Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions (ECMS) Course Modules

Objectives

• Describe the process of planning new Cisco Meraki architectures and expanding existing deployments.
• Design networks for scalable management and high availability.
• Implement dynamic routing protocols to expand networks and improve WAN performance.
• Configure Quality of Service (QoS), policy, and performance-based routing configurations across a Cisco Meraki network.
• Optimize WAN performance through traffic shaping and WAN optimization techniques.
• Deploy secure multi-cloud solutions using the Cisco Meraki platform.
• Implement network security protocols and access control measures.
• Configure and troubleshoot wireless networks using Cisco Meraki wireless solutions.
• Utilize Cisco Meraki Dashboard tools to monitor and troubleshoot network behavior.
• Design and implement VPN and WAN topologies using Cisco Meraki solutions.
• Automate and scale Cisco Meraki deployments with dashboard tools.
• Describe best practices for network monitoring, logging, and alerting in a Cisco Meraki environment.
• Implement physical security measures and devices using Cisco Meraki solutions.
• Describe endpoint management concepts and practices within a Cisco Meraki network.
• Customize dashboards and alerts for effective network management.
• Generate comprehensive reports on network performance and security.
• Apply troubleshooting techniques to find and resolve network issues promptly.

Lab outline

• Configuring the Cisco Meraki Dashboard
• Enable advanced features and optimize networking
• Troubleshooting the network using the Cisco Meraki Dashboard
• Configure tags, links aggregation, port mirroring, and high-density SSIDs
• Configure routing on the Cisco Meraki platform
• Configure QoS, traffic shaping, and load balancing
• Configure network security
• Configure access policies and wireless guest access
• Configure SSIDs, RF profiles, and Air Marshal
• Implement endpoint management
• Deploy and configure physical security devices
• Enable alerts, and configure monitoring and reporting
• Enable reporting and auditing, and manage firmware
• Troubleshoot a Cisco Meraki network

Course Prerequisites

Before taking this offering, you should have earned a CCNA certification or be familiar with:

• Basic network fundamentals and building simple LANs
• Basic network fundamentals, including building simple LANs, IP addressing, and subnetting
• Routing and switching fundamentals
• Basic wireless networking concepts and terminology
• Strong fundamental knowledge of IP addressing, subnetting, and dynamic routing protocols (OSPF and BGP)
• Understanding of wired and wireless Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms, IPsec VPN technologies, and network security controls
• Familiarity with RF design principles, wireless security best practices, and standard logging/monitoring protocols (SNMP, syslog, webhooks)
• Basic knowledge of APIs and related languages/formats (REST, JSON)

The following recommended Cisco offerings may help you meet these prerequisites:

• Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
• Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR)