Detailed Course Outline
Introduction Introduction to Mist
- Describe the Mist Cloud
- Explain the core features of Mist
- Describe the pieces of the full-stack Mist solution
WAN Assurance—Overview
- Describe the Mist WAN Assurance solution
- Define WAN Edge
- Define the terminology used in WAN Assurance
- List the deployment models for WAN Assurance
Use Case: Simple Standalone WAN Edge
- Onboard an SSR device
- Perform basic device-level configurations
- Configure a WAN
- Configure a LAN
- Configure Traffic Steering to allow Internet access to a LAN
Networks, Applications, and Policies
- Define networks
- Define users
- Define applications
- Explain how these ideas interconnect
- Describe Traffic Steering
- Explain how Application Policies function
Use Case: Policy Enforcement
- Configure multiple LAN segments
- Configure an application
- Configure NAT for an application
- Implement policy to restrict network access
Templates, Variables, and Scaling the Network
- Explain templates
- Explain site variables
- Define Global Policy
Use Case: Scaling the Network
- Convert existing configuration to use variables and templates
- Implement site variables
- Implement templates
- Implement Global Policy
- Deploy another site
Intersite Connectivity
- Define SD-WAN
- Explain site types
- Explain transports
- Explain Traffic Forwarding policies
- Explain SSE/Cloud connections
Use Case: SD-WAN with SSR
- Perform the design process
- Define the site types
- Create a hub template
- Create a spoke template
- Configure Policies
- Deploy an SD-WAN
Application Identification and Discovery
- Explain DNS-based lookup
- Explain AppID
- Compare and contrast application identification on SRX and SSR
Use Case: Application-Based Forwarding
- Add an Internet-based application
- Configure application-based forwarding with Traffic Steering
Monitoring and Troubleshooting WAN Edge
- Explain the types of data Mist collects and analyzes
- Explain WAN service-level expectations
- Describe the Marvis chatbot
- Explain WAN Insights
- Explain Marvis Actions
- Troubleshoot using the tools available