Live · Remote · Instructor-led
Enterprise SONiC Linux Bootcamp
Four intensive days that take you from bare-metal install to a running EVPN-VXLAN data center — hands-on, guided by a 25-year open-networking engineer. Walk out a Certified SONiC System Administrator.
Powered by Enterprise SONiC by Broadcom
1600+ engineers trained
4-Day SONiC Bootcamp
€1,800
per seat
Format
4 live days · 6 hrs each
Hours
09:00–16:00 CE(S)T
Delivery
Remote, instructor-led
Hands-on
Live lab every day
Credential
Certified SONiC Admin
Why SONiC — why now
The network operating system the whole industry is standardising on
SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) broke the single-vendor lock-in that defined data-center networking for decades. Created by Microsoft for Azure and now governed by the Linux Foundation — with premier members including Broadcom, NVIDIA, Dell and Arista — it runs the same open Linux NOS across white-box hardware from any vendor, and it is moving fast out of the cloud giants and into the enterprise.
SONiC data-center switching market
$8B+
on track to $8B by 2027
Growth trajectory scaled to published estimates, 2023–2027 (IDC and 650 Group) — the SONiC ecosystem is on track to exceed $8 billion by 2027, driven by enterprise and cloud adoption well beyond hyperscalers.
Escaping vendor lock-in
Operators run one open NOS across hardware from many vendors — designing and controlling their own networks instead of the vendor doing it for them.
Moving into the enterprise
What started in the hyperscale cloud is now landing in Tier-2 and Tier-3 providers and enterprises — on track to claim 10–20% of that switch market by 2028, creating real demand for engineers who can run it.
A skill that pays off
Over 12,000 data centers now run open-networking switches, many powered by SONiC — millions of ports and climbing. A fast-growing market plus a shortage of SONiC talent makes certified skills a real career edge.
Why this bootcamp
Not a webinar you half-watch — four days that change what you can build
28+ years in networking
Live sessions led by Volker Scheel — real production experience, real answers when your config breaks.
Hands-on every single day
Each topic ends in a live lab on a pre-built topology. You configure it yourself — no watching, no fake screenshots.
Start to finish
The lab network evolves with you — from first install to a full EVPN-VXLAN fabric — so concepts connect instead of scattering.
A credential that counts
Finish and earn your Certified SONiC System Administrator certificate on Enterprise SONiC by Broadcom.
What you'll master
The full stack of a production SONiC network
Install & config
SONiC install & configuration
ONIE install and upgrade, zero-touch provisioning and the configuration methods: Klish CLI, config sessions, interfaces, breakouts, port channels and VLANs.
Routing
Advanced routing
BGP and OSPF designs, IPv4/unnumbered peers, loopbacks, network advertisements and BFD.
Automation
Automation
Drive SONiC at scale with Ansible and RESTCONF for repeatable, hands-off network management.
Redundancy
Redundancy methods
Build resilient Layer 2 and Layer 3 designs with STP and MC-LAG so a failure never takes the network down.
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Structured problem-solving and performance optimisation — the skills that matter most at 2am.
Campus
Campus network management
PoE, LLDP-MED, Port Access Control, IP Helper, Port Security and DHCP Snooping.
The 4-day plan
Theory in the morning, hands-on by the afternoon
Every day pairs a focused briefing with a practical, realistic exercise on the same evolving topology — so you don't just understand SONiC, you can operate it.
Day 1
Introduction & configuration
What SONiC is and how it's architected, the Linux concepts behind it — containers and the Redis database, ONIE install and upgrade, management access and user auth, ZTP, and the configuration methods: Klish CLI, config sessions, interfaces, breakouts, port channels and VLANs.
Hands-on
Install SONiC
Basic switch config
User access
Interface configuration
IP addressing
LLDP checks
Day 2
Advanced routing & automation
Layer 2/3 redundancy — STP, MC-LAG, VRRP, SAG and DHCP relay; the SONiC routing architecture with BGP, OSPF and static routes, influencing the routing table and improving convergence with BFD; automation with Ansible, RESTCONF and gNMI.
Hands-on
MCLAG
VLANs
BGP
IPv4/unnumbered peers
Loopbacks
BFD on BGP
BGP advertisements
Ansible
Postman
Day 3
VXLAN, EVPN & troubleshooting
VXLAN and EVPN Layer 2/3 VPNs, multihoming with logical VTEPs and EVPN multihoming, asymmetric and symmetric IRB, and data-center interconnect (DCI); plus structured troubleshooting — interface counters, telemetry with sFlow/SPAN/ERSPAN, packet-drop analysis and tech-support generation.
Hands-on
Layer 2 VPNs
Layer 3 VPNs
VXLAN
EVPN
Day 4
Campus focus
PoE configuration and monitoring, Port Access Control with 802.1x and MAC Authentication Bypass — host modes, assigned VLANs and dynamic ACLs — LLDP-MED and voice VLAN, IP Helper, Port Security, DHCP Snooping, and Access Control Lists with ACL counters.
Hands-on
Port Access Control
ACLs
Your instructor
Volker Scheel
Senior Network Innovation Delivery Engineer, STORDIS · Senior Success Educator, route2open
Over 28 years in network engineering — 20 years at AT&T Global Network Services and 8 years at STORDIS. In 2025 alone he trained over 500 students on SONiC. His focus has stayed the same throughout: mentoring the next generation of engineers into the technologies rewiring the data center.
28 yrs
network engineering
1600+
students
30+
SONiC bootcamps led
What the tech pros say
Engineers who levelled up in four days
“The hands-on labs were exceptionally well designed, guiding us through configurations at all levels right up to advanced topics like VXLAN and EVPN.”
Daro Karim
Open Networking Consultant, Pine Networks
“The course was well prepared, engaging and definitely met the goal of a bootcamp — sufficient training to get one ‘booted’ into SONiC. The labs were great.”
Martin Hayes
CTO, STORDIS GmbH
“Excellent balance between theory and hands-on labs, with real-world scenarios that made it easy to gain practical experience with SONiC. Definitely worth it!”
Carlos Rojas
Network Engineer
“I’d definitely recommend this training to anyone new to SONiC or looking to deepen their understanding of the Broadcom version. The training was valuable for our whole team.”
Todd Penner
Principal Sales Engineer, Celestica
“This was a well-run, interesting and relevant training. The duration was excellent, keeping everybody engaged throughout.”
Adrian Frias Geminiano
Consulting Engineer
“A great bootcamp for any network engineer getting started with SONiC — from the basics right up to advanced EVPN-VXLAN fabric, with theory and hands-on labs throughout.”
Hadi Choueiry
Solution Architect, Pine Networks
Four days now. A skill the market is buying for years
Join the live Enterprise SONiC Linux Bootcamp and walk out able to install, configure, automate and troubleshoot production SONiC networks.
€1,800
4 days
Hands-on
Certificate included
