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Registration is now open for November 2023!

Next class scheduled for 20th - 23rd November 2023.

Time: 10:00 - 16:00 GMT 

Location: Live Online, Instructor Led

Offer price: £2,000 exc. VAT / Tax (added at checkout based on location)

We take partial payments to help spread the cost, therefore if you want to pay 50% now and 50% later that's good with us, as long as the course is fully paid for 20 days before start date!

Course Description

The MNB Networks WAN Design course is a 4 day instructor-led, intermediate technical design course, aimed at providing attendees with an understanding of different WAN technologies and topologies. WAN design for L3VPN, L2VPN VPLS / Pseudowires and Internet based Overlays such as IPSec, GRE, mGRE and SD-WAN will be covered for each of these in isolation, but also where two or more of these technologies are used in tandem for a single network.

The following summary of subject matters will be covered on the course with an interactive, whiteboarding based approach being taken and practical design scenarios presented throughout.

• Bonus Section: Network Design Fundamentals
• Section 1: WAN Topologies with Scenarios
• Section 2: Gluing them together – Scenario Based
• Section 3: Regional & Global WAN Design Scaling Considerations
• Section 4: SD-WAN and WAN Automation Tools Design
• Section 5: WAN Migrations (Merger, acquisition, divest, scaling etc scenarios)
• Section 6: High & Low Level WAN Design – Example templates included.

Course Objectives

Networks and application traffic flows are becoming increasingly complex, where it is important for Network Design Engineers and Architects to have a good understanding of the different WAN designs available, along with their characteristics to ensure business applications perform as expected over the WAN which is normally the “bottleneck”.

In particular, it is important to understand the network requirements for applications which require access to public cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS platforms in additional to traditional private hosting DCs etc.

The course objectives are listed below.

• Different WAN topologies and access methods / characteristics explained.
• How and when to utilise different WAN designs. 
• Routing protocol selection in the WAN and why! 
• Explain how to articulate various WAN designs in whiteboard and diagrams.
• Process required in gathering WAN requirements then producing  design.
• Recommended approach to writing WAN Design documents.
• Migration from legacy designs and technology “gotchas”.
• Where automation tools like NSO, Python and Ansible fit into the WAN puzzle.

What's Included?

The following points explain the training approach and what is included within the course.

• 5 days instructor led WAN Design tuition.
• Network Design Workbook with 10 – 15 WAN design ideas.
• High and Low Level Design Templates.
• Online exams with 60 - 70 questions in total (10 per section).
• Course completion certificate.

Who Should Attend?  

This course is aimed at anyone looking to improve their WAN design skills including but not limited to the following, where we would expect attendees to have CCNP or CCNP level knowledge in routing and switching.

• Network / Solution Architects.
• Enterprise Design Certification Candidates (Intermediate to Expert)
• WAN Project Network Engineers
• Network Consultants.
• Operational Network Engineers with interest in WAN design.