EDU-238 Prisma SD-WAN Design and Operation Training Course
Length
5 days
Price
$4999
Days
Mon - Wed
Why Choose This Course
EDU-238 (Prisma SD-WAN: Design and Operation) is a practical course focused on designing, implementing, and running a Prisma SD-WAN deployment in real enterprise environments. You’ll learn how to build a branch and data-centre style topology, apply policies that influence application performance, and operate the service day to day with the right visibility. It’s delivered live online with an instructor (virtual classroom), so you can learn through guided practice and get answers to deployment questions as they come up.
This course will not focus on the simple “how to configure”, but rather on what drives the success of SD-WAN in production – architectural decisions, resiliency considerations, and operational consistency. After taking you through the architecture of the Prisma SD-WAN solution and the implications for operations depending on the operating modes, the course will cover the key operational procedures such as site activation, routing behaviour configuration, path selection, and policies.
You’ll also spend time where teams typically save or lose the most effort: policy and operations. That includes path and QoS policy, segmentation and security policy concepts, and traffic handling patterns such as NAT, plus the monitoring and troubleshooting workflows used when performance or connectivity doesn’t behave as expected. The course also introduces how Prisma SD-WAN can integrate with Prisma Access as part of a SASE approach, helping you connect SD-WAN operations to broader modern network designs—useful whether you’re supporting one region or coordinating multi-site changes from City.
Prerequisites
Participants should have:
- Basic knowledge (1+ years) of routing and switching, including Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- Experience deploying and operating WANs, and using network monitoring tools
- Experience with DNS, DHCP, and IP address management tools
- Familiarity with scripting and APIs as they relate to network automation
Exam
Candidates can achieve this certification by passing the following exam(s).
- Palo Alto Networks Certified SD-WAN Enginee
Books
- EDU-238 course material included.
Delivery
- This course is delivered as live online, virtual instructor-led training.
Skills Gained
- Explain Prisma SD-WAN key elements, architecture concepts, and operating modes (analytics, control, disabled)
- Design a branch and data-centre SD-WAN topology that aligns with application priorities
- Plan and configure WAN networks, circuit settings, and interface settings for sites
- Configure routing behaviour, including static routing and BGP tuning concepts
- Build and apply path policy and QoS policy to influence application performance
- Apply NAT policy and security policy concepts (including zone-based firewall policy references)
- Use operational monitoring approaches, including events, alerts, and portal-based visibility
- Configure and use DNS and DHCP services on Prisma SD-WAN interfaces
- Implement high availability (HA) settings for resilient site operations
- Use CloudBlades concepts for extensibility and integrations
- Troubleshoot common SD-WAN issues using a structured operations and troubleshooting workflow
- Describe how Prisma SD-WAN integrates with Prisma Access for SASE implementation scenarios
Audience
This course is designed for professionals who configure, maintain, and operate wide-area networks across branches, data centres, and cloud environments, including:
- Network engineers and network architects
- Network administrators and NOC administrators
- Network security engineers
Course Schedule & Pricing
Choose the schedule that fits your life — all options include full course materials & certification support
Full-time immersion for rapid certification readiness.
Balance your career while you upgrade your skills.
Maximum flexibility for busy working professionals.
Outline
Core concepts
- Prisma SD-WAN overview and key elements
- ION devices and controller-based operations
- Operating modes: analytics, control, disabled
- Application-performance SLAs and business-priority policy intent
Design and site build-out
- Solution overview and design approach
- Branch design fundamentals
- Sites: create branch and data-centre sites
- WAN networks and circuit settings
- Interface settings and site configuration patterns
- High availability settings and design considerations
Routing and connectivity
- Routing module: branch and data-centre routing concepts
- Static default route handling
- BGP peer authentication and BGP tuning concepts
- Multicast configuration profile concepts
Policy and traffic control
- Path policy and defaults/paths
- QoS policy design and application prioritisation
- NAT policy concepts
- Security policy (zone-based firewall) concepts
- Performance policy concepts
Services and integrations
- DNS service on interfaces
- DHCP service considerations
- Network management: NTP, syslog, SNMP
- Telemetry and flow export concepts (IPFIX references)
- CloudBlades overview and use cases
Operations and troubleshooting
- Operations and troubleshooting module
- Monitoring events, alerts, and audit log concepts
- Prisma SD-WAN releases and upgrades responsibilities
SASE alignment and next steps
- Integrating Prisma SD-WAN and Prisma Access for SASE implementation
- DevOps concepts for automation and operational workflows
- Next steps: building a repeatable operational runbook
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