Meraki MS Switches Installing, Configuring, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting v1.0 (MSA-ICMT)

Objective

Following completion of this course, students will understand, Install, Configure, Monitor, and Troubleshoot the following:

• Navigate and Configure the Dashboard
• Add MX / MS devices to the Dashboard
• Understand and Configure Configuration Templates
• Understand and Configure Group Policies
• Manage / Configure / Integrate Users and Radius Policies
• Configure, Monitor, and Troubleshoot MS Switches
• Troubleshoot devices and Connectivity

Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

• IT Staff and Managers
• Network and Systems Personnel and Engineers
• Small to mid-sized organizations that require fundamental knowledge on networking terms/concepts and configuration guidance for Meraki equipment
• This also includes organizations looking to implement remote sites, provide a guest wireless solution, and collect user analytics

Outline

Module 1 – Introduction to Meraki

• Lesson 1: Why Cisco Meraki?
• Lesson 2: Meraki Product Overview
• Lesson 3: Meraki MS Licensing for MS Switches
• Lesson 4: Cisco DNA Licensing for Catalyst Switches
• Lesson 5: Configuring Administrative Users
  • Two Factor Authentication
• Lesson 6: Meraki Support

Module 2 – Meraki Switches

• Lesson 1: Meraki Layer 2 Access Switches
  • MS120
  • MS 125
  • MS130
• Lesson 2: Meraki Layer 3 Access Switches
  • MS210
  • MS225
  • MS250
  • MS350
  • MS355
  • MS390
• Lesson 3: Meraki Aggregation Switches
  • MS410
  • MS425
  • MS450
• Lesson 4: Supported Catalyst Switch’s
  • Monitoring
    • 9200 / 9300 / 9500
  • Managing
    • 9300
• Lesson 5: Power
  • Power Supplies
  • POE types and requirements

Module 3 – Monitoring and Managing Cisco Catalyst Switches

• Monitoring Mode
  • Adding switch to Meraki Dashboard
  • Device Health and Troubleshooting
  • Network client and traffic information
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• Managing Catalyst 9K switches
  • Migrate to Management Mode
  • Comparable to a MS 390
  • Features Supported

Module 4: Meraki Dashboard Management

• Lesson 1: Meraki Dashboard
• Lesson 2: Organizational Wide Configure Settings
• Lesson 3: Network-Wide Settings
• Lesson 4: Switch Firmware Upgrades
  • Meraki MS - Staged Upgrades

Module 5 – Configuring Meraki Switches

• Switch Settings
• Switch Configuration Templates
• Provisioning Switch Stacks
• Configuring Layer 3 Switching
  • Configuring Static Routing
  • Configuring Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Configuring VLAN Profiles
• Configuring Group Policy
• Configuring Switch Ports
• Configuring Switch Profiles
• Configure Switch QoS
• Configuring Spanning-Tree
  • Cisco / Meraki Spanning Tree Compatibility
• Configuring Link Aggregation
• Configuring DHCP Server
• Configuring Multicast
• Configuring Access Control Lists
  • Layer 3 ACLs
  • VLAN ACLs
• Configuring Port Schedules
• Configure Maps & Floorplans and Place switches on Maps

Module 6: Switch Security

• SecurePort Switch Ports
• DHCP Snooping
• Storm Control
• Dynamic ARP Inspection
• Sticky MAC
• Port Isolation
• Enforce Segmentation with Group Policy ACL
• Failed-Auth VLAN for quarantined access
• NetFlow & Encrypted Traffic Analytics

Module 7 – Meraki / ISE / Radius Integration and Adaptive Policy

• Lesson 1: Cisco ISE with Meraki
• Lesson 2: Cisco TrustSec Segmentation
  • VLANs
  • ACLs: DL, Named, DNS
  • Security Group Tags
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• Lesson 3: Meraki Adaptive Policy
• Lesson 4: ISE Meraki Connector
• Lesson 5: RADIUS : 802.1X
  • RADIUS Attributes
• Lesson 6: Security Group Tags (SGT)
  • Classification
  • SGT Propagation & Enforcement
• Lesson 7: Meraki Adaptive Policy
  • Supported Switches
    • MS390 Switches
    • Cat9K switches
  • Adaptive Policy Requirements
  • Adaptive Policy Groups
  • Adaptive Policy Networks
  • Adaptive Policy Policies
• Lesson 8: ISE Meraki Connector
• Lesson 9: Troubleshooting Adaptive Policy

Module 8: Monitoring Switches and Clients

• Lesson 1: Monitoring Switch Ports
• Lesson 2: Monitoring Switch Health
• Lesson 3: Monitoring Switch Traffic Analytics
• Lesson 4: Switch Topology
• Lesson 5: Monitoring Wired Clients
• Lesson 6:

Module 9: Troubleshooting Switches and Clients

• Lesson 1: Troubleshooting Clients Connections
  • Performance
• Lesson 3: Troubleshooting Switch Connectivity
  • Alternate Management Interface
  • Local Status Page Packet Capture
• Lesson 4: Switch Event Logs
• Lesson 5: Capturing Packets in a Switch
• Lesson 6: Configuring Switch Alerts
• Lesson 7: Switch Tools
  • Ping
  • Reboot Device
  • Blink Switch Ports
  • Cable test
  • Cycle port
• Lesson 8: VLAN Mismatch Troubleshooting
• Lesson 9:  Use Wireshark to decode port Captures

Module 10 - Meraki Switch APIs and Integrations

• Lesson 1: Meraki API and Integration Overview
• Lesson 2: Meraki API Technologies and Tools
• Lesson 3: Meraki Dashboard API
• Lesson 4: Using Postman with Meraki
• Lesson 5: Meraki Dashboard API Python library
• Lesson 6: Meraki Action Batches
• Lesson 7: WebHooks
• Lesson 8: Meraki Switch Report