PALO ALTO NETWORKSPalo Alto Networks Certified SD-WAN Engineer
The Palo Alto Networks Certified SD-WAN Engineer certification validates the skills required to plan, deploy, configure, operate, monitor, and troubleshoot modern SD-WAN environments. Designed for experienced SD-WAN and SASE engineers, it covers the full Prisma SD-WAN lifecycle—from pre-deployment planning and architectural design to advanced troubleshooting. Earning this credential demonstrates your ability to use Prisma SD-WAN components to achieve network transformation outcomes and drive operational excellence.
687 practice questions · Updated 2026-07-30
5Domains
31Objectives
183Concepts
687Questions
SD-WAN-ENGINEER Curriculum
Every domain, objective, and concept the SD-WAN-ENGINEER exam measures.
- Device Selection Criteria Overview
- Performance and Throughput Requirements
- Scalability and Port Density
- Form Factor and Deployment Environment
- Security Features and Integration
- High Availability and Redundancy
- Management and Orchestration Compatibility
- WAN and Transport Interface Options
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Bandwidth Requirements Assessment
- Bandwidth Allocation Strategies
- Bandwidth Utilization Monitoring
- Bandwidth Plan Optimization
- Identify device licensing options
- Describe device licensing tiers
- Match licensing to deployment scenarios
- Network Assessment Scope
- Current Network Inventory
- Traffic Flow Analysis
- Application Dependency Mapping
- WAN Link Evaluation
- Security Posture Review
- High Availability and Redundancy Assessment
- Scalability and Growth Projection
- Management and Operations Review
- Gap Analysis
- Data Center Configuration
- Data Center Interconnection (DCI) Options
- Branch Gateway Overview
- Gateway Deployment Modes
- Gateway Interfaces and Zones
- Gateway Routing and Forwarding
- Gateway Security Policies
- Gateway VPN and Tunneling
- Gateway High Availability
- Gateway Management and Monitoring
- Identify security requirements
- Describe security configuration options
- Configure security policies
- Implement encryption and VPN
- Integrate with security services
- Interconnectivity Planning
- High Availability (HA) Fundamentals
- HA Architecture Options
- HA Configuration Planning
- Interconnectivity and HA Integration
- Path policy fundamentals
- Path policy configuration
- Security policy fundamentals
- Security policy design
- QoS fundamentals
- QoS configuration
- Performance policy fundamentals
- Performance policy tuning
- NAT policy fundamentals
- NAT policy configuration
- Prisma SD-WAN Architecture
- Deployment Models
- Initial Configuration
- Branch and Site Configuration
- Security Policies
- Routing and Path Selection
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Site-specific settings overview
- Site identification parameters
- Site location and addressing
- Site role and function
- Site-specific routing and policies
- Site-specific security and services
- Site-specific high availability and redundancy
- Site-specific monitoring and logging
- Template Structure
- Template Variables
- Template Stacking
- Data Center Template Design
- Branch Template Design
- Template Deployment Workflow
- Template Management and Versioning
- Dynamic routing protocol fundamentals
- Static routing configuration
- Routing protocol tuning parameters
- Route redistribution and filtering
- Troubleshooting routing issues
- VRF Fundamentals
- VRF Configuration
- VRF Route Leaking
- VRF and SD-WAN Integration
- Device-level statistics sources
- Interface statistics monitoring
- Tunnel statistics monitoring
- System resource monitoring
- Using the web interface for monitoring
- Using CLI commands for monitoring
- Interpreting statistics for troubleshooting
- Controller-generated incidents
- Alert monitoring
- Statistics monitoring
- Audit log monitoring
- Alert Types
- Notification Channels
- Alert Configuration
- Notification Recipients
- Alert Filters
- Testing and Verification
- WAN Clarity report overview
- Accessing WAN Clarity reports
- Interpreting report metrics
- Analyzing application performance
- Identifying link health and utilization
- Using filters and time ranges
- Troubleshooting with WAN Clarity
- Network monitoring tools overview
- Real-time traffic monitoring
- SNMP-based monitoring
- Flow-based monitoring (NetFlow/sFlow)
- Syslog and event logging
- Dashboard and visualization tools
- Alerting and threshold configuration
- Integration with SD-WAN management
- Prisma SD-WAN and Prisma Access Integration Overview
- Integration Modes and Topologies
- Security Policy Setup in Integrated Environment
- Traffic Flow and Policy Enforcement
- Best Practices for Policy Design
- ADEM overview
- ADEM components
- ADEM configuration steps
- Application monitoring with ADEM
- ADEM integration with Prisma SD-WAN
- ADEM troubleshooting
- Device-ID overview
- Network settings for Device-ID
- Device-ID configuration steps
- Integration with IoT devices
- CIE integration overview
- Integration prerequisites
- Integration configuration steps
- Identity-based policy enforcement
- Troubleshooting integration issues
- User/Group ID in SD-WAN
- Path Policy Based on User/Group ID
- Security Policy Based on User/Group ID
- Integration of User/Group ID with Policy Enforcement
- Identify connectivity issues
- Gather diagnostic data
- Analyze routing and forwarding
- Verify tunnel and VPN status
- Test end-to-end connectivity
- Resolve and validate
- Routing issue identification
- Forwarding issue diagnosis
- Troubleshooting methodology
- Path selection verification
- Route propagation analysis
- Interface and tunnel checks
- Policy and rule validation
- Resolution and remediation
- Application performance issue identification
- Application performance issue description
- Identify policy-related symptoms
- Trace policy evaluation path
- Verify policy rule configuration
- Check policy hit counts and logs
- Validate security policy vs. SD-WAN policy interaction
- Use troubleshooting tools for policy issues
- Resolve common policy misconfigurations
- Co-Pilot data analysis overview
- Data sources and metrics
- Interpreting Co-Pilot insights
- Analytics for Network Optimization
- Reporting in SD-WAN
- Data Sources for Analytics
- Interpreting Analytics
- Automated Optimization
- Reporting Best Practices
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