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Implementing CiscoWorks for Enterprise LAN/WAN Management (CWENT) 2.5

Overview
Skills Taught
Audience
 Prerequisites
Outline
Duration:30 hours
Skill Level:Intermediate
Certifications:N/A
Delivery Type:Expert Encore

Description
The CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution bundle contains the fundamental, and therefore critical, CiscoWorks applications for properly managing your Cisco equipment at a very high level of efficiency and effectiveness. While these applications are fundamental in nature, it can be very difficult to properly configure CiscoWorks Common Services and Resource Manager Essentials in order to manage your network. This course solves this problem head on. Students of this course are provided the step-by-step instructions and hands-on practice that is required to master this extremely complex set of products. This course details every single application found in the LMS 2.5 bundle. This includes Campus Manager, Resource Manager Essentials, Device Fault Manager, and Internetwork Performance Monitor. The course ensures to cover scalable deployments of these applications. In fact, CWENT 2.5 uses a multi-server deployment as the basis for the course labs and demonstrations.

Skills Taught
Upon completion of the Implementing CiscoWorks LMS (CWENT) course, the student will be able to:
  • Describe fundamental network management concepts
  • Describe the CiscoWorks applications in the LMS bundle
  • Prepare the various CiscoWorks databases
  • Maintain the asset inventory
  • Maintain network connections
  • Maintain device configurations
  • Monitor device performance
  • Manage device faults
  • Performa advanced CiscoWorks system administration
Audience
This course was designed for network administrators who are responsible for implementing and troubleshooting large-scale CiscoWorks deployments.

Prerequisites
The CWENT course focuses on the technology required for enabling WAN solutions. To fully benefit from this course, the student must be familiar with general networking concepts and have Cisco router operation and configuration experience. Successful completion of the following courses (or equivalent experience) is strongly recommended:
  • Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO)
  • Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND)
Outline
Module 1: Describing Network Management Fundamentals
  • Defining Network Management
  • Exploring the Network Management Process
Module 2: Introducing CiscoWorks
  • Describing CiscoWorks Solution Sets
  • Providing an Overview to CiscoWorks Applications
Module 3: Jump-Starting CiscoWorks
  • Starting to Use CiscoWorks
  • Common Services: Enabling CiscoWorks Security and Multi-Server Trust
  • Managing the Device and Credential Repository
  • Populating the CiscoWorks Databases
  • Configuring User-Defined Groups
  • Securely Login to CiscoWorks
  • Enabling CiscoWorks Security
  • Managing the Device and Credential Repository
  • Populating the CiscoWorks Databases
  • Configuring User-Defined Groups
Module 4: Implementing Asset Management
  • Introducing Asset Management
  • Running Asset Reports
  • Watching for Inventory Changes
  • Implementing Asset Management
Module 5: Managing Network Connectivity
  • Managing Network Connectivity Introduction
  • Managing Device Connectivity
  • Managing Host, End-User, and IP Phone Connectivity
  • Diagnosing Device Connectivity Problems
  • Managing Device Connectivity
  • Managing Host and End-User Connectivity
  • Diagnosing Device Connectivity Problems
Module 6: Managing Device Configurations
  • Introducing Device Configuration Management
  • Managing Configuration Files
  • Managing VLAN Configurations
  • Managing Device Software Images
  • Managing the Configuration Archive
  • Editing Configurations: One Device
  • Editing Configurations: Multiple Devices
  • Managing VLAN Configurations
  • Managing Device Software Images
Module 7: Managing Network Performance
  • Introducing Performance Management
  • Monitoring Response Time Using IPM
  • Monitoring Device Performance Using CiscoView
  • Monitoring Response Time
  • Monitoring Device Performance
Module 8: Managing Faults in the Network
  • Introducing Fault Management
  • Detecting and Analyzing Real-Time Faults
  • Detecting Faults via Syslog Messages
  • Troubleshooting with Device Center
  • Detecting Real-Time Faults
  • Analyzing Syslog Messages
  • Troubleshooting with Device Center
Module 9: Performing CiscoWorks System Administration
  • Deploying CiscoWorks
  • Administration Tasks
  • Configuring Devices
Included Labs
  • Securely Login to CiscoWorks
  • Enabling CiscoWorks Security
  • Managing the Device and Credential Repository
  • Populating the CiscoWorks Databases
  • Configuring User-Defined Groups
  • Implementing Asset Management
  • Managing Device Connectivity
  • Managing Host and End-User Connectivity
  • Diagnosing Device Connectivity Problems
  • Managing the Configuration Archive
  • Editing Configurations: One Device
  • Editing Configurations: Multiple Devices
  • Managing VLAN Configurations
  • Managing Device Software Images
  • Monitoring Response Time
  • Monitoring Device Performance
  • Detecting Real-Time Faults
  • Analyzing Syslog Messages
  • Troubleshooting with Device Center
  • Configuring Devices