Designing and Implementing Enterprise Network Assurance (ENNA)

In this Designing and Implementing Enterprise Network Assurance course provides a comprehensive overview of enterprise network assurance, focusing on how Cisco assurance platforms deliver visibility, analytics, and proactive troubleshooting across campus, WAN, cloud, and internet environments. It is designed to help network and operations teams understand how multiple Cisco assurance tools work together to ensure application performance, network health, and end-user experience.

The course begins with an overview of enterprise network assurance and introduces Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance for monitoring campus networks and device health. It then covers Cisco AppDynamics to explain how application performance is correlated with network behavior, followed by Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Assurance for gaining insight into WAN performance and path quality. Cisco ThousandEyes is introduced as a key platform for internet, cloud, and SaaS visibility, including Enterprise Agent and Endpoint Agent deployment.

Learners explore the configuration of BGP, network, DNS, voice, web, and transaction tests to monitor performance across multiple layers. The course also covers system administration, advanced troubleshooting using Cisco ThousandEyes, Internet Insights for global outage awareness, and alert and dashboard configuration for proactive monitoring. Cisco Meraki network assurance and Meraki Insight are included to demonstrate simplified, cloud-managed visibility for branch and edge environments.

Hands-on labs reinforce these concepts by troubleshooting network health, analyzing SD-WAN analytics, deploying agents, configuring tests, examining device and internet performance, building dashboards, and implementing network assurance using Cisco Meraki and Meraki Insight.

This training prepares you for the 300-445 ENNA v1.0 exam. If passed, you earn the Enterprise Network Assurance Specialist certification and satisfy the concentration exam requirement for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise certification. This training also earns you 32 Continuing Education (CE) credits toward recertification.

How You'll Benefit

This training will help you: 

• Position different assurance products from Cisco portfolio
• Install, configure, and manage Cisco ThousandEyes solution
• Utilize Cisco ThousandEyes to perform network troubleshooting
• Configure and leverage Meraki Insight and available dashboard tools to manage network assurance in Meraki environments
• Prepare for the 300-445 ENNA v1.0 exam
• Earn 32 CE credits toward recertification

• Describe enterprise network assurance
• Describe how to monitor health and performance with Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance
• Introduce Cisco AppDynamics, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Assurance, and Cisco ThousandEyes
• Describe different Enterprise Agent deployment options, requirements, and procedures for agent deployment
• Describe different ThousandEyes test types
• Compare ThousandEyes web layer tests
• Describe, deploy, and configure an Endpoint Agent
• Describe how to perform system administration
• Utilize ThousandEyes when performing the root cause analysis
• Describe Internet Insights
• Explain alerts and dashboards configuration
• Explain monitoring solutions
• Describe Cisco Meraki Network Assurance
• Showcase Cisco Meraki Insights

What to Expect in the Exam

Designing and Implementing Enterprise Network Assurance (300-445 ENNA) v1.0 is a 90-minute exam associated with the Enterprise Network Assurance Specialist certification and satisfies the concentration exam requirement for the CCNP Enterprise certification.  

The multiple-choice format tests your knowledge of network assurance design and implementation, including:  

• Platforms and architecture
• Data collection and implementation
• Data analysis
• Insights and alerts

Who Should Enroll

• Network Administrators
• System Engineers
• Network Analysts
• NOC Operators
• IT Professionals

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 understanding of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and Domain Name System (DNS) protocol
• Basic familiarity with Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Catalyst Center, and Cisco Meraki

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)

Course Outline

Module 1: Enterprise Network Assurance Overview  

Module 2: Introduction to Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance  

Module 3: Introduction to Splunk AppDynamics   

Module 4: Introduction to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Assurance  

Module 5: Introduction to Cisco ThousandEyes  

Module 6: Enterprise Agents Deployment  

Module 7: BGP, Network, DNS, and Voice Tests Configuration  

Module 8: Web Layer Tests Configuration  

Module 9: Endpoint Agent   

Module 10: System Administration  

Module 11: Network Troubleshooting with Cisco ThousandEyes  

Module 12: Internet Insights  

Module 13: Alerts and Dashboards Configuration  

Module 14: Monitoring Solutions  

Module 15: Cisco Meraki Network Assurance   

Module 16: Cisco Meraki Insight 

LAB OUTLINE

• Troubleshoot the Health of Network Devices
• Explore Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Analytics
• Schedule a Test
• Deploy Enterprise Agent
• Configure Network, DNS, and Voice Tests
• Configure Web Server Tests
• Configure Transaction Tests
• Deploy and Configure an Endpoint Agent
• Configure Account Administration
• Utilize Device Layers
• Examine Internet Insights
• Configure Alerts
• Build a Dashboard
• Implementing Network Assurance with Cisco Meraki
• Examine Cisco Meraki Insight