Description
Who should attend
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- IT Staff and Managers
- Network and Systems Personnel and Engineers
- Small to mid-sized organizations that require fundamental knowledge on networking terms/concepts and configuration guidance for Meraki equipment
- This also includes organizations looking to implement remote sites, provide a guest wireless solution, and collect user analytics
Course Objectives
Following completion of this course, students will understand, Install, Configure, Monitor, and Troubleshoot the following:
- Navigate and Configure the Dashboard
- Add MX / MS devices to the Dashboard
- Understand and Configure Configuration Templates
- Understand and Configure Group Policies
- Manage / Configure / Integrate Users and Radius Policies
- Configure, Monitor, and Troubleshoot MS Switches
- Troubleshoot devices and Connectivity
Outline: Meraki MS Switches Installing, Configuring, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting (MSA-ICMT)
Module 0: Introduction
- Module Introduction
- Topic List
- Introductions
- Course Goal
- WebEx Basics
- General Administration
- Introductions
- The Integrated Cisco Network
- Module Summary
- Lesson 1: Why Cisco Meraki?
- Lesson 2: Meraki Product Overview
Module 1: Introduction to Meraki
- Module Introduction
- Topic List
- Cloud Management
- Meraki MS Switches
- Meraki MR Wireless Access Points
- Meraki MX Security and SD-WAN Appliances
- Meraki MV Vision Security Cameras (MG and MT)
- Meraki Systems Manager (SM)
- Meraki MT Sensors Access Points
- Cisco Meraki Insight
- Lesson 3: Meraki API Overview
- Lesson 4: Meraki Licensing and Support
- Enterprise Support and Hardware Warranties
- Cisco Meraki Documentations
- Module Summary
Module 2: Cloud Management with the Meraki Dashboard
- Module Introduction
- Topic List
- Lesson 1: Overview of the Meraki Dashboard
- The Cisco Meraki Dashboard
- The Meraki Phone App
- Dashboard: Organizational Structure
- Meraki Dashboard Best Practices – Campus
- Dashboard Compliance and Data Protection
- Cloud Reliability
- Loss of Connectivity to the Cisco Meraki Cloud
- Safe Configuration
- Meraki Dashboard Login (1)
- Create Dashboard Account (1)
- Create Dashboard Account and Organization
- Verify Created Account
- First Login to New Organization
- Account Login with Multiple Assigned Organizations
- Manage Multiple Organizations
- View Health Status for Multiple Organizations (1)
- Meraki Dashboard Best Practices – Multiple Locations
- Dashboard Search
- Logged in User Profile
- Modify User Profile (1)
- Announcements
- Lesson 2: Help & Support
- Meraki Help
- Dashboard – Help – Get Help (1)
- Dashboard – Help – Community
- Dashboard – Help – Marketplace
- Dashboard – Help – Cases
- Dashboard – Help – Data Protection Requests
- Dashboard – Help – New Features
- Dashboard – Help – Firewall Rules Info
- Dashboard – Help – API Docs
- Dashboard – Help – Hardware Replacement
- Dashboard – Give Your Feedback
- Lesson 3: Organizational Wide Configure Settings
- Organizational Menu Settings
- Settings – Org Name and Security Settings
- Settings – Authentication (1)
- Configuring SAML SSO with ADFS
- Configuring SAML SSO with OneLogin
- Settings – Administration Settings
- Settings – Privacy and Support Access Settings
- Settings – SNMP Configuration
- Settings – Threat Grid
- Settings – Dashboard API Access
- Settings – Delete This Organization
- Organization > CONFIGURE > Configuration Sync
- Configuration Sync
- Organization > CONFIGURE > MDM
- Organization > CONFIGURE > Administrator
- Create Administrator Account – Org Access
- Create Administrator Account – Network Access
- Create Administrator Account – Camera Access
- Create Administrator Account
- Verify Administrator Account
- Deleting an Administrator Account
- Organization > Configure > Camera Roles
- Organization > Configure > License Info
- License Information – Co-Termination
- Add Licenses to Organization – Co-Termination
- License History – Co-Termination
- Converting to PDL (Per Device Licensing) (1)
- Licensing & Inventory Page – PDL (1)
- Organization > CONFIGURE > Create Network
- Create Network – Setup Network
- Create Network – Select Devices from Inventory
- Create Network – Add Devices
- Finding Meraki Order Number
- Delete Networks
- Organization > Configure > Inventory
- Organization > Inventory – Searching for Devices
- Organization > Inventory – Claiming Devices
- Organization > Inventory – Unclaiming Devices
- Organization > Add a Device to a Network
- Recovering a Missing or Stolen Device
- Organization > Monitor > Overview > Networks
- Organization > Monitor > Overview > Networks Tags
- Organization > Monitor > Overview > Devices
- Organization > Monitor > Change Log
- Organization > Monitor > Login Attempts
- Organization > Monitor > Security Center (1)
- Organization > Monitor > Location Analytics (1)
- Organization > Monitor > VPN Status
- Organization > Monitor > Firmware Upgrades
- Firmware Upgrades – Scheduling Firmware Upgrades (1)
- Organization > Monitor > Firmware Upgrades (1)
- Organization > Firmware Upgrades > Overview
- Organization > Firmware Upgrades > Firmware Status
- Organization > Firmware Upgrades > Firmware Release Notes
- Organization > Firmware Upgrades > Firmware Roll Back (1)
- Firmware Upgrades Through APIs
- Organization > Monitor > Summary Report (1)
- Organization > Summary Report – Anomalies
- Organization > Summary Report – Clients with High Usage
- Organization > Summary Report – Usage stats
- Organization > Summary Report – Sessions
- Organization > Top SSIDs by Usage
- Organization > Summary Report – Top Devices
- Top Device Models by Usage
- Top Security Appliances by Utilization
- Summary Report – Port Utilization Graph
- Summary Report – Client Stats
- Summary Report – Top Clients by Usage
- Clients
- Organization – Top Client Device Manufacturers
- Organization – Top Operating Systems By Usage
- Organization – Top Application Categories
- Organization – Top Applications by Usage
- Organization – Power Details
- Lesson 4: Network-Wide Settings
- Network-Wide
- Network-Wide > Configure > General (1)
- Network-Wide > General > Traffic Analysis
- Network-Wide > General > Location and Scanning
- Network-Wide > General > SMS Auth with Twilio
- Network-Wide > General > CloudShark
- Network-Wide > Wireless Multicast to Unicast Conversion
- Network-Wide > General > Device Configuration (1)
- Network-Wide > General > Reporting > Syslog
- Network-Wide > General > SNMP
- Network-Wide > General > Reporting > Location
- Network-Wide > General > NetFlow
- Network-Wide > General > Firmware Upgrades
- Network-Wide > General > Switch & Wireless Alternate Management Interface (1)
- Network-Wide > General > Status & APIs
- Network-Wide > General > Status
- Network-Wide > General > Umbrella
- Network-Wide > Administration > Org Admins
- Network-Wide > Administration > Network Admin
- Network-Wide > Administration > Guest Ambassadors
- Network-Wide > Admin > Port Management Privileges
- Network-Wide > General > Camera-Only Admins
- Network-Wide > Users > Guest Access
- Network-Wide > Users (1)
- Network-Wide > Group Policy
- Network-Wide > Group Policy > New Group
- Network-Wide > Group Policy > Schedule
- Network-Wide > Group Policy > Bandwidth
- Network-Wide > Group Policy > Hostname Visibility
- Network-Wide > Group Policy > Firewall
- Firewall – Layer 7 Rules
- Network-Wide > Group Policy > Umbrella
- Network-Wide > Group Policy > Traffic Shaping (1)
- Network-Wide > Group Policy > Wireless Only
- Network-Wide > Group Policy > Security Appliance Only
- Network-Wide > General > Add Devices
- Network Wide > Monitor > Clients (1)
- Searching for Clients
- Modifying Columns
- Network Wide > Monitor > Clients > Applications
- Network Wide > Monitor > Clients > Ports
- Network Wide > Monitor > Clients > HTTP Content
- Network Wide > Monitor > Clients > Custom Pie Chart
- Changing the Policies Applied to a Client
- Adding a Client
- Display Client Information – Overview (1)
- Display Client Information – Connections (1)
- Display Client Information – Performance (1)
- Display Client Information – Timeline
- Network-Wide > Monitor > Traffic Analytics (1)
- Network-wide > Monitor > Topology
- Topology – L2
- Topology – L3
- Network-Wide
- Lesson 5: Packet Captures
- Packet Capture for Multiple Devices (1)
- Event log (1)
- Lesson 6: Location / Mapping Devices
- Maps & Floor Plans (1)
- Maps & Floor Plans – Drag & Drop Devices
- Maps & Floor Plans – Assign Devices to…
- Maps & Floor Plans – Geolocate Devices (1)
- Maps & Floor Plans (1)
- Lesson 7: Configuring Templates
- Organization > Monitor > Configuration Templates
- Templates
- Configuration Templates > Create New Template (1)
- Configuration Templates
- Unbinding Networks from a Template
- Splitting Configuration Templates
- Combining Configuration Templates
- Deleting a Configuration Template
- MR – Wireless Network Templates
- MX/Z3 – Template VLAN IP Address Range Allocations
- MX/Z3 – Template VLAN IP Address Range Allocations
- VLAN Templates
- Configuration Templates (1)
- MS Templates
- Switch Profiles
- Configuration Templates > Local Overrides (1)
- Configuration Templates > Local Overrides
- Module Summary
Module 3: Meraki MS Switch Appliances
- Module Introduction
- Topic List
- Lesson 1: Why use MS?
- Avoiding Downtime, Client Disruption
- Cloud Managed from Access through Aggregation
- Ongoing Feature Updates Delivered from the Cloud
- MS Feature: Multigigabit Ethernet
- Integrated Event Logs, Alerts, and Anomaly Detection
- Advanced Network-Wide Security
- Lesson 2: Meraki MS Switching Platforms
- Layer 2 Access Switches
- MS120 Compact Switch
- MS120 Switch Family
- MS125 Switch Family
- Layer 3 Access Switches
- MS210 Switch Family
- MS225 Switch Family
- MS250 Switch Family
- MS350 Switch Family
- MS355 Switch Family
- Prepare for 802.11AX with Meraki MS355 Switches
- MS390 Switch Family
- Stackable Access Switches MS390
- Distribution Switches
- MS410 Switch Family
- MS425 10GB Switch Family
- MS450 40GB Switch Family
- Lesson 3: Basic Switch Configuration and Monitoring
- Switch – Monitor – Switch
- Add a Switch to Network
- Move or Remove MS Switch from the Network
- Switch Overview
- Switch Status
- Switch > Monitor > Switch
- Summary Tab > Change Name of Device
- Summary Tab > Set Location Data for Maps
- Summary Tab > IP Information
- LAN IPv6 Addressing
- Summary Tab > Device Tags & Notes
- Summary Tab > Switch Settings (1)
- Summary Tab
- Summary Tab > Historical Data
- Configuring Ports on a Switch (1)
- Summary or Port Tab > Switch Port Status (1)
- Summary or Port Tab > Port Status
- Ports Tab > Individual Port > Historical Data
- Ports Tab > Individual Port > Configuration
- Ports Tab > Port Configuration – Access Port
- Ports Tab > Port Configuration – Trunk Port (1)
- Ports Tab > Status
- Ports Tab > Troubleshooting > Packet Capture (1)
- Ports Tab > Troubleshooting > Cable Test
- Ports Tab > Troubleshooting > Reset Port
- Switch > Ports Tab > Packet Counts
- Switch > Power Tab
- Switch > Event Log Tab
- Switch > Location > Map
- Location Tab > Switch Location > Map
- Location Tab > Switch Location > Photo (1)
- Location Tab > Switch Location > Topology
- Tools Tab > Ping Devices
- Tools Tab > Ping the Switch
- Tools Tab > Reboot Device
- Tools Tab > Blink LEDs
- Tools Tab > Dashboard Throughput
- Tools Tab > Traceroute
- Tools Tab > MTR Traceroute
- Tools Tab > Cable Test
- Tools Tab > Cycle Ports
- Tools Tab > MAC Forwarding Table
- Tools Tab > Wake Client
- Lesson 4: Provisioning Switch Stacks
- Stacking Mechanisms and Availability
- Meraki Stacking: Virtual and Physical
- Cloud-Managed Physical Stacking
- Flexible Stacking
- Provisioning Switch Stacks (1)
- Create the Switch Stack
- Delete the Switch Stack
- View the Stack
- Configuring Ports on a Stack Switch Ports
- Blink the Switch
- Add and Remove Members to the Stack
- Clone and Replace a Member of the Stack
- Lesson 5: Meraki MS Switch Settings
- MS Switch > Default Configuration
- Switch > Switch Settings
- Switch > Switch Settings > VLAN Configuration
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP, RSTP) (1)
- Switch > Spanning Tree > Port Configuration
- Switch > Switch Settings > STP Configuration
- Switch > Switch Settings > Quality of Service
- Class of Service (CoS) Weight
- Quality of Service > DSCP Tagging
- Switch Settings > Multicast Settings
- Switch Settings > MTU Configuration
- Switch Settings > Storm Control
- Switch Settings > Power Supply Settings
- Lesson 6: Configuring Switch Ports
- Edit and Monitoring Switch Ports (1)
- Searching for Switch Ports
- Editing Switch Ports (1)
- Editing Multiple Switch Ports (1)
- Lesson 7: Link Aggregation
- Switch Ports > Aggregation (1)
- Switch Ports > Split the Aggregation
- Lesson 8: Mirroring Switch Ports
- Mirroring Switch Ports > Modify Columns
- UnMirror Ports
- Lesson 9: DHCP Server Status
- DHCP Servers and ARP
- Switch > DHCP Servers
- View DHCP Leases Provided by Switches
- View DHCP Configuration
- Dynamic ARP Inspection (1)
- Switch – Configure – Routing & DHCP
- Routing & DHCP – Initializing Layer 2 Switching
- Routing & DHCP – Create Layer 2 VLAN
- Layer 3 vs Layer 2 Switch for VLANs
- MS Layer 3 Switching – Supported models
- Enable Layer 3 on Switch or Switch Stack
- Routing & DHCP – Initializing Layer 3 Routing
- Routing & DHCP – Create Layer 3 Interface (1)
- View, Edit, Move, Delete Layer 3 Interfaces
- DHCP – Turn up and Lease Time
- DHCP – DNS Name Servers
- DHCP – Boot Options
- DHCP – Options
- DHCP – Fixed IP Assignments (Reservations)
- DHCP – Reserved IP Ranges (Excluded Addresses)
- Lesson 10: Meraki MS Multicast Configuration
- How Does IP Multicast Work?
- Internet Group Management Protocol
- Enable Multicast Routing
- IGMP Snooping Querier
- Multicast Routing
- Lesson 11: Meraki MS Warm Spare – Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
- MS Warm Spare (VRRP) Overview
- MS Warm Spare (VRRP) Configuration
- Lesson 12: Meraki MS – Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- OSPF Areas
- OSPF LSA Types
- Normal Area
- Stub Area
- Not-So-Stubby Areas (NSSA)
- Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Routing
- Create OSPF Areas
- Configure Interfaces into OSPF Areas (1)
- OSPF for Static Routes
- OSPF Timers
- OSPF Authentication
- View OSPF Routes and OSPF Neighbors
- Lesson 13: Meraki MS – Access Control Lists
- Switch ACL Operation
- Dashboard Service Rules
- Switch ACL
- Explicit Allow with Explicit Deny
- Source VLAN ACL
- Access Control Lists
- Lesson 14: Meraki MS – Access Policies (802.1x)
- Access Policies (802.1X)
- Access Policy Host Modes (1)
- Access Policy Types (1)
- Hybrid Authentication
- Change of Authorization (CoA)
- Add an Access Policy
- Add an Access Policy > Authentication (1)
- Access Policy
- Lesson 15: Meraki MS – Port Schedules
- Port Schedules (1)
- Apply Port Schedule to Ports
- Lesson 16: Meraki MS – Staged Upgrades
- Staged Upgrades
- Schedule Multiple Firmware Switch Upgrade Windows
- Switch > Configure > Staged Upgrades
- Staged Upgrades > Scheduling
- Switch > Configure > Staged Upgrades
- Module Summary
- Layer 2 Access Switches