Using Prime Infrastructure to Manage Wireless Networks (PIMWN) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Cisco Prime Infrastructure Overview

  • What is Network Management?
  • Exploring the Network Management Process
  • Introducing Cisco Prime Infrastructure
  • Getting Started with Cisco Prime Infrastructure
  • Labs
    • Familiarization and Setup
    • Configure Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Inventory Management

  • Network Inventory
  • Groups
  • Network Device Software Images
  • Labs
    • Initial Server Configuration
    • Populate the Network Inventory
    • Manage the Network Inventory
    • Manage Groups

Map the Wireless Network

  • Wireless Maps
  • Cisco MSE
  • Location Services
  • Mobile Clients
  • Network Topology Maps
  • Labs
    • Manage Wireless Maps
    • Configuring Location Services
    • Manage Network Topology Maps

Managing Role-based Access Control

  • Virtual Domains
  • Local User Authentication and Authorization
  • Remote AAA Mode Settings
  • Labs
    • Create a Virtual Domain and Add a User
    • Enable AAA Remote Access

Configuration Management

  • Configuration Archive
  • Configuration Templates for Wired Devices
  • Configuration Templates for Wireless Devices
  • Plug and Play
  • Labs
    • Manage the Configuration Archive
    • Manage Wired Device Templates
    • Manage Wireless Device Configuration

Managing Guest Access

  • Guest Access Methods
  • Guest Access Features through Cisco Prime Infrastructure
  • Labs
    • Configuring Local Guest Access via Prime Infrastructure
    • Configuring Guest Access with an Anchor Controller

Application and Device Support

  • Bonjour Services
  • Application Visibility and Control (AVC)
  • Client Profiling
  • Labs
    • Enabling Application Visibility and Control on the 2504 Controller
    • Enabling Client Profiling on the 2504 Controller

Monitor and Troubleshoot

  • Devices and Interfaces
  • Wireless Network
  • Applications
  • Security wIPS
  • Clients and Users
  • Cisco Prime Infrastructure Reports
  • Labs
    • Monitor Devices and Interfaces
    • Using Location Services
    • Configuring wIPS
    • Track Clients, Users, and Applications
    • Integrate the ISE with Prime Infrastructure
    • Generate Reports