COURSE OBJECTIVE:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Describe Cisco EPN Manager's features and navigate the Cisco EPN Manager's user interface
• Understand the network inventory, topologies, and circuits
• Manage dashboards, alarms, and events
• Create and interpret reports
• Distinguish the system requirements for Cisco EPN Manager, and procedures for new installations, upgrades, licensing, and high availability
• Manage device groups and virtual domains
• Establish user accounts and their role-based access to EPN Manager's features and devices
• Configure and combine devices
• Perform backups and restores
• Manage data retention, purging, and software updates
• Monitor system health and performance
• Update and manage software images
• Archive, review, and restore configuration files
• Configure Quality of Service (QoS) actions and policies
• Configure devices using templates
• Perform compliance audits
• Configure monitoring policies
• Provision Carrier Ethernet services
• Provision Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE) services
• Provision Circuit Emulation (CEM) services
• Provision an Optical Channel Network Connection (OCHNC) circuit
• Provision an Optical Channel Client Connection (OCHCC) circuit
• Provision an optical Media Channel Group with an OCHCC circuit
• Describe how Cisco EPN Manager can work with Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) to provide automated service provisioning
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Cisco integrators and partners
Network operators
Network administrators
Optical network administrators
System administrators
System integrators and professional services
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
• Network management experience including polling, syslogs, IP formation, ports, device access, credentials, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and Secure Shell (SSH)
• Basic understanding of network and device performance statistics
• Fundamental understanding of network alarms and events
• Experience with configuring network devices and provisioning services using a device's Command-Line Interface (CLI)
• Experience with configuring optical network devices and provisioning optical circuits using either TL1 (CLI) or the Cisco Transport Controller application
COURSE CONTENT:
Exploring Cisco EPN Manager
• Cisco EPN Manager Overview
• Cisco EPN Manager Key Features
Viewing Devices and Inventory
• Device Types
• View Devices
Viewing Network Topologies and Circuits
• Topology Map Basics
• Change Information Displayed
Using Dashboards
• Dashboards Overview
• Customize Dashboards
Managing Alarms and Events
• Alarms and Events Overview
• View Alarms and Events
Generating Reports
• Report Fundamentals
• Create and Schedule Reports
Performing Basic Administration
• Installation Basics
• Perform Server Setup
Adding Devices
• Device Management Fundamentals
• Add a Device Manually
• Add User-Defined Fields
Backup and Restoring
• Backup Fundamentals
• Schedule a Backup
Performing System Maintenance
• Software Updates
• Data Retention and Purging
Software Image Management (SWIM)
• Software Image Management Fundamentals
• Setting Up Software Image Management
Configuration Management
• Configuration Management Fundamentals
• Archive Setup
Configuring QoS
• QoS Basics
• Create a Classification Profile
Configuring Devices with Templates
• Device Configuration Methods
• Template Basics
Performing Compliance Management
• Compliance Audit Basics
• Compliance Policy Basics
Monitoring with Policies
• Monitoring Policy Fundamentals
• Edit a Monitoring Policy
Circuit and Video Conferencing (VC) Fundamentals
• Circuit Provisioning Basics
• Supported Service Types
Provisioning Carrier Ethernet Services
• Provision a Carrier Ethernet Service
• Verify a Service
Provisioning Cisco MPLS Traffic Engineering Services
• Cisco MPLS TE Service Basics
• Provision a Cisco MPLS TE Service
Provisioning Circuit Emulation Services
• Circuit Emulation Services Basics
• Provision a CEM Service
Provisioning an OCHNC Circuit
• OCHNC Circuit Basics
• Set Up Devices for Circuit
Provisioning an Optical OCHCC Circuit
• OCHCC Circuit Basics
• Set Up Devices for Circuit
Provisioning a Media Channel Group with an OCHCC Circuit
• Media Channel Group with OCHCC Basics
• Provision a Media Channel Group
Introducing Cisco EPN Manager with Cisco NSO
• Cisco EPN Manager with Cisco NSO Basics
• For More Information
Lab outline
• Access and Navigation
• View Devices and Device Details
• View Maps, Topologies, and Circuits
• View and Customize Dashboards
• Manage Alarms and Events
• Generate Reports
• Basic Administration
• Add Devices to the Inventory
• Backups
• Basic Maintenance
• Software Image Management
• Configuration Management
• Configure QoS
• Configure Devices with Templates
• Compliance Management
• Monitor with Policies
• Provision a Carrier Ethernet Service
• Provision and MPLS Traffic Engineering Service
• Provision a Circuit Emulation Service
• Set Up, Provision, and Monitor an OCHNC Circuit
• Set Up, Provision, and Monitor a Media Channel with OCHCC
FOLLOW ON COURSES:
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