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.
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 6 or more participants are required to commence a company-based LIVE Virtual course
- 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
27 – 29 May 2024 (Mon – Wed), GMT +08:00
If you are keen on attending this course, please register your interest via course enquiry form.
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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