Installing and Configuring Meraki MS Switch Appliances (ICM-SA-CT)

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Meraki

• The Meraki Mission

• Cisco Meraki: Bringing the Cloud to Enterprise Networks

• Cloud-Managed Networking Architecture

• Benefits of a Cloud-Based Solution

• The Meraki Full Stack: New and Unique Value Proposition

• Meraki Deployment – How it works

• Why Customers Choose Meraki

• Meraki MS Switches Overview

• Meraki API Overview

• Meraki Licensing

• Enterprise Support

• Cisco Meraki Documentation

Module 2: Cloud Management with the Meraki Dashboard

• The Meraki Dashboard

• Dashboard: Organizational Structure

• Out-of-band Cloud Management

• Loss of Connectivity to the Cisco Meraki Cloud

• Meraki Dashboard Logins

• Create Dashboard Accounts and Organization

• MSP Logins - Manage Multiple Organizations

• Modify an Organization

• View Organizations Health

• Meraki Dashboard Best Practices

• Dashboard Search

• Meraki Help

• Organizational Wide Settings

• Configure

  • Configuring Organizational Wide Settings

  • Using Configuration Sync to View and Copy Settings

  • Administrators

  • Configuring and Monitoring Licensing

  • Creating Bulk Networks

  • Creating and Managing  Networks (sites)

  • Managing the Meraki Inventory

• Monitor

  • Overview

  • Monitoring the Change log

  • Monitoring Login Attempts

  • Monitoring the Security Center

  • Using Location Analytics

  • Monitoring VPN Status

  • Scheduling and Managing Firmware

  • Using the Summary Report

• Create and Manage Configuration Templates

  • Understand Configuration Templates

  • VLAN Templates

  • Attach Network to Configuration Templates

• Network-Wide Settings

• Configure

  • Configuring Network Wide General Settings

    • Traffic Analysis

    • Location and Scanning

    • Configuring CloudShark for Capturing Traffic

    • Manage the Local Status Page

    • Manage Syslog, SNMP, Location, and NetFlow Services

    • Managing Network Admins and Guest Ambassadors

    • Managing Network Users

    • Managing Port Management Privileges

    • Configuring Group Policies

    • Adding Devices to the Network

  • Monitoring Networks

    • Monitoring Clients

    • Monitoring Traffic Analytics

    • Displaying and Exploring the Meraki Topology

    • Performing Packet Captures

    • Using the event Log to Perform Troubleshooting

Module 3: Meraki Switching

• MS Switch Platforms and Features

• MS Feature: Multi-gigabit Ethernet

• Cisco Meraki MS Access Switches

  • Meraki MS 120/220 Switch Family

  • Meraki MS 210/225 Switch Family

  • Meraki MS 210/225 Switch Family

  •  Meraki MS 350/350X Switch Family

• Cisco Meraki MS Aggregation Switches

  • Meraki MS 410 Switch Family

  • Meraki MS 425 10 GB Switch Family

• Using Tags to search, monitor and configure Meraki Switches

• Meraki Switch Configuration

  • Add a Switch to the Network

  • Configuring Switch Stacks

  • Configuring Warm Spare and VRRP

  • VLAN Configuration

  • Configuring Layer 2 and Layer 3

    • Configuring Static Routing

    • Configuring OSPF

  • Configuring Access Control Lists (ACL)

  • Configuring Access Policies (802.1X)

    • Integrating Radius and ISE with Access Policies

  • Configuring DHCP Servers on Switches

  • Configuring Spanning Tree

  • Configuring Quality of Service

  • Configuring Switch MTU

  • Configuring Multicast Routing

    • Internet Group Management Protocol

• Port Configuration

  • Configuring Ports on a Switch

  • Configuring Ports using Ranges and Search Criteria

  • Configuring Ports on a Switch Stack

  • Configure Link Aggregation on a Switch

  • Configuring Port Schedules

  • Configuring Access Policies

  • Configure Port Mirroring

• Meraki Switch Monitoring

  • Monitoring Switch Status

  • Monitoring Switch Port Status

  • Monitoring Real-time and Historical Data

  • Monitoring DHCP on the Switch

  • Monitoring Power 

  • Monitoring DHCP and Routing

  • Monitoring Event Logs

  • Summary Reports

• Troubleshooting Tools

  • Turn on Switch Blinking for Switch Identification

  • Performing Packet Captures

  • Performing Cable Tests

  • Performing Port Reset

  • Performing Throughput Tests

  • Performing device Reboots

  • Using ARP and Route Tables for Troubleshooting

  • Troubleshoot using Ping and Traceroutes

• Managing Firmware Upgrades

Labs

Lab 1: Configuring the Organization

• Configure Organizational Settings

• Add All Devices to Organization

• Create Networks

• Manage Network-Wide Settings

• Create group Policies

• Manage Firmware Upgrades

• Create Templates

• Manage VLAN Templates

• Bind Templates to Networks

Lab 2 Configuring MS Switches

• Switch Configuration

  • Configure Basic Switch Settings

  • Configure Switch Stack

  • Configure Spanning Tree

  • Create Layer 3 Interfaces

  • Configure DHCP server

  • Create a Static Route

  • Configure OSPF Routing

  • Configure ACLs

  • Create Access Policies

  • Configuring Packet Captures

  • Configure Port Policies

• Configure Switch Using a Network Template

  • Configure Spanning Tree

  • Create Layer 3 Interfaces

  • Create a Static Route

  • Configure OSPF Routing

  • Configure ACLs

  • Create Access Policies

• Configuring Ports

  • Configure Trunk Ports

  • Configure Access Ports

  • Set VLAN on Multiple Ports

  • Configure Link Aggregation

  • Configure Port Schedules

  • Configure Port Mirroring

• Meraki Switch Monitoring

  • Monitoring Switch Status

  • Monitoring Switch Port Status

  • Monitoring Real-time and Historical Data

  • Monitoring DHCP on the Switch

  • Monitoring Power 

  • Monitoring DHCP and Routing

  • Monitoring Event Logs

  • Summary Reports

• Troubleshooting Tools

  • Turn on Switch Blinking for Switch Identification

  • Performing Packet Captures

  • Performing Cable Tests

  • Performing Port Reset

  • Performing Throughput Tests

  • Performing device Reboots

  • Using ARP and Route Tables for Troubleshooting

  • Troubleshoot using Ping and Traceroutes

• Managing Firmware Upgrades