Cisco SD-WAN 300-415 ENSDWI — Study Guide
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This guide covers each 300-415 domain in depth. Pick a domain to go deep, or work through them in order.
The domains
- Cisco SD-WAN Fabric Architecture and Planes — Cisco SD-WAN is an intent-based fabric built from distinct components and planes that separate management, orchestration, control, and data
- Controller Onboarding, Certificates and Secure Control Connectivity — Key properties and behaviors: - Public IP reachability: vBond must reside on a public IP (preferred) or behind a 1:1 static NAT with consistent
- OMP, Routes and Transport Locators — Key control-plane exchanges: - OMP peering: Secure DTLS/TLS control connections from WAN Edge to vSmart across VPN 0. vBond coordinates this
- WAN Edge Configuration and Template Management — Cisco SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage) centralizes intent, configuration, compliance, and lifecycle operations for WAN Edge devices while vBond
- Data Plane Tunnels, BFD and Application-Aware Routing — Cisco SD-WAN separates the control plane from the data plane and builds an encrypted, policy-driven overlay across disparate transports. The vSmart
- Centralized Policy and Traffic Engineering — Centralized policy in Cisco SD-WAN is the framework that allows you to program traffic behavior and routing intent from vSmart controllers across the
- Security, Segmentation and Service Chaining — Cisco SD-WAN provides a comprehensive security and segmentation framework that aligns with Zero Trust principles while enabling scalable service
- Quality of Service and Multicast Services — Quality of Service (QoS) and multicast services in Cisco SD-WAN are designed to preserve application experience across diverse transports while
- Cloud, SaaS and Multi-Cloud Integration — Cisco SD-WAN extends secure, policy-driven connectivity into public cloud and SaaS by leveraging Cloud OnRamp for IaaS and Cloud OnRamp for SaaS. The
- Operations, Monitoring and Troubleshooting — Operations, monitoring, and troubleshooting in Cisco SD-WAN center on Cisco SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage), the controller layer (vBond
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