Day 1 – Day 7
SD-WAN Fundamentals & Architecture
Builds the conceptual foundation for the rest of the course — why SD-WAN replaces traditional WAN designs, and how Cisco's controller-based architecture (vManage, vSmart, vBond, WAN edge) separates control plane from data plane.
Topics Covered
Practical Lab Exercises
Map traditional WAN vs SD-WAN architecture differences
Walk through the vManage, vSmart and vBond control plane
Identify overlay and transport network components in a lab topology



