Welcome to the Intel® Network Academy – a comprehensive training program on network transformation. In this program, we will be covering the topic areas of software defined infrastructure (SDI) network functions virtualization (NFV), software-defined networking (SDN) and beyond. The Network Academy includes a broad collection of online content and technical training aimed to assist technical professionals in the network industry to improve their knowledge of key Intel® technologies, industry trends, and technical aspects of NFV deployments.
Intel® Network Academy - Network Transformation 102
Offered By
Intel
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
13 hours to complete
VNF Operations
28 videos (Total 124 min), 6 quizzes
28 videos
Server Ingredients3m
Virtualization Concepts6m
Virtualization Concepts (Cont.)3m
Kernel Virtual Module (KVM*)3m
Cloud Models5m
OpenStack4m
Virtual Infrastructure Manager (VIM)3m
OpenStack as the Platform4m
Components and Scenarios4m
OpenStack Performance Options7m
Features5m
Network Service Example5m
A Drastic Change in Application Patterns5m
The Technology Behind the Scene5m
Intel® Clear Containers56s
Containers and Virtual Machines6m
Container Benefits3m
Introduction to Linux Containers1m
Container Core Elements and an Example6m
Container Cloud Environment and the Container Ecosystem4m
Public Cloud Container Infrastructure5m
Other Noteworthy Projects56s
DevOps and Microservices6m
Industry Standardization Efforts1m
Key Points2m
Containers Networking – Technology Overview7m
Other Container Challenges5m
6 practice exercises
Server Ingredients and Virtualization 10110m
Cloud 1016m
Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) on Openstack6m
Containers6m
Linux Container12m
NFV Features in Kubernetes2m
Week
21 hour to complete
VNF Development
19 videos (Total 52 min), 4 quizzes
19 videos
DPDK Fundamentals4m
DPDK Open Source1m
DPDK Vendor Support3m
What is FD.io?3m
FD.io: Scalable Network Stacks5m
FD.io: Open Benchmarking2m
FD.io: Adoption2m
Everyday Cryptography1m
History2m
Ciphers2m
Encryption2m
Hashing and Message Authentication1m
Public Key Cryptography3m
Impact2m
What is Hyperscan?3m
Why Hyperscan?3m
Operations4m
Summary55s
4 practice exercises
VNF Development6m
Fd.io8m
Cryptography Basics12m
Introduction to Hyperscan4m
Week
31 hour to complete
Intel®Hardware and Software Benefits
15 videos (Total 56 min), 3 quizzes
15 videos
Infrastructure Requirements7m
Intel Ingredients for Workload Optimization7m
Intel Solutions for Workload Optimization2m
Enhanced Platform Awareness5m
Summary3m
Networking in a Virtual Server Overview4m
Introduction to Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)3m
Under the Hood of SR-IOV on the Intel® Ethernet Controller XL7104m
Use Cases Examples2m
Summary2m
Overview4m
Intel QuickAssist Technology Solutions and Options3m
Intel QuickAssist Technology Key Protection technology (KPT)2m
Performance2m
3 practice exercises
Intel Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Hardware Ingredients8m
Introduction to Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)6m
Intel QuickAssist Technology
Week
4
About Intel
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