What happens if we lose connectivity to the cloud?
The dashboard and navigation
Organizations & Networks – what is the difference and how to use them
System-wide parameters (organization parameters)
Basic Monitoring
Basic Configuration
Inventory and Licensing
Lab Exercise 2
Create an Organization and give student login IDs permission – Instructor Only
Explore the Dashboard
Add items to inventory
Create Networks and add items to the network
Module 4: Cisco/ Switching
Review switching basics
How a switch works (MAC addresses / Frames, etc.)
Port Speeds and Port Types (speed/duplex, uplinks, copper, fiber, etc.)
Trunking (802.1q)
Review ML2 Switch Models
Configuring MSwitches
Port
Trunk?
Labels?
Tags?
Reviewing dashboard statistics
Troubleshooting / Diagnostics
Lab Exercise 3
Basic Switch Configuration (switching)
Basic Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
Locate client/MAC address
Review node utilization/behavior
Review the event log
Tools
Module 5: Cisco/ Routing
Review routing basic (IP Addresses, Networks and Masks, OSPF, etc.)
Review ML3 switch Models
Configuring MSwitches for Routing
Inter VLAN routing
OSPF routing (to shared router resource)
Reviewing dashboard statistics
Lab Exercise 4
Basic Switch Configuration (routing)
Inter VLAN routing
OSPF routing
Module 6: Cisco/Firewalls/Security
Review firewall basics
How a firewall works
Block everything? Block only bad thing?
NAT/PAT
Etc.
MFirewall Model Review
Configuring a MFirewall
First time configuration / Manual configuration to Internet
DHCP for clients
Internet Access – NAT/PAT
Addressing and VLANs
Firewall
VPN (site-to-site, client)
Active directory integration and identity group policies
Traffic shaping
AMP and IPS
Content Filtering
Access Control / Splash Page
Wireless Concentrator
AWS Connectivity
Reviewing dashboard statistics
Lab Exercise 5
Basic Firewall Configuration
Initial IP addressing
Name/location
NAT/PAT
DHCP
Threat Protection
Turn on AMP and IPS
Modify rule sets and show some behaviors/alerts
Content Filtering and Traffic Shaping
Block/allow certain web sites
Block/allow certain categories of sites
Restrict b/w for certain types of applications
Access Control / Splash Page
Turn on access control and show a splash page to gain access
Site-to-Site VPN
Create a full mesh of the pods using VPN configuration
User VPN
Configure a user VPN and connect into the network via the dynamic URL
Module 7: Cisco/M Wireless
Review Wireless Basics
802.11a/b/g/n/ac
MIMO
Frequency
Signal propagation and interference issues
Guest vs. Trusted users
SSIDs
Air Marshall
M Wireless Product Review
Configuring Access Points
SSIDs
b/w limit
client IP assignment access control etc. • access control • Radio settings • Reviewing dashboard statistics Lab Exercise 6 • Basic AP configuration Name Place on a map Set it up for auto RRM (technically not the term Muses) Create trusted SSID • Configure AP for Guest use Splash page Access control Limited hours Traffic shaping • Using the heat map and locating devices
Module 8: Cisco/MDashboard Administration
• Creating and implementing maps • Summary Report and Auto Generation Reports • Adding administrators and tweaking security levels • Using Tags and Configuring Alerting (SNMP, email) • Adding admins, configuring reports, and alerts • Firmware Management • Configuring Authentication • AD • Google • Facebook • RADIUS • Okta Lab Exercise 7 • Configuring external authentication Switching • Access policies • Port scheduling • IPv4 ACLs • Configuring Group Policies configuring group policies and switching restrictions Using Configuration Templates • Device Replacement • Location Analytics • Other advanced analytics • Packet Capture
Module 9: IP Cameras • MV21 vs MV71 • Installing Cameras • Adding Cameras to the Dashboard • Managing MV Cameras o Focusing Cameras o Motion-based Retention o Troubleshooting IR Reflection o HTTP Live Streaming o Video Retention o Scheduled Recording • Troubleshooting Cameras
• QOS o QoS at the Switch Level o QoS on the MX Security Appliance o QoS on the ISR • Voice Security o Access Control MS o Content Control MX • Deploying M MC74 Phones • Deploying Cisco IP Phones to CUCM • Deploying Voice Features o Programming Features o Setting up Voice Mail o Creating an IVR o Call Parking o Broadcast Announcement Groups o Conference Rooms o Call Groups (Hunt Groups) o Call Forwarding o Music on Hold o E911 o Headsets • End User o Configuring and Using the Phone Portal o Managing personal Voicemail Greetings o Ad-hoc Conferences o Adding Phone Favorites o Sending Voicemails to Email o Managing personal Voicemail Greetings o Locking Phones with a Passcode o Using the M Click-to-Call Browser Extension
Module 11: MSDWAN • What is SD-WAN? • Concentrator Mode o One-Armed Concentrator o NAT Mode Concentrator • VPN Topology o Split Tunnel o Full Tunnel o Hub and Spoke o VPN Mesh o Datacenter Redundancy (DC-DC Failover) • Warm Spare (High Availability) for VPN concentrators • Connection Monitor • SD-WAN Technologies o Dual-Active VPN uplinks o Policy-based Routing o Dynamic Path Selection Performance Probes • High-level architecture o SD-WAN Objectives o Example Topology o High Level Traffic Flow • Failover Times • Datacenter Deployment o Deploying a one-armed concentrator o Dashboard Configuration NAT traversal Adding warm spare • Topology • Behavior • Dashboard Configuration Configuring OSPF Route Advertisement • Behavior • Dashboard Configuration o Other Datacenter Configuration MX IP Assignment Upstream Considerations • Routing • Firewall considerations o Datacenter Redundancy (DC-DC Failover) • Branch Deployment o Configuring AutoVPN at the branch Prerequisites • WAN Interface Configuration • Subnet Configuration Configuring AutoVPN • Configuring Hub and Spoke VPN • Configuring Allowed Networks • NAT Traversal o Adding performance and policy rules Best for VoIP Load Balance Video PbR with Performance Failover for Web traffic Layer 7 Classification • Best for VoIP