Administering Cisco Spaces (SPACES)

This course enables learners how to use Cisco Spaces to drive operational efficiency across environment types. Learners will understand use-cases and obtain the ability to identify procedures and applications when implementing and operating Cisco Spaces that are getting ‘back to business’ or business as usual.

This course covers Operational Elements of Cisco Spaces while considering Data Analytics in the context of Cisco Spaces. You will perform a hands-on into the solution and perform On-boarding of Wireless Infrastructure. Subsequently, you will configure the Cisco Spaces solution both tactically and strategically. This will include elements such as Behavioral Metrics, Location Analytics, Captive Portals, Profiling, Customer Engagements, Internet of Things, Asset Identification and Management, and API Interfaces for Streaming and Notifications. You will also explore Cisco Spaces App Center and IoT Device Marketplace.

The course qualifies for 18 Cisco Continuing Education credits (CE) towards recertification.

Prerequisites:

The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

• Basic knowledge of networking concepts.
• Basic knowledge of Wi-Fi concepts.
• Basic knowledge of computer security.

Course Objectives:

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Understand Cisco Spaces Benefits
• Use Cisco Spaces in Three Phases (See – Extend - Act)
• Explore the Cisco Spaces security features in the context of Data Compliance
• Analyze Cisco Spaces Components, Architectures, and Use Cases
• Consider Cisco Spaces migration options
• Analyze data provided by Cisco Spaces
• Discuss the Cisco Spaces Indoor Internet of Things (IoT) Service and its Use Cases
• Explore Open Roaming
• Configure Cisco Spaces Onboarding
• Configure and demonstrate Cisco Spaces IoT Services
• Configure Cisco Spaces Profiles, Engagements, and Triggers
• Configure Cisco Spaces Captive Portal
• Perform API Calls to Cisco Spaces

Course Outline:

Section 1 – Cisco Spaces Solutions Overview 

• Introduction to Cisco Spaces
• Operationalizing Cisco Spaces

Section 2 – Cisco Spaces Use Cases 

Section 3 – ‘See-Extend-Act’: Three-phased approach to extract maximum value from your Cisco wireless infrastructure. 

• See-Extend-Act
• See: What’s happening at Your Properties
• Extend: Platform Capabilities and Drive Business Outcomes
• Act: on insights with Digitization Toolkits

Section 4 – Cisco Spaces Licensing 

Section 5 – Cisco Spaces Customer Data Compliance 

• Protecting Data in Transit and at Rest
• Data Security Law Compliance

Section 6 – Architecture Overview and Location Compute Models 

• Supported Topologies
• Compute Model – On-Premises
• Compute Model – Cloud
• Migrating from Connected Mobility Experience/Mobility Service Engine (CMX/MSE) to Cisco Spaces
• Cisco Spaces: Ports, Protocols, and Data Flows  

Section 7 – Getting Started with Cisco Spaces: Onboarding 

• Account Creation
• Connecting to Cisco Spaces and Network Onboarding
• Configuring Locations

Section 8 – Advanced Topics 

• OpenRoaming – See
• Indoor Internet of Things (IoT) – Act
• Cisco Spaces API and Third- Party Integration – Extend

Section 9 – Analyzing Data from Cisco Spaces 

• Introduction to Data Analytics
• Data Analytics Essentials
• Programming for Analytics
• Introduction to Graphical Functions and Data Structures to Represent Data
• Extracting Data from Multiple Sources with API, including Cisco Spaces
• Use Cases
• Appendix A: More Methods on Data Analytics
• Appendix B: More on Statistics
• Appendix C: K-means Deep Dive

Lab Outline:

• Lab 1: Configure Cisco Spaces Connector
• Lab 2: Configuring the 9800 vWLC
• Lab 3: Maps and Location Hierarchy
• Lab 4: Using the Live Occupancy APP
• Lab 5: Using the Location Analytics APP
• Lab 6: Configuring Location Personas
• Lab 7: Configuring the Engagements APP Rule
• Lab 8: Configuring Captive Portal
• Lab 9: Using Cisco Spaces Detect and Locate Rest API