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eLearning Courses

Dell offers a wide-range of high-quality, in-depth eLearning courses. Each course is designed to teach you key security technology fundamentals, along with specific Dell SonicWALL product design, configuration, implementation and troubleshooting topics.

Dell Networking Foundations eLearning Courses:

In order to better meet your training needs, Dell has developed a series of free on-line eLearning courses. These courses are designed to provide you with foundational knowledge required to get the most out of the technical training Dell provides.

Network Security Technology Overview

For those of you that are new to network security, Dell offers a Network Security Overview course. This optional course provides the student with and introduction to the key concepts and fundamentals of Network Security. While this course is not mandatory, it is strongly suggested.

The Network Security Overview course contains the following four modules:

Network Security Essentials

This eLearning course is a prerequisite to the Network Security Basic Administration instructor-led Training. These prerequisite modules provide critical foundational information concerning firewall technology, security risks and remediation, as well as network security design and implementation considerations.

Additionally, you learn how to configure and implement Dell SonicWALL firewall appliances, and extend firewall capabilities using rules, security applications and other network specific functions, and troubleshooting techniques. You will practice key activities through online simulations. This eLearning course contains the following 10 modules.

Virtual Private Networking with SonicOS

This course is a prerequisite to Network Security Basic Administration instructor-led Training. A critical follow-on to Network Security Essentials, Virtual Private Networking with SonicOS gives you a comprehensive education in core VPN technology, design and implementation considerations. You also learn about Dell-specific configuration and deployment, as well as troubleshooting techniques. This eLearning course contains the following 4 modules.

Securing SonicWALL Wireless Networks

Wireless Wireless networks are inherently insecure and Dell SonicWALL Wireless Solutions provides a truly secure solution. In the Securing SonicWALL Wireless Networks eLearning modules, you learn about key wireless technology fundamentals,including wireless foundations, WLAN communications, security risks and remediation, as well as wireless LAN design and architecture considerations.You also learn about Dell-specific wireless configurations and deployment scenarios, in addition to troubleshooting techniques. Key activities and exercises are available through online simulations. This eLearning course contains the following 5 modules.

Advanced Networking and Security with SonicOS

This 8 module online training was designed by industry leading networking experts to utilize advanced features of Dell's SonicWALL products.  Most modules consists of three parts :

  1. A lecture portion that deals with the theory involved with a specific subject.
  2. A demonstration on how to configure the feature using SonicOS.
  3. An end-of-module quiz preparing you for taking the comprehensive end-of course quiz.  This comprehensive quiz is intended to prepare you for the on-line Certification Exam for this course.

Periodically the student will be provided with the opportunity to prove their mastery of previous subjects through a series of built-in quizzes.

Module 1:  VLANs
  Presentation
  Demonstration 
  Quiz
Module 2: Multicast
  Presentation
  Demonstration
  Quiz
Module 3:  Dynamic Routing
  Presentation
  Demonstration
  Quiz
Module 4: VoIP
  Presentation
  Demonstration
  Quiz
Module 5:  QoS
  Presentation
  Demonstration
  Quiz
Module 6: SSL
  Presentation
  Demonstration
  Quiz
Module 7: High-Availability
  Presentation
  Demonstration  -- Currently not available
  Quiz
Module 8: Application Intelligence
  Presentation
  Demonstration
  Quiz

End-of-Course Quiz

Each Technical eLearning course is self-paced (approximately 6-8 hours). However, courses do not need to be completed in one session. You have unlimited access to all Dell SonicWALL eLearning courses.

Dell eLearning Certification Courses:

In order to better meet your training needs, Dell has developed a series of free on-line eLearning courses. These courses are designed to provide you with knowledge and practice necessary to install and configure a number of our solutions. These courses, when coupled with the optional certification exam,can also be used to meet your CSSA certification needs.

Email Security Certification Training
Global Management System Certification Training

Email Security Certification Training

This class instructs students on how to deploy, configure, and maintain Dell's SonicWALL Email Security solution:

  • Protect a company from email threats such as spam, phishing and viruses
  • Implement and enforce corporate email policies
  • Ensure email compliance requirements are met

Multiple email threat techniques are covered as well as the prevention mechanisms implemented by Dell's SonicWALL Email Security. Students also learn about the protocols involved in mail delivery (DNS, SMTP, POP and IMAP), aswell as LDAP used by email security. Both basic theory and diagnostics tools are covered.

Periodically the student will be provided with the opportunity to prove their mastery of previous subjects through a series of built-in quizzes.

Those that want to prove their mastery can purchase an optional on-line certification exam.

Global Management System Certification Training

Dell's SonicWALL Global Management System solution provides a comprehensive architecture for centrally creating and managing security policies, providing real-time monitoring and alerts, and delivering intuitive compliance and usage reports, all from a single management interface. Whether your organization is a small or medium-sized business, a distributed enterprise, or a managed service provider, Dell offers software and appliance solutions to meet your needs. These lessons provide the fundamental instructions for those who are new to Dell SonicWALL products and services. As a self-paced training, these online courses are meant to help you understand the basic concepts that must be refined through hands-on experience with the Dell SonicWALL products. To make the most of your studies, you need to have as much background on, and experience with, both common operating systems and network environments. The best way to do this is to combine studying this course with hands-on work in our Dell SonicWALL Live Demo site.

Those that want to prove their mastery can purchase an optional on-line certification exam.

Dell SonicWALL GMS eLearning

  1. Overview
  2. GMS Installation
  3. GMS Communication
  4. Appliance Acquisition and Management
  5. Reporting
  6. Alert and Monitoring
  7. GMS and SRA
  8. GMS and CDP
  9. GMS and ES
  10. GMS Management
  11. GMS Miscellaneous Features
  12. GMS Troubleshooting
  13. Advanced GMS Topics

All Dell SonicWALL eLearning courses are free for all SonicWALL end-users and partners.

You can begin any eLearning course listed above by clicking an individual module. Each module can be taken in any order and over several days.

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