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

This 4-day Cisco course provides students with the skills to configure, optimize, and troubleshoot a Cisco Meraki solution. Students will learn how to install and optimize Meraki MS Switches. Students will also learn how to configure the Meraki Dashboard. Student will troubleshoot and configure the Meraki environment and learn how to diagnose and resolve user and Network issues that may arise.

Retail Price: $3,895.00

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Course Days: 4


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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
    •  
  • 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


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