Course Preview
- Duration
- 25h 17m
- Difficulty
- Professional
- Instructor
- Brian McGahan
- Videos
- 35
- Quizzes
- 28
- Labs
- 15
- CPE Credits
- 33
- Published
- Mar 22, 2024
- Updated
- Jan 06, 2026
Implementing Cisco SD-WAN
Implementing Cisco SD-WAN helps learners build practical skills for configuring, verifying, and troubleshooting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN environments. The course covers SD-WAN architecture, controller roles, device onboarding, templates, policies, transport options, traffic engineering, segmentation, and operational troubleshooting. Learners connect SD-WAN theory with real implementation tasks, helping them understand how the control plane, management plane, and data plane work together within a production overlay network. The course also explains how SD-WAN supports secure connectivity, centralized control, policy-driven routing, and scalable WAN operations. This course supports CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure preparation and is useful for network engineers who want to gain stronger confidence in deploying, managing, and troubleshooting secure and scalable Cisco SD-WAN solutions.
Instructor
Brian McGahan
Course Instructor
Brian McGahan earned his first CCIE in Routing & Switching at the age of 20 and became recognized as one of the youngest engineers in the world to achieve this milestone. He later expanded his expertise by earning additional CCIE certifications in Security and Service Provider.<br/><br/>As a highly accomplished and dedicated instructor, Brian has been developing and teaching training programs for since 2002. His work has helped set a strong standard for CCIE education and has supported thousands of engineers in achieving their own certifications. Along with creating new training products for, Brian also consults with large ISPs and enterprise organizations.
What Is Included
Skill Coverage
Course Curriculum
Introduction
1 video
SD-WAN Overview
3 videos • 2 quizs
SD-WAN Onboarding
5 videos • 2 labs • 5 quizs
SD-WAN Configuration
8 videos • 4 labs • 7 quizs
SD-WAN Policies
10 videos • 5 labs • 7 quizs
SD-WAN Security
2 videos • 1 lab • 2 quizs
SD-WAN Quality of Service (QoS)
3 videos • 2 labs • 3 quizs
Advanced SD-WAN Features
2 videos • 1 lab • 2 quizs
Conclusion
1 video