Duration
3 days
Overview
Obtain the tools and learn the techniques to discern vendor solutions.
Due to the multivendor nature of networking, understanding how to apply Software-Defined Networking (SDN) in your environment can be difficult. Many questions may arise, such as: Do you need to buy anything? Can you implement SDN yourself? Do you need to hire someone? Are you locked into a specific vendor? What options are there when choosing a vendor or implementing a multivendor solution?
In this interactive course, you will analyze multiple vendor solutions and gain the confidence to begin planning your SDN strategy.
What You'll Learn
- The underlying technologies that enable SDN
- Multiple vendor approaches to SDN
- How to evaluate SDN solutions
- How to plan for SDN
Who Needs to Attend
Those interested in exploring vendor options for SDN
Prerequisites
- SDN Essentials: The Future of Networking
Follow-On Courses
There are no follow-ons for this course.
Course Outline
- 1. SDN Overview
- SDN Architecture
- Communication Flows
- Network Functions Virtualization and Overlays
- Activity: SDN Review
- 2. Developing Your Plan
- Initial Planning and Discovery
- Design Sessions
- Design Development
- Activity: Current State Analysis
- 3. Vendor Discovery
- Defining the Scope of Your Research
- Identifying Trustworthy Sources of Information
- Locating the Sources
- Starting Your Vendor Research
- Activity: Vendor Research
- 4. Vendor Interactions
- Distilling the Content
- Considering the Message
- Dissecting the Message
- Exercise: Testing your Defenses
- Interviewing Vendors
- Exercise: Preparing Your Questions
- Fact Checking
- Exercise: Fact Checking
- 5. Performing a Gap Analysis
- Pulling It All Together
- Validating Assumptions
- Picking a Solution
- Exercise: Creating a Gap Analysis
- 6. Creating a Conceptual Design
- Conceptual Design Overview
- Conceptual Design Components
- Exercise: Creating a Conceptual Design
- 7. Proposing Your Plan
- Preparing Your Presentation
- Presenting Your Proposal
- Defending Your Design
- 8. Action Plan
- The Planning Process
- Where Do You Go From Here?
- Course Takeaways
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.