 546

Summary 548

Review All Key Topics 549

Define Key Terms 549

Chapter Review Questions 549

References 550

Chapter 13 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Programmability 552

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN API Overview 553

Using the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN API with Python 563

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Infrastructure as Code 586

Summary 592

Review All Key Topics 592

Key Terms 592

Chapter Review Questions 592

References 594

Chapter 14 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Monitoring and Operations 596

SD-WAN Manager Monitoring Tools 596

SD-WAN Manager Troubleshooting Tools 610

SD-WAN Monitoring with ThousandEyes 619

SD-WAN Analytics Overview 629

Summary 633

Review All Key Topics 633

Chapter Review Questions 633

Appendix A Answers to Chapter Review Questions 636

Glossary of Key Terms 649

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