Corporate SonicWall Training Course

1. Registration

1. Creating an account
2. Product registration process
3. Activating services and licenses

2. OS fundamentals

1. Introduction to operating systems
2. Key components of an operating system

3. System backup and restore

1. Configuring backup settings
2. Performing system backup
3. Restoring from backup

1. WAN ISP failover and load balancing

1. Understanding failover mechanisms
2. Configuring load balancing
3. Failover testing and monitoring

2. Policy-based routing

1. Introduction to policy-based routing
2. Creating and managing routing policies

1. Configuring firewall policies

1. Introduction to firewall policies
2. Creating and applying firewall rules

2. Configuring static NAT

1. Basics of NAT and its necessity
2. Setting up static NAT rules
3. Troubleshooting static NAT issues

3. Configuring dynamic NAT

1. Understanding dynamic NAT
2. Configuring dynamic NAT policies
3. Monitoring and logging dynamic NAT activity

4. Configuring PAT

1. PAT concepts and configuration
2. Differentiating between NAT and PAT

1. VPN: Gateway-to-gateway, hub and spoke, mesh

1. Setting up different VPN topologies
2. Configuration and troubleshooting of VPN connections
3. Security considerations for VPN setups

2. Route-based VPN

1. Understanding route-based VPN
2. Configuring route-based VPNs
3. Route optimization in VPN configurations

3. GVC with local user DB

1. Global VPN client (GVC) setup
2. Integrating GVC with a local user database

4. SSL VPN with a local user database

1. Configuring SSL VPN services
2. User authentication and authorization

5. LDAP authentication

1. Basics of LDAP integration
2. Configuring SonicWall for LDAP authentication
3. Troubleshooting LDAP authentication issues

1. Content filtering service

1. Introduction to content filtering
2. Setting up and configuring content filtering policies

2. Content filtering service using Single Sign-On (SSO)

1. Implementing SSO in content filtering
2. Configuring SSO for a seamless user experience
3. Managing users and groups in SSO environments

3. Unified Threat Management (UTM)

1. Overview of UTM features
2. Configuring UTM services
3. UTM performance tuning and monitoring

1. Troubleshooting overview

1. Approaches to troubleshooting
2. Common issues and solutions

2. System backup & restore

1. Troubleshooting backup and restore problems
2. Ensuring data integrity during restoration

3. Diagnostic tools

1. Overview of available diagnostic tools
2. Using diagnostic tools for troubleshooting
3. Interpreting diagnostic results

4. Packet capture

1. Setting up packet capture for troubleshooting
2. Analyzing packet capture data
3. Using packet captures to diagnose issues

5. Logs

1. Understanding log types and levels
2. Configuring and managing logs
3. Analyzing log data for troubleshooting

6. Third-party tools

1. Introduction to third-party diagnostic tools
2. Integrating third-party tools with SonicWall
3. Leveraging third-party tools for advanced diagnostics

1. Advanced routing

1. Complex routing scenarios and solutions
2. Dynamic routing protocols and configuration
3. Routing efficiency and optimization

2. RF-DPI

1. Understanding RF-DPI technology
2. Configuring RF-DPI for enhanced security
3. Monitoring and troubleshooting RF-DPI performance

3. DPI-SSL

1. Basics of DPI-SSL operation
2. Implementing DPI-SSL in network security

1. Application intelligence

1. Utilizing application intelligence for network insights
2. Configuring application intelligence settings
3. Analyzing application intelligence data

2. Application control

1. Overview of application control features
2. Creating and managing application control policies
3. Monitoring application usage and enforcing policies

3. Bandwidth management

1. Introduction to bandwidth management techniques
2. Configuring bandwidth management rules
3. Monitoring bandwidth usage and optimizing performance

4. Content filtering services via app rules

1. Implementing content filtering through application rules
2. Customizing filtering rules for specific applications

5. Regular expressions

1. Using regular expressions for pattern matching
2. Implementing regular expressions in policies

1. AppFlow reporting

1. Understanding AppFlow reporting capabilities
2. Configuring AppFlow for traffic analysis
3. Utilizing reports for network optimization

2. GMS overview

1. Introduction to SonicWall Global Management System (GMS)
2. Integrating devices with GMS for centralized management
3. Monitoring and managing devices using GMS

3. Wire mode

1. Configuring SonicWall in wire mode
2. Managing and troubleshooting wire mode configurations

4. Tap deployment

1. Understanding tap mode deployment
2. Configuring and utilizing tap mode for monitoring

5. Inline deployments

1. Setting up SonicWall for inline deployment
2. Configuring security services in inline mode
3. Monitoring and troubleshooting inline deployments

1. VOIP overview

1. Basics of Voice over IP (VoIP) technology
2. SIP protocol fundamentals
3. Security considerations for VoIP systems

2. SIP transformation

1. Understanding SIP transformation features
2. Configuring SIP transformation for compatibility and security

1. Advanced High Availability

1. High Availability (HA) concepts and configurations
2. Setting up advanced HA features for fault tolerance
3. Monitoring and maintaining HA setups

2. Active/Passive vs Active/Active

1. Comparing Active/Passive and Active/Active HA modes
2. Configuration steps for each mode

3. A/A cluster

1. Configuring Active/Active clustering for scalability
2. Managing A/A clusters for optimal performance

4. HA configuration

1. Step-by-step HA setup process
2. Configuring network and device parameters for HA
3. Testing and verifying HA functionality