Networking Training in Portugal

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level network engineers, architects, and system administrators who wish to gain the knowledge and skills required to implement and manage Cisco's Nexus 9K and Catalyst 9200/9500 series switches. It combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on practical experience, focusing on the Cisco NX-OS and IOS-XE platforms. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and manage Cisco Nexus 9K and Catalyst 9200/9500 switches.
• Configure advanced switch features for optimal performance.
• Integrate switches into diverse network environments.
• Enhance network resilience and efficiency.
• Utilize switches for high availability and data management.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level database administrators, network engineers, and IT professionals who wish to optimize database performance, scalability, and reliability using Spine-Leaf architecture with VXLAN. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the Spine-Leaf network topology and its benefits.
• Implement VXLAN for scalable and efficient database networking.
• Optimize database workloads across distributed data center environments.
• Deploy Spine-Leaf architecture in cloud and on-premises data centers.
• Enhance network security, redundancy, and fault tolerance for database environments.
• Automate network configurations for database management using Python and Ansible.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level networking professionals who wish to expand their expertise in advanced networking practices using Linux. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Implement advanced networking protocols and configurations under Linux.
• Configure and manage Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).
• Set up and secure firewalls for a robust network security setup.
• Monitor and troubleshoot network performance issues.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level network engineers who wish to use, maintain, and troubleshoot microwave networks effectively. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles and operation of microwave communication systems.
• Design and implement point-to-point and point-to-multipoint microwave links.
• Perform link budget analysis and network planning.
• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot microwave networks effectively.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at advanced-level network professionals who wish to gain a deeper understanding of Cisco Enterprise Network and pass the CCNP certification exam. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the architecture and components of Cisco enterprise networks.
• Implement and troubleshoot advanced routing technologies and secure enterprise LAN and WAN networks.
• Configure and manage Cisco SD-WAN solutions for enterprise networks.
• Design enterprise networks with an emphasis on scalability, security, and availability.
• Take the CCNP Certification Exam with confidence.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at anyone who wish to understand and implement a network and various types of servers under Linux. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand how networking works under Linux.
• Set up a sample LAN.
• Understand the various protocols used on the internet and implement each one under Linux.
• Secure a networking and various types of servers, such as a webs server.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level networking professionals and IT administrators who wish to understand the foundational concepts of ONOS, its architecture, and its deployment for scalable SDN solutions. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the role of ONOS in software-defined networking (SDN).
• Describe the architecture and core components of ONOS.
• Install and configure ONOS on a Linux-based system.
• Set up a basic SDN network using ONOS.
• Explore ONOS features for managing and scaling network infrastructure.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level telecommunications engineers who wish to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to design, implement, and maintain telecommunication networks with a focus on link integration, ensuring seamless communication and data transfer across networks. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of telecommunication networks.
• Design and implement telecommunication networks.
• Apply advanced link integration strategies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve integration issues.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at engineers who wish to optimize networking for Kubernetes clusters. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Calico.
• Understand how Calico differs from traditional overlay networks.
• Understand how Calico combines internet routing protocols with consensus-based data stores.
• Use Calico to create a container networking solution for Kubernetes clusters.
• Use Calico to provide network policy for Kubernetes.

In this instructor-led, live training in Portugal, participants will learn how to implement deep learning models for telecom using Python as they step through the creation of a deep learning credit risk model. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamental concepts of deep learning.
• Learn the applications and uses of deep learning in telecom.
• Use Python, Keras, and TensorFlow to create deep learning models for telecom.
• Build their own deep learning customer churn prediction model using Python.

The aim of this course is twofold - gain solid knowledge about OpenStack architecture and acquire profound troubleshooting skills. In the architecture part you will learn how to design the hardware for the public and private cloud, prepare high-availability control plane, choose proper size of the flavours, and safely overcommit cloud resources, among other things. Getting knowledge about the internals of Neutron (Networking Service) is another essential part in OpenStack architecture. Next the participant will be introduced into methods of troubleshooting issues in OpenStack clusters starting from general tips, through network troubleshooting up to caveats of main OpenStack services. Around 75% of the course comprises of hands-on workshops in the real OpenStack training environment.

The course is a comprehensive training on OpenStack. It starts with the introduction to the system, then through hands-on workshops it gives practical knowledge on managing private clouds based on OpenStack, finally troubleshooting and advanced, architectural topics are present. The goal of this course is to familiarize with the OpenStack ecosystem as well as to give a strong background for further expansion and refinement of the OpenStack clouds. The course comprises all topics necessary to accomplish the Certificate OpenStack Administrator exam. 75% of the course is based on hands-on workshop in the real OpenStack training environment.

The course is a profound training on OpenStack networking. It starts with the introduction to OpenStack and its architecture, then clarifies core OpenStack projects as Identity service (Keystone), Image service (Glance), Compute service (Nova), Block storage (Cinder) in order to describe the surroundings of the networks in OpenStack and mainly focus on Networking project (Neutron). Virtual network infrastructure is described and based on the Open Virtual Network project, Open vSwitch and OpenFlow. The goal of the course is to understand basic operations and architecture of OpenStack as well as to familiarize participants with various networking technologies behind OpenStack, extending information about OVN and underlying flows, resources and tools. Customization options The training can be contracted to 2 days, focusing on core aspects relevant for the customer. The training can be also extended regarding administrative, design, networking and/or troubleshooting topics concerning OpenStack deployments. It is possible to describe other underlying SDN solutions like Linux Bridge or OvS.

AI is a collection of technologies for building intelligent systems capable of understanding data and the activities surrounding the data to make "intelligent decisions". For Telecom providers, building applications and services that make use of AI could open the door for improved operations and servicing in areas such as maintenance and network optimization. In this course we examine the various technologies that make up AI and the skill sets required to put them to use. Throughout the course, we examine AI's specific applications within the Telecom industry. Audience

• Network engineers
• Network operations personnel
• Telecom technical managers

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, hands-on exercises

BSS Course Contents :
This course is primarily aimed at managers in Telecom operation who need to have 360
view of a) legacy BSS in eTOM b) emerging BSS in NGOSS c) Billing system including
mediation, rating and CDR in details. This course also introduces in new topics like
advanced big data based CRM, Churn management and Fraud Management.

A 4 day instructor-led practical course designed to familiarise delegates with the Cisco ASA Firewall CLI and ASDM. The course details the key commands used to configure and secure networks using the ASA Firewall with v8 of the operating system and version 6 of the ASDM. Delegates will configure the ASA using the console port, TFTP server, telnet and SSH using local and RADIUS authentication. The device will be configured to utilise Syslog and SNMP. ASA Firewalls will also be configured to use Access-Lists, Network Address Translation and VPN's utilising IPSec protocols. The course will cover the theory of Public/Private Keys, shared secret keys and their use in forming Site to site VPN's between ASA Firewalls using IKE and IPSec. Students will configure the units to create site to site VPN's, remote access VPN's using the Cisco Secure VPN Client and Web VPN's. The course will cover the theory of failover and delegates will configure Active/Standby failover on the ASA. Privileged commands and protocol analyser traces will be used, where necessary, to debug protocols and ensure proper operation of the ASA Firewall. Students will also perform password recovery operations. This course will involve interfacing the ASA with other network equipment, such as routers and switches, as would be expected in a network environment. Audience: Course is suitable for anyone involved in ASA firewall configuration and network security Course is approximately 50% practical

In this instructor-led, live training in Portugal, participants will learn the critical features of DNS while carrying out exercises in the setup and configuration of a BIND DNS server on Linux. The course starts with a refresher on key networking principles, then digs into hands-on practice with setup and configuration. Steadily, the discussion and practices move towards more complex topics such as security, availability, debugging and troubleshooting.

This 2 day course investigates the theory and technology associated with IPSec VPN’s.VPN’s are setup using Cisco IOS Routers and ASA Firewalls using the web interface. The workings of the protocols are examined using debug commands and protocol analyser traces of relevant negotiations. Audience: Suitable for network planners, engineers or anyone interested in IPSec VPNs Course is approximately 40% practical

A 2 day theoretical course (with some practical demonstrations) covering the fundamentals of Internet Protocol v6 – including addressing, protocol formats, ICMP v6, discovery processes and IP v6 routing. Audience: Network Planners, Designers, and Engineers requiring an understanding of IP v6. Those requiring a comprehensive overview of IP v6 and the migration process from an IP v4 environment.

The Nessus vulnerability scanner is a very versatile platform for detecting and managing vulnerabilities. They can even do so much more than vulnerability detection. They can also do baseline auditing. In which case you system configuration is being compared with the best hardening standard In this Instructor led course, we will introduce the components of the solution and the different t functionalities, each module in the application will be explained and its use case laid out. At the end of the course, participants will be able to carry out vulnerability (authenticated and unauthenticated) scans on almost all IP based systems and analyze the results of the scan to eliminate false positives. The participants will learn to carry out risk based prioritization of findings and recommend compensating controls. This course will help the participants determine the security posture of their systems using Nessus and decide on the best course of action for remediation. Audience:

• Infrastructure managers
• System administrators
• System Auditors
• System compliance officers
• vulnerability managers
• cybersecurity managers

Format: Part Lecture, part discussion and hands on practice

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at network engineers who wish to maintain, manage, and design computer networks with Python. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Optimize and leverage Paramiko, Netmiko, Napalm, Telnet, and pyntc for network automation with Python.
• Master multi-threading and multiprocessing in network automation.
• Use GNS3 and Python for network programming.

The purpose of the course is to provide the participant with basic knowledge of the Wireshark protocol analyzer. The course focuses on deep understanding of the tool, as the basics for using it for network troubleshooting. The course starts with packet capturing, capture and display filters, statistical features and the basics of the expert system. By the end of the course the participant will be able to perform basic troubleshooting in small to medium size networks. The course is based on theory, class exercise and labs.

In this instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite), participants will learn how to use ONAP to automate networking services. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand, install and configure the various components in the ONAP ecosystem.
• Carry out real-time, policy-driven orchestration and automation of physical and virtual network functions.
• Design, create, orchestrate, and monitor VNFs, SDNs and other network services.
• Efficiently manage the entire networking lifecycle using a software-driven approach.
• Develop, deploy, and scale a network using the latest open source technologies and practices.

This course introduces you to how to install, operate, configure, and verify a basic Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), including configuring a LAN switch, configuring an IP router, connecting to a WAN, and identifying basic security threats This course will help you:     Install, operate, configure, and verify a basic IPv4 network     Perform basic troubleshooting steps in enterprise branch office Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at network engineers who wish to converge storage infrastructures with SAN and NAS. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Perform configurations of SAN and NAS storage on a storage system.
• Connect to storage systems and devices from a client.
• Compare SAN and NAS solutions for centralized storage.

This 4 day course involves a mixture of expository based (utilising protocol analyser traces where appropriate) and practical experiments to test and verify the operation of TCP/IP networks. The major aspects of the TCP/IP protocol stack are covered, including subnetting, supernetting and running dynamic routing protocols. TCP and UDP will be compared and contrasted, covering the end-to-end reliability and congestion avoidance capabilities of the TCP/IP stack. Some application layer protocols (HTTP, TLS, DNS, DHCP etc) will be investigated during the course. Network security in the form of TLS will be covered both from a theoretical and practical standpoint. The practical exercises are designed to augment the theory and enhance both the understanding of the underlying protocols and also the problem solving abilities of the delegates. Audience: Suitable for anyone looking for an understanding of TCP/IP. Course is approximately 50% practical.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level IT professionals who wish to understand the basics and principles of modern information and communication technologies and their applications. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Explain the main components and functions of the internet architecture and how they interact.
• Describe the features and benefits of modern network solutions and implementations, such as fiber technology, clustering, and internet of things.
• Understand the concepts and models of cloud computing and its services, such as infrastructure as a service and virtualization.
• Identify the future trends and directions of information and communication technologies and their implications.

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a technology that makes it possible for users to make voice calls over an Internet connection instead of through a regular phone line. In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to set up a VoIP system using Cisco CallManager Express. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand fundamental VoIP concepts
• Learn how to use VoIP equipment
• Configure CISCO routers for VoIP
• Implement VoIP and CallManager Express into their network
• Configure CME features for SIP, SCCP, and soft phones
• Work with advanced configuration settings and features of CME

Audience

• Managers
• System administrators
• Software and support system developers
• Technicians
• Network engineers

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Network packet analysis is a technique used to view, in real time, the raw data sent and received over a network interface. This is useful for troubleshooting network configuration and network application problems. Wireshark is a free open source packet analyzer used for troubleshooting such network issues. In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to use Wireshark to troubleshoot the functionality of a network as well as the performance of differente networked applications. Participants will learn network troubleshooting principles and practice techniques for capturing and analyzing TCP/IP request and response traffic between different clients and the servers. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Analyze network functionality and performance in various environments under different conditions
• Determine whether instances of different server applications are performing acceptably
• Identify the primary sources of network performance problems
• Identify and troubleshoot the most common causes of performance problems in TCP/IP communications

Audience

• Network engineers
• Network and computer technicians

Format of the Course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Note

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.