MEF SD-WAN Certified Professional (MEF-SDCP)
Course Overview
The SD-WAN market is one of the hottest in the communications industry, with tens of billions of dollars in revenue at stake in the next 5 years. IDC estimates that the global SD-WAN infrastructure market (excluding managed services) will reach USD 5.3 billion by 2023 due to strong enterprise demand and the embrace of SD-WAN by leading service providers seeking to provide enterprises with dynamic management of hybrid WAN connections with guaranteed Quality of Service on a per-application basis. The US managed SD-WAN services market alone is projected to reach USD 4.5 billion by 2023, according to Vertical Systems Group.
The comprehensive SD-WAN training by Telefocal Asia is an excellent career enabler for SD-WAN service providers, integrators, network consultants, technology solution providers, and more. Telefocal helps equip candidates sitting for the MEF-SDCP examination with the necessary knowledge and skills required in the implementation and operation of SD-WAN solutions in multi-vendor environments. Successful candidates who have passed the exam will be certified as an MEF SD-WAN Certified Professional and recognized in the MEF Certified Professional Registry.Â
Target Audience
- Network Engineers/Operation Engineers
- System Engineers (eg. Application Engineers)
- Network Engineer Managers
- Network Consulting Engineers
- Product Developers
- Enterprise Solution Designers
- Sales Engineers
- Network Architects
- Product Support and IT Directors
Duration & Training Format
- Classroom: 3 days
- LIVE Virtual: 21 hours
- A minimum of 8 or more participants is required for a Classroom session to commence.
- A minimum of 6 or more participants is required for a LIVE Virtual session to commence.
- LIVE Virtual courses can be conducted for 5 hours or 7 hours daily. Please note that the number of training days will be extended if you opt for 5 hours daily.
Upcoming Course Dates
There are no upcoming course dates currently scheduled for this course. If you are keen on attending this course, please register your interest and indicate your preferred training dates via our course enquiry form for us to open a Classroom/LIVE Virtual class schedule for this course.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will learn:
- How to design and build enterprise sites
- Reasons for SD-WAN
- Building blocks for SD-WAN
- Benefits of SD-WAN to end-users and enterprises
- Building blocks for SD-WAN
- Transport-independence of the underlay network
- Service assurance of SD-WAN connections
- High availability of SD-WAN services
- How to apply policy-based packet forwarding for SD-WAN
- The key specifications and standards for SD-WAN
- SD-WAN deployment scenarios
Course Outline
- SD-WAN Concepts, Business Benefits and Value Proposition
- Compare and contrast infrastructure and operational benefits of SD-WAN with legacy solutions
- Given a scenario, recommend and justify an SD-WAN strategy based on customer requirements
- Given a scenario, recommend a migration strategy from existing infrastructure to an SD-WAN service
- Demonstrate knowledge of the SD-WAN terminology, concepts, and Service Attributes
- Planning, Design, and Architecture
- Given a scenario, define the correct Application Flow Specifications needed to meet the Business Requirement
- Given a scenario, design the Policies needed to meet the Business Requirement
- Given a scenario, design the architecture of an SD-WAN Service that meets the Business Requirement
- Select the appropriate Underlay Connectivity Service for an SD-WAN network based on the types and characteristics of available options
- Given a scenario, partition the subscriber’s IP hosts in Zones and assign Zone-wide Policies based on Business Requirements
- Design the appropriate Virtual Topology to meet a particular application scenario
- Based on Business Requirements, determine the appropriate use of Internet Breakout
- Deploy, Optimize, Maintain
- Given a scenario, validate the correct definition and assignment of Policies to Application Flows
- Given a scenario, tune SD-WAN Service Attributes and/or UCS selection to address service problems
- Based on application requirements, determine the appropriate Performance Metrics and values for Application Flows
- Identify service improvements to increase availability for a specific Application Flow
- Demonstrate knowledge of IP Addressing and IP Routing
- Securing an SD-WAN Service
- Understand the situations in which a Middle Box Function is necessary
- Given a security threat, select the appropriate security functions to mitigate the threat
- Understand how to use allow and block lists for a particular security function
- Given a scenario, determine whether an Application Flow’s security requirements are met
- Monitoring an SD-WAN Service
- Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with an SD-WAN Service
- Understand the Service Readiness requirements for an SD-WAN Service
- Given a scenario, determine how to monitor the performance metrics for an SD-WAN service
- Understand the use of Threshold Crossing Alerts for an SD-WAN service
Pre-requisites
- Understanding of basic networking concepts such as switching, routing, and security
- General knowledge of basic IP routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF
- General knowledge of networking technologies such as Internet, MPLS, ethernet, and mobile
- General knowledge in the design, deployment, and troubleshooting of wide area networks
Certification, Exam Details & Format
At the end of the course, candidates will sit through a proctored MEF-SDCP examination.
- The examination will be conducted in English.
- Candidates will need to complete 50 MCQs within 90 minutes.
- The MEF-CECP certificate will only be issued upon scoring 65% or higher in the exam, and will be valid for 3 years from the date of issue.
- Learning domains (topics) covered:
- SD-WAN Concepts, Business Benefits and Value Proposition
- Planning, Design, and Architecture
- Deploy, Optimize, Maintain
- Securing an SD-WAN Service
- Monitoring an SD-WAN Service
- Re-certification should be taken within 3 years of certification, prior to certificate expiration.
Why choose Telefocal Asia for MEF-SDCP training and certification?
Below are some of the reasons why customers worldwide choose Telefocal for MEF-SDCP training and certification:
- We conduct pre-training assessment of participants before course commencement with a goal to bridge knowledge gaps and meet training expectations.
- Our trainers have many years of practical design and deployment experiences with telco operators and vendors alike.
- Our trainers are engaging with excellent presentation and delivery skills.
- Our MEF-SDCP training manuals are officially audited by the MEF and professionally prepared, printed and bound.
- Last but not least, our trainers are MEF-SDCP certified.
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