ECMS

Objectives

After taking this training, the student should be able to:
• Describe Cisco Meraki cloud architecture, administration, and licensing
• Describe the hardware and features of Cisco Meraki product families
• Describe best practices for troubleshooting and when to contact Cisco Meraki support
• Plan new Cisco Meraki architectures and expand existing deployments
• Design the network for scalable management and high availability
• Describe how to automate and scale Cisco Meraki deployments with dashboard tools
• Use dynamic routing protocols to expand networks and improve wide-area network (WAN) performance
• Describe proper quality of service (QoS), policy, and performance-based routing configurations across a Cisco
Meraki network and WAN optimization through traffic shaping
• Describe virtual private network (VPN) and WAN topologies and how to integrate them
• Secure, expand, and shape the network
• Implement switched network concepts and practices, and configure guest networks
• Implement wireless configuration practices and concepts
• Describe endpoint management concepts and practices using Cisco Meraki Systems Manager
• Describe physical security concepts and practices
• Gain network insight by monitoring applications
• Describe how to prepare monitoring, logging, and alerting services
• Set up reporting and auditing capabilities in the Cisco Meraki dashboard
• Monitor and troubleshoot issues using Cisco Meraki tools

Prerequisite Knowledge Advisory

Although there are no formal prerequisites, before taking this class you should have:
General Networking
• Be actively engaged in the design, deployment, scaling, configuration, and management of enterprise networks, IPsec, and associated VPN technologies
• Be experienced with hierarchical network segmentation (access, distribution, and core layer) design and best practices
• Strong fundamental knowledge of internet protocol (IP) addressing and subnetting schemas necessary to build local area networks (LANs)
• A foundational understanding of network authentication, authorization, and accounting services
• Strong fundamental knowledge of dynamic routing protocols with focus and emphasis on open shortest path first (OSPF) and border gateway protocol (BGP)
• A foundational understanding of wired and wireless QoS mechanisms, packet queue operations, and practical implementations
• A foundational understanding of threat modeling concepts and methodologies and the ability to apply them to identify, analyze, and respond to cybersecurity threats
• A foundational understanding of network security controls and protocols, network management best practices, and data security
• Intermediate fundamental knowledge of radio frequency (RF) concepts, terminology, design principles, and practical implementations as they apply to wireless networking and current 802.11 wireless standards
• A foundational understanding of wireless security best practices centered on access control (802.1x) and spectrum security through wireless intrusion detection system (WIDS) and prevention system (WIPS)
• A foundational understanding of standard logging and monitoring protocols with a focus and emphasis on simple network management protocol (SNMP), syslog, and webhooks, and related implementation components or tools
• Be familiar with and have basic knowledge of Application Programming Interface (APIs) and related languages and formats, such as representational state transfer (REST) and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

Cisco Meraki Knowledge
• Be able to describe the security, reliability, scalability, and licensing of the Cisco Meraki dashboard cloud
architecture, structure, delineation or privileges, overarching administrative processes, and its out-of-band
control plane
• Have the knowledge and ability to deploy advanced security features on Cisco Meraki MX security appliances, including intrusion detection/prevention, advanced malware protection (AMP), and Layer 3 and 7 firewall rules
• Fundamental understanding of Auto VPN and its purpose when used in a software-defined, wide-area network (SD-WAN) deployment
• Be experienced at navigating, configuring, and applying configurations to Cisco Meraki MS switches through the virtual stack interface in the dashboard
• Be able to describe the concepts behind a cloud-based wireless local-area network (WLAN) solution and the features that can be delivered, including Layer 7 traffic shaping and various guest access authentication methods
• Fundamental understanding of device profile containerization and remote management capabilities as managed through the Cisco Meraki Systems Manager platform
• Fundamental understanding of the edge architecture as implemented using Cisco Meraki MV security cameras and its implications for video retention through various configurable options
• Be able to effectively use the live tools and monitoring capabilities of the Cisco Meraki dashboard when
troubleshooting device or application performance issues

Required Exam for ECMS Certification

Exam: 500-220 ECMS
Proctor: PearsonVUE
Recertification: 3 years

ECMS1 Training Class Outline

Lecture
• Introducing the Cloud and the Cisco Meraki Dashboard
• Introducing Cisco Meraki Products and Administration
• Introducing Cisco Meraki Troubleshooting
• Planning New Cisco Meraki Architectures and Expanding Existing Deployment
• Designing for Scalable Management and High Availability
• Automating and Scaling Cisco Meraki Deployments
• Designing Routing on the Cisco Meraki Platform
• Introducing QoS and Traffic Shaping Design
• Building VPN and WAN Topologies
• Securing, Expanding, and Shaping the Network
• Introducing Switched Network Concepts and Practices
• Implementing Wireless Configuration Practices and Concepts
• Introducing Endpoint Management Concepts and Practices
• Introducing Physical Security Concepts and Practices
• Gaining Network Insight by Monitoring Applications
• Preparing, Monitoring, Logging, and Alerting Services
• Setting Up Reporting and Auditing Capabilities in the Cisco Meraki Dashboard
• Gaining Visibility and Resolving Issues Using Cisco Meraki Tools

Labs
• Configure the Cisco Meraki Dashboard
• Enable Advanced Features and Optimize Networking
• Troubleshoot the Network Using the Cisco Meraki Dashboard
• Configure Tags, Link Aggregation, Port Mirroring, and High-Density SSIDs
• Configure Routing on the Cisco Meraki Platform
• Configure QoS, Traffic Shaping, and Load Balancing
• Configure Network Security
• Configure Access Policies and Wireless Guest Access
• Configure SSIDs, RF Profiles, and Air Marshal
• Implement Endpoint Management
• Deploy and Configure Physical Security Devices
• Enable Alerts and Configure Monitoring and Reporting
• Troubleshoot a Cisco Meraki Network