CENCS - Cisco ENCS Hands-On Lab course

Module 1 (Day 1): Introduction to ENCS Architecture

• Role and need of the Cisco ENCS Appliance
• Cisco ENCS Architecture Deep Dive
• Cisco ENCS 5100
• Cisco ENCS 5400
• Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure
• Inside the Cisco ENCS 5400 Hardware
• Managing the Cisco 5400 Appliance – Leveraging the Cisco IMC
• Introduction to Virtual Network Functions

Module 2 (Day 1): Cisco ENCS 5400 Networking

• Cisco ENCS 5400 Internal Networking
• Understanding the X86 Architecture
• Inbuilt Hardware witch ports with PoE
• Working of the ENCS Internal Virtual Switch
• Understanding the SR-IOV on the ENCS 5400
• Cisco ENCS Networks and Bridges
• LAN Bridge Configuration
• WAN Bridge Configuration
• Creating Internal Networks
• Cisco ENCS Default Network Configuration
• Connecting the ENCS to the LAN and WAN Networks
• Understanding ENCS OOB Management

Module 3 (Day 1): Deploying VNFs on the Cisco ENCS

• Understanding the VNF Lifecycle on the ENCS
• Virtual Network Function Requirements
• Creating NFVIS VM Packages
• Bootstrap Packaging Options
• Generating the Package file from the CLI and the GUI
• Perform VM image registration and deployment
• Create custom flavors—a flavor is the customized profile of the VM image
• Deploying Cisco and 3rd Party VNFs
• Connecting the VNF to the Internal Networks
• Accessing the VNF from the External network

Module 4 (Day 2): Deploying the Cisco ENCS using an Orchestrator

• Deep Dive into the Cisco ISRv – Preinstalled on the Cisco ENCS
• Overview of the Cisco DNA-Center and Cisco NSO
• Overview of the Cisco SD-WAN solution
• Deploying the Cisco ENCS using the Plug and Play – Zero Touch Provisioning

Module 5 (Day 2): Deploying the Cisco SD-Branch Solution on the ENCS 5400

• Deploying and managing the ENCS from the Cisco DNA-Center
• Deploying and managing the ENCS from the Cisco NSO
• Deploying the Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Router on the Cisco ENCS using the Cisco NSO
• Configuring the networking for the SD-WAN Cloud Router using the Cisco NSO
• Defining a New Catalog
• Register the NFVIS System into NSO
• Register the remote VNF
• Instantiate a VNF on the Remote Site

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Understand the role and use of Cisco ENCS Appliances
• Deep Dive into the ENCS Architecture – 5100 and 5400 series
• Network Function Virtualization
• NVFIS on ENCS – Deploying NFVs
• ENCS Internal and External Networking – ISRv and SR-IOV
• Orchestrating the ENCS from the Cisco DNA-Center and Cisco NSO

• This lab is built using the following codes. Each module is supported with an associated lab
• Cisco ENCS 5400 Series
• Cisco NFVIS 3.10
• Cisco NSO
• Cisco IOS-XE version 16.10
• Cisco SDWAN-XE version 16.10

Network administrators, engineers, and architects interested in the Cisco ENCS 5100 and 5400 series appliances.