Cisco Catalyst Center Foundations (CCFND)

The Cisco Catalyst Center Foundations (CCFND) training is designed to expand your knowledge of Cisco Catalyst Center, including its basics, deployment and scalability options, initial configurations, best practices, and integration with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). The training will focus on network automation, network assurance, network security, and network programmability using Cisco Catalyst Center.

Retail Price: $4,395.00

Next Date: 04/14/2025

Course Days: 5


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Objectives

  • Learn about Cisco Catalyst Center product, intent-based networking, system architecture, and key features and use cases of Cisco Catalyst Center
  • Use Cisco Catalyst Center automation (NetOps and SecOps), assurance (AIOps), and platform integration with DevOps in your enterprise network
  • Deploy Cisco Catalyst Center based on pre-deployment requirements, and perform first-time setup procedures
  • Describe high availability and scalability options for Cisco Catalyst Center, including clustering, link redundancy, and disaster recovery
  • Explain Cisco Catalyst Center system settings, basic and advanced automation, device provisioning, and compliance audit procedures
  • Configure Cisco Catalyst Center to onboard devices, integrate with ISE, automate device configurations, troubleshoot health of network devices, and track clients
  • Describe Cisco SD-Access architecture, including fabric networking, underlay and overlay routing, and fabric node roles, and implement policy-based segmentation with group-based, IP-based, and application policies 

 

Who Should Attend

  • Network Engineers
  • Network Analysts
  • Security Engineers
  • IT Professionals
  • Pre-Sales Engineers

Course Outline

  1. Cisco Catalyst Center Overview 
  2. Cisco Catalyst Center Deployment 
  3. Cisco Catalyst Center High Availability and Scalability 
  4. Cisco Catalyst Center System Settings and Operations 
  5. Cisco Catalyst Center Inventory, Discovery, and Device Manageability 
  6. Cisco Catalyst Center Basic Automation and Provisioning 
  7. Cisco Catalyst Center Advanced Automation and Day-0 Onboarding 
  8. Cisco Prime Infrastructure to Cisco Catalyst Center Migration 
  9. Cisco Catalyst Center Health and Performance Monitoring 
  10. Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance Device, Client, and Application Health 
  11. Cisco Catalyst Center Issues, Insights, and Trends Monitoring 
  12. Cisco Catalyst Center Wireless Networks Monitoring and Troubleshooting 
  13. Cisco SD-Access Overview 
  14. Cisco Catalyst Center Policies 
  15. Cisco Catalyst Center Endpoint Visibility 
  16. Cisco Catalyst Center Platform Overview 
  17. Cisco Catalyst Center Network and Assurance Automation 

 

 
Lab Outline

  1. Integrate Cisco ISE and Cisco Catalyst Center 
  2. Add Network Devices to Cisco Catalyst Center 
  3. Automate Basic Device Configuration Using Cisco Catalyst Center 
  4. Upgrade Network Device using Cisco Catalyst Center 
  5. Automate Network Device Configuration Using a Template 
  6. Onboard a Device Using PnP 
  7. Troubleshoot the Health of Network Devices 
  8. Monitor the Health of Clients and Applications 
  9. Observe Assurance AI Network Analytics 
  10. Monitor Wireless Networks with Advanced Assurance Tools 
  11. Explore Cisco SD-Access Networks 
  12. Deploy SD-Access Group-Based Access Control Policy 
  13. Examine Cisco Catalyst Center APIs 
  14. Examine Cisco Catalyst Center Webhooks 
  15. Deploy IaaC Using Cisco Catalyst Center and Terraform 
  16. Automate Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance Using Ansible 
Course Dates Course Times (EST) Delivery Mode GTR
4/14/2025 - 4/18/2025 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Virtual Enroll
5/19/2025 - 5/23/2025 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Virtual Enroll
6/23/2025 - 6/27/2025 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Virtual Enroll