CWLMS 3.2 - Implementing CiscoWorks LMS 3.2

Length Price Cisco Learning Credits
5 days $3,295.00 33

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

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