Configuring and Operating Cisco EPN Manager (EPNM100) 3.0
The Configuring and Operating Cisco EPN Manager (EPNM100) v3.0 course shows you how to install, provision, monitor, and maintain a packet and optical multilayer network using Cisco® Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Manager. This course also covers configuration and compliance management, device configuration, and service management. The Cisco EPN Manager is a simplified and cost-effective solution for device operation, administration, network provisioning, and network assurance management for today’s converging packet and optical multilayer networks. It enables end-to-end lifecycle management across core, edge, aggregation, and access networks.
Retail Price: $2,600.00
Next Date: 12/15/2020
Course Days: 4
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It is recommended that a learner has the following knowledge and skills before attending this course:
- Network management experience (polling, syslogs, IP addressing, ports, device access, credentials, Simple Network Management Protocol [SNMP], Secure Shell [SSH])
- Basic understanding of network and device performance statistics
- Basic understanding of network alarms and events
- Experience with manually configuring network devices and provisioning services using a device’s command-line interface (CLI)
- VMware experience with the installation of OVA files on virtual machines and/or ISO software on bare-metal machines
- Experience with configuring optical network devices and provisioning optical circuits using either TL1 (CLI) or the Cisco Transport Controller application
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Recognize the Cisco EPN Manager’s features
- Access Cisco EPN Manager and understand user accounts (roles, virtual domains)
- Navigate the Cisco EPN Manager’s user interface
- View the network inventory
- Monitor health and performance
- Manage alarms and events
- Generate reports
- Recognize the system requirements for Cisco EPN Manager, and procedures for new installations, upgrades, and high availability
- Manage licensing
- Configure the initial server settings and prepare the server for day-1 operations
- Establish initial device inventory and virtual domains
- Establish user accounts and their role-based access to EPN Manager’s features and devices
- Configure monitoring policies and alarm and event preferences
- Manage backup and restore, data retention and purging, and software updates
- Tune and monitor a server’s performance
- Archive, view, compare, and restore configuration files
- Update and manage software images
- Perform compliance audits
- Configure devices using templates
- Provision network services
- Archive and restore TL1 database files
- Update and manage optical devices’ software image
- Configure optical devices using the Detailed Device View
- Provision optical network services
Outline
Module 1: Introduction
- Lesson 1: Service Provider Market Trends
- Lesson 2: Cisco EPN Manager Overview
Module 2: Getting Started
- Lesson 1: Accessing Cisco EPN Manager
- Lesson 2: Lesson Summary for “Accessing Cisco EPN Manager”
- Lesson 3: Exploring the GUI
- Lesson 4: Populating the Inventory
Module 3: Network Views
- Lesson 1: Viewing Device Inventory and Device Details
- Lesson 2: Viewing the Topology
Module 4: Network Monitoring
- Lesson 1: Monitoring Dashboards
- Lesson 2: Monitoring Policies Overview
- Lesson 3: Exploring Alarms and Events
- Lesson 4: Taking Action on Alarms and Events
- Lesson 5: Exploring Reports
- Lesson 6: Managing Reports
Module 5: System Administration
- Lesson 1: Pre-Installation Activities
- Lesson 2: Installing Cisco EPN Manager
- Lesson 3: Installing High Availability
- Lesson 4: Post-Installation Activities
- Lesson 5: Performing Server Setup Tasks
- Lesson 6: Customizing Alarm and Event Preferences
- Lesson 7: Managing Groups and Virtual Domains
- Lesson 8: Managing User Accounts
Module 6: Maintenance
- Lesson 1: Backup and Restore
- Lesson 2: Software Updates
- Lesson 3: Data Retention and Purging
- Lesson 4: Monitor and Tune Cisco EPN Manager
Module 7: Configuration Management
- Lesson 1: Setting Up Configuration Management
- Lesson 2: Using Configuration Management
Module 8: Software Image Management
- Lesson 1: Software Image Management Basics
- Lesson 2: Deploying Software Images
Module 9: Device Configuration
- Lesson 1: Cisco EPN Manager Configuration Methods
- Lesson 2: Configuring Devices by Using Templates
- Lesson 3: Creating Custom Templates
Module 10: Compliance Management
- Lesson 1: Compliance Prerequisites
- Lesson 2: Compliance Policies
- Lesson 3: Compliance Audit and Fix Jobs
Module 11: Carrier Ethernet Service Management
- Lesson 1: Examining Provisioning Features
- Lesson 2: Creating Customers and Custom Profiles
- Lesson 3: Provisioning a Carrier Ethernet Service
- Lesson 4: Verifying Services
- Lesson 5: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Services
Module 12: Optical Devices, Circuits, and Services
- Lesson 1: Exploring Optical Provisioning Features
- Lesson 2: Setting Up Configuration Management
- Lesson 3: Using Configuration Management
- Lesson 4: Configuring Optical Devices with Details Device View
- Lesson 5: Creating Customers and Custom Profiles
- Lesson 6: Provisioning a Service
- Lesson 7: Assuring Services
- Lesson 8: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Services