Cisco ThousandEyes Deployment and Implementation (TEDI)

Price
$4,495.00 USD

Duration
5 Days

Cisco Learning Credit (CLC) Eligible

Delivery Methods
Virtual Instructor Led
Private Group

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Course Overview

TEDI, Cisco ThousandEyes Deployment and Implementation, is a 5-day course designed to help you understand, deploy, and manage the ThousandEyes platform. This course provides the details and hands-on activities necessary to successfully deploy ThousandEyes and perform outage and performance analysis by leveraging data patterns and correlating test output.

Course Objectives

Describe the ThousandEyes solution and its benefits

Describe ThousandEyes agents, their purpose and how to determine optimal agent placement

Explain the different ThousandEyes test types and their purposes

Configure and run tests to correlate test output with the source of an application or network performance issue

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Course Prerequisites

Knowledge of cloud and (virtual) data center architecture and networking concepts

High-level familiarity with basic network protocols and applications

Familiarity with common application delivery methods

Agenda

1 - Evolution of Application Delivery and Network Monitoring Requirements

The SaaS Cloud Disruption
The Importance of Enterprise App-to-User Visibility

2 - Thousand Eyes Platform Overview

ThousandEyes Platform and Architecture
Working with Agents
Understanding Consumption Models and Pricing
External Integrations

3 - Solution Use Cases

ThousandEyes Cloud Adoption Use Cases
Use Cases for Digital Experience
L3 And WAN Use Cases
Qualifying ThousandEyes Strategic Value

4 - Enterprise Agent Installation and Placement

Enterprise Agent Overview and Data Collected
About BrowserBot
OVA and Hyper-V Hypervisor Installation
UX Installation and Docker Deployment
Installation for Cisco IOS XE Containers
Installation for Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series Switches
Other Installation Options
Enterprise Agent Clusters
Interface Selection, Creation and Configuration
Placement Considerations

5 - Endpoint Agent Installation and Configuration

Endpoint Agent Overview and Data Collected
Endpoint Agent Installation options
Configuration and Deployment
Creating Scheduled Tests
User Experience

6 - Thousand Eyes Test Types and Functionality

Cloud and Enterprise Agent Based Tests
Nesting of Tests
Data Collection
Adding Tests
Relating Foundation Technologies to Test Methods and Output

7 - Network Layer Tests

Test Inputs
Agent-to-Server Test Configuration
Agent-to-Agent Test Configuration
End-to-End Metrics and Visualization

8 - BGP Testing

BGP Protocol Review
Test Inputs
Alert Rules
Interpreting BGP Route Visualization

9 - DNS Testing

DNS Review
DNS Test Inputs
Analyzing DNS Test Output
DNS+ Layer Tests Settings
DNS+ Layer Tests Output

10 - Testing Web Servers

HTTP Inputs
FTP Server Test Inputs
Analyzing Web Test Output

11 - VoIP Tests

VoIP Technology Review
RTP Settings
SIP Server Settings
Interpreting RTP Stream and SIP Server Output

12 - Transaction Testing

Modeling User Workflows
Basic Test Configuration
Transaction Scripting Examples
Using the ThousandEyes Recorder
Selenium and Web Dev Tools
The Document Object Model and Interpreting Waterfall Charts

13 - SD-WAN Visibility and App Performance

SD-WAN Review
Leveraging Visibility to Baseline App and Network Performance
SD-WAN Branch, SaaS, and ISP Metrics
Using Underlay/Overlay Visualizations to Validate Performance and Isolate Issues