Extreme Networks Foundations

In this Learning Path, you will build a foundational understanding of enterprise networking concepts and the Extreme Networks platform. Starting from core networking principles, including switching and routing fundamentals, this path introduces IS-IS as the control plane that powers Extreme Fabric Connect, explaining how it builds and distributes topology information across the fabric to enable automatic VLAN reachability without manual route configuration. Learners will explore how BGP bridges the fabric to the WAN, enabling inter-site routing and internet access through Extreme SD-WAN appliances — whether traffic is forwarded directly over the WAN transport or selectively broken out locally based on policy. Together these technologies provide the groundwork for understanding how modern enterprise networks are designed, interconnected, and extended across multiple sites with Extreme Networks.