Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions 2 (ECMS2)

The course, Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions Part 2 (ECMS2) v2.0 elevates your knowledge of Cisco® Meraki™ technology suite. In this advanced technical training course, you’ll learn how to plan for network deployments and integrations using the Cisco Meraki platform. Through practical hands-on instruction and experiences, you will learn how to operate Meraki networks and troubleshoot complex network incidents using the Meraki Dashboard and analytics. You will also learn how to design Meraki architectures for redundancy, high-density, and scalability by implementing comprehensive Meraki product features to meet design objectives.

 

This course is the second of two courses that prepares you for Cisco Meraki certification. This course will help you:

 

• Plan new Cisco Meraki architectures and expand existing deployments
• Design the network for scalable management and high availability
• Describe how to automate and scale Meraki deployments with dashboard tools
• Use dynamic routing protocols to expand networks and improve WAN performance
• Describe proper QoS, policy and performance-based routing configurations across a Cisco Meraki network and WAN optimization through traffic shaping
• Describe Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) topologies and how to integrate them
• Secure, expand, and shape the network
• Implement switched network concepts and practices, and configure guests networks Implement wireless configurations concepts and practices
• Describe endpoint management concepts and practices using Cisco Meraki Systems Manager
• Describe physical security concepts and practices
• Gain network insight by monitoring applications
• Describe how to prepare monitoring, logging, and alerting services
• Set up reporting and auditing capabilities in the Cisco Meraki dashboard
• Monitor and troubleshoot issues using Cisco Meraki tools

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Prerequisites

This course is ideal for those who regularly deploy or manage Meraki networks and want to deepen their technical expertise and understanding of the full Meraki product suite and features.

Before enrolling in the ECMS2 course, it is highly recommended that you have already attended and completed the ECMS1 course before attending this training. You should also have general networking understanding, and Meraki-specific proficiency. For specific and knowledge knowledge requirements click here. 

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Labs

1. Configure Tags, Link Aggregation, Port Mirroring, and HighDensity SSIDs
2. Establishing Auto VPN
3. Configuring Virtual Interfaces and Routing on Cisco Meraki MS Switches
4. Configuring Routes and Redistribution
5. Configuring Quality of Service
6. Configuring Traffic Shaping
7. Configuring Load Balancing
8. Defining Firewall Rules
9. Enabling Advanced Malware Protection, Intrusion Detection, and Intrusion Prevention
10. Enabling Content Filtering
11. Configure and Apply Access Policies
12. Configure Wireless Guest Access
13. Configure Service Set Identifiers (SSIDs)
14. Implementing RF Profiles
15. Implement Air Marshal
16. Create Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (SM) Configuration Profiles
17. Define Security Policies
18. Enforce End-to-End Security
19. Set-up Motion Alerts
20. Deploy Wireless Cameras
21. Manage Video Retention
22. Enable Alerts
23. Add Monitoring and Reporting
24. Generate and Analyze Summary Reports
25. Manage Firmware
26. Generate a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Compliance Report
27. Troubleshoot an Offline Device
28. Troubleshoot Content Filtering
29. Troubleshooting Remote Site Connectivity

For more detailed information about this course, please click here.