The Cisco Catalyst Center Foundations (CCFND) training is designed to expand your knowledge of Cisco Catalyst Center, including its basics, deployment and scalability options, initial configurations, best practices, and integration with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). The training will focus on network automation, network assurance, network security, and network programmability using Cisco Catalyst Center.

Though this training is not related to a specific exam, it is highly encouraged to take this training as an introduction to topics found in the Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (350-401 ENCOR) v1.1 exam. This training also earns you 44 Continuing Education (CE) credits toward recertification.

1. Cisco Catalyst Center Overview
2. Cisco Catalyst Center Deployment
3. Cisco Catalyst Center High Availability and Scalability
4. Cisco Catalyst Center System Settings and Operations
5. Cisco Catalyst Center Inventory, Discovery, and Device Manageability
6. Cisco Catalyst Center Basic Automation and Provisioning
7. Cisco Catalyst Center Advanced Automation and Day-0 Onboarding
8. Cisco Prime Infrastructure to Cisco Catalyst Center Migration
9. Cisco Catalyst Center Health and Performance Monitoring
10. Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance Device, Client, and Application Health
11. Cisco Catalyst Center Issues, Insights, and Trends Monitoring
12. Cisco Catalyst Center Wireless Networks Monitoring and Troubleshooting
13. Cisco SD-Access Overview
14. Cisco Catalyst Center Policies
15. Cisco Catalyst Center Endpoint Visibility
16. Cisco Catalyst Center Platform Overview
17. Cisco Catalyst Center Network and Assurance Automation

• Network Engineers
• Network Analysts
• Security Engineers
• IT Professionals
• Pre-Sales Engineers

There are no prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:

• Basic understanding of network fundamentals
• Basic familiarity with Cisco ISE
• Basic familiarity with network automation and programmability

These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:

• Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
• Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR)
• Implementing and Configuring Cisco Identity Services Engine (SISE)
• Developing Applications and Automating Workflows using Cisco Core Platforms (DEVASC)