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Course Outline
Overview of Open-Source Enterprise Networking
- Rationale behind organizations opting for a self-managed network strategy.
- Popular open-source solutions for routing, Wi-Fi, IP address management, monitoring, and automation.
- Evaluating benefits, tradeoffs, hardware compatibility, and operational implications.
Network Requirements and Architecture
- Collecting business and technical specifications.
- Designing for campus, branch, and small multi-site setups.
- Planning for segmentation, resilience, and scalability.
Platform and Component Selection
- Selecting platforms for routers, switches, wireless access points, and management utilities.
- Aligning open-source software with specific network roles.
- Assessing hardware compatibility and deployment models.
Addressing, VLANs, and Core Network Services
- IP address planning and subnet structuring.
- VLAN design and fundamentals of inter-VLAN communication.
- Considerations for DHCP, DNS, NTP, and management network setups.
Routing Design and Implementation
- Static routing and default gateway configuration.
- Practical application of OSPF and basic BGP for edge connectivity.
- Concepts regarding redundancy, route filtering, and failover.
Switching Design and Implementation
- The roles of Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching within an enterprise network.
- Uplink design, VLAN implementation, and trunking techniques.
- Fundamentals of loop prevention and link resilience.
Enterprise Wi-Fi Planning and Deployment
- Planning for coverage, capacity, and SSIDs.
- Designing networks for employees, guests, and devices.
- Access point adoption, controller options, and basics of wireless security.
Security and Access Control
- Network segmentation, firewalling, and policy enforcement.
- Securing management access and administrative workflows.
- Patch management, backups, logging, and configuration protection.
Documentation and Source of Truth
- Leveraging inventory and IP address management tools like NetBox.
- Documenting topology, addressing schemes, and service dependencies.
- Establishing change control and configuration standards.
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Enhancing visibility through metrics, logs, alerts, and dashboards.
- Tracking device health, interfaces, wireless performance, and client connectivity.
- Troubleshooting common issues related to routing, switching, Wi-Fi, and services.
Automation and Repeatable Operations
- Identifying areas where automation delivers the highest value.
- Utilizing templates and scripts for consistent configuration.
- Supporting change management through repeatable workflows.
Deployment, Migration, and Operations Planning
- Validating designs in a lab and planning pilot rollouts.
- Migrating from existing environments with risk controls and rollback procedures.
- Developing runbooks, support processes, and a roadmap for production adoption.
Requirements
- Familiarity with fundamental IP networking, switching, VLANs, and Wi-Fi principles.
- Practical experience in network administration, Linux system management, or IT infrastructure support.
- Competence in using the command line and editing configuration files.
Target Audience
- Network engineers and administrators.
- Infrastructure and systems engineers.
- IT managers and technical leaders assessing or planning for an open-source network stack.
21 Hours
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