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Learn to manage your network using the applications in version 3.2 of CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS). In this course, you'll work with:

• CiscoWorks Common Services 3.2
• Campus Manager 5.1
• Resource Manager Essentials 4.2
• Device Fault Manager 3.1
• Internetwork Performance Monitor 4.1
• CiscoView 6.1
• The LMS Portal 1.0 and the CiscoWorks Assistant 1.1

Prerequisites

• ICND1 - Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 1
• BSCI - Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks v3.0
• Knowledge of basic Cisco IOS and Cisco Catalyst operating system commands
• Basic knowledge of TCP/IP
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows
• Basic Internet browser navigation skills
• Basic e-mail usage skills

What You'll Learn

• Better manage your network
• Discover the Cisco devices in your network
• Visualize the topology of your network, including links between Cisco devices and Layer 2 spanning tree topologies
• Collect and track accurate inventory data from Cisco devices
• Automatically maintain a historical archive of the configurations on all of your Cisco devices as the configurations change over time
• Update the configurations on the Cisco devices on your network, including pushing similar configuration changes to many devices at the same time
• Build a library of Cisco operating systems and update the operating systems running on your Cisco devices
• Track and analyze network performance including latency and jitter tests
• Detect potentially complex fault situations on your Cisco devices
• Set up a multiserver trust relationship between multiple CiscoWorks servers and tie LMS to CiscoSecure Access Control Server for AAA functions
• Maintain your CiscoWorks LMS server

Who Needs to Attend

• Network administrators, managers, and technicians who need a more efficient way of managing and maintaining Cisco routers and switches in their networks.

Course Outline

1. Introduction to Network Management Using CiscoWorks LMS

• Defining Network Management
• Exploring the Network Management Process
• Examining the CiscoWorks LMS Applications

2. Jump-Start CiscoWorks

• Logging into CiscoWorks LMS
• Configuring CiscoWorks User Security
• Implementing a Server Setup Workflow Using CiscoWorks Assistant
• Managing the DCR
• Configuring User-Defined Groups

3. CiscoWorks Campus Manager

• Managing Network Devices Using CiscoWorks Campus Manager
• Logging Changes to CiscoWorks Campus Manager
• Documenting Network Connectivity Using CiscoWorks Campus Manager
• Deploying Updates Using CiscoWorks Campus ManagerDocumenting End Users and IP Phones Using User Tracking
  Discovering Network Pathways Using Path Analysis

4. CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials

• Managing Network Devices Using CiscoWorks RME
• Logging Changes to the Device Inventory
• Documenting the Device Inventory
• Logging Changes to the Configuration Archive
• Deploying Configuration Updates
• Managing Device Software Images
• Logging Changes and Managing Faults with Syslog

5. Internetwork Performance Monitor

• Monitoring Network Performance Using IPM
• Configuring IPM
• Monitoring Response Time Using IPM

6. CiscoWorks Device Fault Manager

• Managing Faults Using CiscoWorks DFM
• Configuring CiscoWorks DFM for Use with Devices
• Detecting and Analyzing Faults with CiscoWorks DFM

7. Device Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting a Device Using CiscoWorks Applications
• Monitoring Device Performance Using CiscoView
• Deploying Device Updates Using CiscoView
• Troubleshooting with CiscoWorks Device Center
• Implementing Workflows with CiscoWorks Assistant

8. CiscoWorks System Administration

• Deploying CiscoWorks
• Performing CiscoWorks Administration Tasks
• Modifying Server Settings Using CiscoWorks LMS Setup Center
• Managing the CiscoWorks LMS Portal

Labs

Lab 1: Getting Started with LMS 3.2

• Initial Login to LMS Server
• Manage the Local User Database
• Manually Add One Device to the DCR

Lab 2: Network Discovery

• Discover the Devices in Metro Site 1
• Define a Common Services Group

Lab 3: Network Visualization with Campus Manager

• Launching Campus Manager Topology Services
• Topology Services Tabular Views
• Topology Services Graphical Views
• Running Campus Manager Reports
• Best Practices Deviations

Lab 4: Topology Management with Campus Manager

• Retire a Legacy VLAN
• Define a New VLAN
• Assign a Port to the New VLAN
• Update the Router to Support the New VLAN

Lab 5: User Tracking and Path Analysis

• Run a User Tracking Immediate Report
• Run a Quick Report
• Create a Custom Layout
• Create a Custom Report
• Use the Report Generator
• Perform a Path Analysis

Lab 6: RME Inventory

• Inventory Collection Setup
• Verify Current Inventory Status
• Inventory Reports
• Custom Report Templates

Lab 7: The Configuration Archive

• Verify the Archive Status
• Retrieve a Configuration from the Archive
• Search the Archive
• Manage Settings for Archive Management

Lab 8: Config Editor and NetConfig

• Edit a Configuration with Config Editor
• Verify a Configuration Change
• Run a NetConfig Job & Verify the Results
• Reuse an Old NetConfig Job & Verify the Results

Lab 9: RME Software Management

• Import a Baseline Library
• View the Image Out-of-Sync Report
• Add a New Image to the Library
• Deploy the New Image

Lab 10: RME Syslog Analysis, Change Audit, and NetShow

• Work with Automated Actions
• Syslog Message Filters

Lab 11: Internetwork Performance Monitor

• Some Basic Administration
• Define the IPM Target Systems
• Define New Operations
• Build the Collectors
• Examine Real-Time Statistics
• Manage User-Defined Collector Groups
• View Historical Reports

Lab 12: Device Fault Monitor

• Verify DFM Devices
• Monitor Alerts
• View the Fault History

Lab 13: CiscoView and the Device Center

• Edit a Configuration with CiscoView
• View RMON History with CiscoView Mini RMON
• Monitor a Router Interface in Real Time
• Monitor a Router Chassis in Real Time
• The Device Center

Lab 14: System Maintenance

• The LMS Portal
• The LMS Setup Center

Lab 15: Multiserver Trust and ACS

• Use the Multiserver Trust
• Use TACACS+ Authentication