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Operating and Implementing Cisco WAN Automation Engine v3.0 (WAE200)

WAE200, Operating and Implementing Cisco WAN Automation Engine v3.0 is a 5-day course that gives you the basic knowledge necessary to plan, deploy, configure, and maintain the Cisco® WAN Automation Engine (WAE) solution. Extensive hands-on labs help you gain the necessary skills to install and maintain Cisco WAE systems.

This course will help you:

  • Learn to install Cisco WAN Automation Engine
  • Gain confidence with WAE configuration and basic troubleshooting
  • Practice designing and managing bandwidth and traffic engineering
About the course

Prerequisites:

The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

  • Knowledge of general networking and routing concepts
  • Basic knowledge of routing protocols: Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
  • Understanding of Cisco Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering (MPLS TE) technologies
  • Basic knowledge of Linux server operation and Linux tools
  • Knowledge of accessing, configuring, and managing network devices
  • Basic understanding of network automation and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) concepts

Course Objectives:

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

  • Describe the system architecture of Cisco WAN Automation Engine and Cisco WAE network abstraction
  • Plan and deploy Cisco WAE Planning components, including Collector, WAE Design, and WAE Live
  • Plan and deploy Cisco WAE Automation and explain the basics of Cisco WAE APIs
  • Explain how to deploy changes to the network using Cisco WAE and XR Traffic Controller (XTC)
  • Explain how to use the Cisco WAE Design application to solve problems and achieve business goals
Course content

WAE Solution and Architecture Overview

  • Examining WAE
  • Examining WAE Architecture and Design
  • Examining WAE Applications and Use Cases

WAE Solution Implementation

  • Planning a WAE Deployment
  • Deploying WAE
  • Describing WAE Integration Options

Network Model Configuration

  • Describing the Collection Process
  • Describing Network Interface Modules
  • Creating Network Models
  • Configuring WAE Modeling Daemon

WAE Automation Bandwidth Applications

  • Deploying Bandwidth on Demand Application
  • Deploying Bandwidth Optimization Application

WAE Design Fundamentals

  • Getting Started with WAE Design
  • Describing Demands and Traffic Tools
  • Modeling Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) and BGP
  • Describing Failures and Simulation Analysis

WAE Design Traffic Engineering and Optimization

  • Engineering Traffic by Using Metrics
  • Engineering Traffic by Using Resource Reservation Protocol with Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)
  • Engineering Traffic by Using Segment Routing-Traffic Engineering (SR-TE)
  • Engineering Traffic by Using Latency Constraints
  • Modeling Quality of Service (QoS)

Introduction to WAE API

  • Introducing WAE Design Remote Procedure Call (RPC) API
  • Introducing WAE Optimization and Prediction Module (OPM) API
  • Introducing WAE Server Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol (RESTCONF) and Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) APIs
  • WAE Live Deployment
  • Describing the Components of WAE Live
  • Configuring WAE Live
  • Explaining WAE Live Features
  • Maintenance and Troubleshooting
  • Maintaining WAE
  • Troubleshooting WAE

Lab Outline:

Labs are designed to assure learners a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities:

  • Virtual Learning Lab – Getting Started
  • WAE Server Setup and Configuration
  • Bandwidth on Demand Application
  • Bandwidth Optimization Application
  • Getting Started with WAE Design
  • Describing Traffic with Demands
  • Failures and Simulation Analysis
  • Engineering Traffic Using Metrics
  • Engineering Traffic Using RSVP-TE and SR-TE
  • WAE Design API
  • Configuring WAE Live
  • WAE Live Features
Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

  • System installers
  • System integrators
  • System administrators
  • Network administrators
  • Solutions designers