Versa Certification

Versa Certified SD-WAN Associate (VNX100)

Certification Exam Name: Versa Certified SD-WAN Associate (VNX100)
This specialized level exam is intended for engineers who design, optimize performance of, administer, manage, troubleshoot, and support secure SD-WAN services on Versa Networks platforms.

Scope of Certification

SD-WAN overlay and underlay concepts and tunneling technologies (GRE, IPsec, Layer 3 VPN)
  • The roles, functions, and behaviors of the different headend components (Versa Director, Versa Controller, and Versa Analytics)
  • Understanding of the Versa Operating System and its role in the Versa Controller and Versa CPE devices
  • Knowledge of the role and function of virtual routers
  • Virtual routing and forwarding instances
  • Network overlays and underlays
  • Basic Border Gateway Protocol functions
URL and Script based ZTP and onboarding
  • Quality of Service (QoS/CoS)
  • Traffic steering concepts and SLA (path monitoring)
  • Application Identification concepts
  • Secure Access
  • Security Service basics
Knowledge of the monitoring and reporting capabilities provide by Versa Director and Versa Analytics
Use of Versa Director and Versa Analytics to identify and troubleshoot SD-WAN performance issues

Recommended Knowledge and Experience

You can prepare for certification exams with the materials available on the Versa Academy. The following sources are recommended, but not required, for study:
  • Versa Essentials
  • Versa Secure SD-WAN Basics self-paced course
  • Versa Policy Basics self-paced course
  • Versa Secure SD-WAN Provisioning self-paced course
  • 3-6 months of hands-on administrative, design and troubleshooting experience in Versa Secure SD-WAN platform
  • Industry and product knowledge of WAN and SD-WAN technologies
  • Versa technical publications

Versa Certification Badges

Versa has partnered with Credly’s Acclaim platform to award badges for your certification achievements. Digital credentials go beyond paper certificates. They are portable, verifiable, and uniquely linked to you. When someone views your badge, they can learn more about your skills and verify the badge’s authenticity—ensuring only you can take credit for your skills.

How it works

  1. You will receive an email notifying you to claim your badge
  2. Click the link in that email.
  3. Create an account on the Acclaim site and confirm your email.
  4. Claim your badge.
  5. Start sharing.
After you have passed your certification exam, you can download your certificate from the Acclaim web site (certificates are NOT automatically sent to you).

Certificate Validity

Versa Certifications are valid for two years. To maintain your Versa Certified status, we require you to periodically demonstrate your continued expertise though recertification. Certification status can be maintained by taking the same or higher level exam