This three-day course is designed to cover best practices, theory, and design principles for overall network design and will serve as the prerequisite course for other design subject areas — data center, security, and WAN.
Audience>
Each participant will leave with a recognised certificate
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Day 1
Chapter 1: Course Introduction
Chapter 2: Network Design Fundamentals
A Need for Design
Knowledge is King
A Proposed Design Methodology
A Reference Network
Chapter 3: Understanding Customer Requirements
RFP Requirements
Scoping the Design Project
Analyzing the Data
Understanding Customer Requirements Lab
Day 2
Chapter 4: Organizing the Data
Analyze the Data
Understanding Boundaries
Chapter 5: Securing the Network
Why Secure the Network?
Where to Secure the Network
Security Design Considerations
Chapter 6: Building the Design: Campus
Following Design Best Practices
Campus Design
Building the Design: Campus Lab
Chapter 7: Building the Design: Wide Area Networks
WAN Design and Applications
Building the Design: WAN Lab
Chapter 8: Building the Design: Data Center
Following Data Center Design Best Practices
Data Center Design
Building the Design: Data Center Lab
Chapter 9: Business Continuity and Network Enhancements
Business Continuity Planning
High Availability Design Considerations and Best Practices
Offerings and Solutions
CoS and Traffic Engineering Considerations
Environmental Design
Day 3
Chapter 10: Network Management and Automation
Designing for Network Management
Designing for Network Automation
Enhancing the Design Lab
Chapter 11: Putting it to Practice
Foundational Elements Review
Executive Summary
Capstone Lab: Putting it into Practice
Appendix A: Network Migration Strategies
Migration Overview
Migration Approaches
Migration Scenarios
Workflow
Best Practices
Our Clients
Our clients have included prestigious national organisations such as Oxford University Press, multi-national private corporations such as JP Morgan and HSBC, as well
as public sector institutions such as the Department of Defence and the Department of Health.
