Deploying Cisco Meraki SD-WAN and Cloud Security Appliances by Pearson
8h 37mIntermediate2026-04-15
Authors

Pearson
Course details
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN and cloud security appliances provide a unified platform for managing network connectivity and security across distributed environments. In this course, join Brad Edgeworth, a technical solutions architect at Cisco Systems, and discover the fundamentals of Meraki network architecture and get started deploying security appliances and configuring dashboard security. Learn how to set up VPNs and SD-WAN, manage IP routing, implement quality of service (QoS) configurations, and apply firewall policies to protect business-critical applications. Along the way, you’ll get a chance to explore threat protection and content filtering to protect against security threats, and practice troubleshooting connectivity issues using packet capture and Meraki's built-in diagnostic tools. This course is designed for network engineers, administrators, and security specialists who manage Cisco Meraki infrastructure.
Concepts
Introduction
- SD-WAN and cloud security appliances
Meraki Fundamentals
- Learning objectives
- Platform overview
- Cloud management terminology
- Dashboard tour
- Building your dashboard organization
- Cloud administrator accounts and privileges
- Enhancing dashboard security
- Device-to-dashboard connectivity
- Engaging Meraki support
- Logging and alerts
- Device firmware management
Network Fundamentals
- Learning objectives
- Packet forwarding overview
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
- Virtual local area networks (VLANs)
- Network port types
Deploying Security Appliances
- Learning objectives
- Initial security appliance deployment
- Deployment mode and LAN-side IP addressing
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Configuration template fundamentals
- Security appliance configuration template considerations
VPN Connectivity and SD-WAN
- Client VPN configuration for Windows
- Cisco Secure Connect
- VPN Ambassador
- One-armed concentrator
- Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) fundamentals
- Configuring SD-WAN
- Learning objectives
- Site-to-site VPN with Auto VPN
- IPsec tunnels
- Client VPN
IP Routing and NAT
- Learning objectives
- Routing overview
- Security appliance static routes
- Security appliance OSPF configuration
- Border Gateway Protocol overview
- Configuring BGP on security appliances
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Configuring NAT on security appliances
Quality of Service (QoS)
- Learning objectives
- QoS fundamentals
- Configuring QoS
Security
- Learning objectives
- Port authentication
- Network Access Control and splash pages
- Firewall policies
- Content filtering
- Threat protection
- Security appliance group policy
Troubleshooting
- Learning objectives
- Management via mobile application
- Packet capture
- Troubleshooting security appliance and client connectivity issues
Deploying Wireless on Integrated Security Appliances
- Learning objectives
- Wireless network fundamentals
- Wireless network configuration
Conclusion
- Course summary
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