Duration
5 days
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for you if you are an IT engineer, administrator or manager that needs to know the fundamentals about planning, installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining Cisco infrastructures using Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.0. This includes SEs, Field Engineers, technical support professionals, network managers, security team members, and administrators.
Prerequisites
Prior to taking this course you should meet the following prerequisites:
Attendance of the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.0 Essentials ELT training (available for free on Cisco's web site)
CCNA-Wireless and CCNA-Route/Switch level of knowledge would be of advantage
Knowledge of network management and network management terminology
Knowledge of wireless networks and wireless networking terminology
Previous training in or experience with CiscoWorks and/or Network Control System (NCS) or Wireless Control System (WCS) would be advantageous (CUWN and WMNGI courses)
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will achieve the following objectives:
- Describe the architecture, licensing, migration capabilities, assurance, compliance features, and setup of Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.0.
- Identify the pre-deployment and design tasks in the design lifecycle phase.
- Describe how to deploy device configurations with Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
- Examine the different available templates and their capabilities and how to create configurations and deploy them using these templates.
- Describe roles of operations workforce and applicable features of Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
- Preform device discovery and configuration tasks.
- Explore the monitoring and management capabilities of Cisco Prime Infrastructure
- Create monitoring templates, and perform health and performance monitoring.
- Use Prime Infrastructure to troubleshoot and perform problem isolation
- create and customize a wide range of reports using Prime Infrastructure 2.0
Course Topics
Overview of Managing Unified Access with Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Overview
- Key Features and Licensing
- Lifecycles Mapped to Organizational Roles
- Device Integration and Management
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Setup
- Technical Requirements
- Deployment Options
- VMware Deployment Steps Using OVA
- Troubleshooting Install
- Auto Deploy
Initial System Administration Tasks in Administer Lifecycle
- License Management
- User Management
- Interface Overview and Management
- System Operations
Design Lifecycle Features and Functions
Operational Roles and Features in Design Phase
- Design and Pre-deployment Engineer and Tasks
- Design Lifecycle Features
Creating Sites and Maps
- Create Sites
- Endpoint Association
- Create Maps
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Templates
- Day Zero Configuration and Guided Workflows
- Default Templates
- CLI Templates
- Wireless Templates
- Using Composite Templates
Creating Sites
- Plug and Play device deployment
- Creating Sites
- Setup Virtual Domains
Creating Maps
- Using the Mapping Features
Deploy Lifecycle Features and Functions
Operational Roles and Features in Deployment Phase
Deployment Engineer and Tasks
Deploy Lifecycle Features
Deploying Device Configurations
Create Deployment Tasks
Schedule a Deployment
Using the Automated Deployment Profiles
Operate Lifecycle Features and Functions
Operational Roles and Features in Operation Phase
Operations Workforce and Tasks
Operate Lifecycle Features
Monitoring and Management Functionalities for Network Operations Center
Alarms and Events
Monitoring
Maps
Context Aware for location
Clean Air
wIPS
Troubleshooting and Problem Isolation Functionalities for Helpdesk and Support
Clients and Users
Operational Tasks
Common Scenarios
Report Lifecycle Features and Functions
Operational Roles and Features in Reporting Phase
Who in the IT Workforce Needs Reports?
Which Reports They Need?
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Reports
Reports Dashboard
Scheduling Reports
Compliance Reports
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.