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Cisco Catalyst Center Foundations (CCFND)

Length 5 days
Price NZD 5995 exc GST
Version 1.0

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Why study this course

The Cisco Catalyst Center Foundations (CCFND) course is designed to expand your knowledge of Cisco Catalyst Center, including its basics, deployment and scalability options, initial configurations, best practices, and integration with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). The training will focus on network automation, network assurance, network security, and network programmability using Cisco Catalyst Center.

Though this training is not related to a specific exam, it is highly encouraged to take this training as an introduction to topics found in the Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (350-401 ENCOR) v1.1 exam. This training also earns you 44 Continuing Education (CE) credits toward recertification.

Digital courseware: Cisco provides students with electronic courseware for this course. Students who have a confirmed booking will be sent an email prior to the course start date, with a link to create an account via learningspace.cisco.com before they attend their first day of class. Please note that any electronic courseware or labs will not be available (visible) until the first day of the class.

Exam Vouchers: Cisco exam vouchers are not included in the course fees but can be purchased separately where applicable.

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What you’ll learn

After taking this course, you should be able to:

Learn about Cisco Catalyst Center product, intent-based networking, system architecture, and key features and use cases of Cisco Catalyst Center
Use Cisco Catalyst Center automation (NetOps and SecOps), assurance (AIOps), and platform integration with DevOps in your enterprise network
Deploy Cisco Catalyst Center based on pre-deployment requirements, and perform first-time setup procedures
Describe high availability and scalability options for Cisco Catalyst Center, including clustering, link redundancy, and disaster recovery
Explain Cisco Catalyst Center system settings, basic and advanced automation, device provisioning, and compliance audit procedures
Configure Cisco Catalyst Center to onboard devices, integrate with ISE, automate device configurations, troubleshoot health of network devices, and track clients
Describe Cisco SD-Access architecture, including fabric networking, underlay and overlay routing, and fabric node roles, and implement policy-based segmentation with group-based, IP-based, and application policies

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Who is the course for?

Network Engineers
Network Analysts
Security Engineers
IT Professionals
Pre-Sales Engineers

Course subjects

Cisco Catalyst Center Overview
Cisco Catalyst Center Deployment
Cisco Catalyst Center High Availability and Scalability
Cisco Catalyst Center System Settings and Operations
Cisco Catalyst Center Inventory, Discovery, and Device Manageability
Cisco Catalyst Center Basic Automation and Provisioning
Cisco Catalyst Center Advanced Automation and Day-0 Onboarding
Cisco Prime Infrastructure to Cisco Catalyst Center Migration
Cisco Catalyst Center Health and Performance Monitoring
Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance Device, Client, and Application Health
Cisco Catalyst Center Issues, Insights, and Trends Monitoring
Cisco Catalyst Center Wireless Networks Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Cisco SD-Access Overview
Cisco Catalyst Center Policies
Cisco Catalyst Center Endpoint Visibility
Cisco Catalyst Center Platform Overview
Cisco Catalyst Center Network and Assurance Automation

Lab Outline

Integrate Cisco ISE and Cisco Catalyst Center
Add Network Devices to Cisco Catalyst Center
Automate Basic Device Configuration Using Cisco Catalyst Center
Upgrade Network Device using Cisco Catalyst Center
Automate Network Device Configuration Using a Template
Onboard a Device Using PnP
Troubleshoot the Health of Network Devices
Monitor the Health of Clients and Applications
Observe Assurance AI Network Analytics
Monitor Wireless Networks with Advanced Assurance Tools
Explore Cisco SD-Access Networks
Deploy SD-Access Group-Based Access Control Policy
Examine Cisco Catalyst Center APIs
Examine Cisco Catalyst Center Webhooks
Deploy IaaC Using Cisco Catalyst Center and Terraform
Automate Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance Using Ansible

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:

Basic understanding of network fundamentals
Basic familiarity with Cisco ISE
Basic familiarity with network automation and programmability

These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:

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Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.