Network Virtualization Courses and Certifications

Cisco

Cisco Data Center Virtualization

Segment one physical device into many: work through Cisco Nexus switch virtualization with VRF and CoPP, hypervisors and VMware vSwitches, and VXLAN network overlays.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Hands-on with Cisco Modeling Labs 2 (CML2)

Install, configure, and run Cisco Modeling Labs 2 on Windows 10, macOS Catalina, and VMware ESXi, building labs via GUI and API and connecting external networks.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Cisco ACI Fundamentals for Beginners

Build and manage Cisco ACI fabrics by configuring Nexus 9K, APIC, tenants, bridge domains, and Layer 2/3 connectivity.

• Coursera
• 17 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Mastering Cisco ACI - DCACI 300-620 Prep Course

Configure Cisco ACI fabrics with APIC, tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, EPG contracts, external Layer 2/3 connectivity, and VMware ESXi labs for DCACI 300-620 preparation.

• Coursera
• 17 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt Career Certificate

ENCOR (350-401) v1.2 Video Training Series - 2026

A three-stage ENCOR path progresses from enterprise architecture and virtualization through switching and routing to network management, security, and Python-based automation.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

SDO and Open Source Partnership in Network Function Virtualization

An overview of standards development organizations and open source partnerships in telecom, framed through NFV scope, transport configuration, and management architecture.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Open Source Networking Technologies

8 ratings at edX

Learn technical fundamentals needed to adopt SDN, NFV, disaggregation, orchestration, network automation, and modern networking. Discover use cases and technical options for open networking. Plus: lea

• edX
• 14 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

NFV Acceleration: Introduction to Anuket

Learn how Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is moving the industry from fixed-function, proprietary devices to flexible, software-driven environments, and how Anuket can help make the transition

• edX
• 7 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

This course takes your Cisco ACI skills to the next level with advanced integrations and multi-site deployments. You’ll learn how to connect ACI with virtualization platforms using Virtual Machine Man

• INE
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

This course focuses on how Cisco ACI enforces traffic policies and extends connectivity beyond the fabric. You’ll learn to implement contracts, filters, and Endpoint Security Groups (ESGs) to manage t

• INE
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Automating VXLAN BGP EVPN with Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) is an advanced training course designed to guide you through the automation of data center fabrics using Cisco NDFC. You'l

• INE
• 13 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

This course introduces Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) v5 and builds the foundation for understanding its architecture, initialization, and management. You’ll explore ACI system compone

• INE
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) v4 Bootcamp

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is one of the industry-leading software-defined networking (SDN) solutions for the Data Center. In INE’s Implementing ACI course, you will learn both the

• INE
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Automating Cisco ACI with Python Bootcamp

Automating Cisco ACI with Python is just one of the many use cases for today’s Network Engineers to learn programming. In this course, we start with a hands-on Introduction to Python to learn the prac

• INE
• 7 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Understanding Service Provider Virtualization

This course covers Service Provider Virtualization basics. Here in this course, you will learn about VNF workloads, OpenStack and NFVI. Students who are preparing for the CCNP Service Provider exam or

• INE
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course