The Configuring and Operating Cisco EPN Manager (EPNM100) v4.0 course shows you how to create efficient and agile network management through automated device operations, fast provisioning install, network configuration, dashboard management, and device management using Cisco© Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Manager. Through a combination of lessons and hands-on labs, you will learn to maximize the benefits of the Cisco EPN Manager as a simplified, flexible, and cost-effective end-to-end lifecycle management solution for network provisioning, and network assurance management for today’s converging packet and optical multilayer networks.

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Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:
Describe Cisco EPN Manager’s features and navigate the Cisco EPN Manager’s user interface
Understand the network inventory, topologies, and circuits
Manage dashboards, alarms, and events
Create and interpret reports
Distinguish the system requirements for Cisco EPN Manager, and procedures for new installations, upgrades, licensing, and high availability
Manage device groups and virtual domains
Establish user accounts and their role-based access to EPN Manager’s features and devices
Configure and combine devices
Perform backups and restores
Manage data retention, purging, and software updates
Monitor system health and performance
Update and manage software images
Archive, review, and restore configuration files
Configure Quality of Service (QoS) actions and policies
Configure devices using templates
Perform compliance audits
Configure monitoring policies
Provision Carrier Ethernet services
Provision Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE) services
Provision Circuit Emulation (CEM) services
Provision an Optical Channel Network Connection (OCHNC) circuit
Provision an Optical Channel Client Connection (OCHCC) circuit
Provision an optical Media Channel Group with an OCHCC circuit
Describe how Cisco EPN Manager can work with Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) to provide automated service provisioning

1

  • EXPLORING CISCO EPN MANAGER

  • Cisco EPN Manager Overview

    Cisco EPN Manager Key Features

2

  • VIEWING DEVICES AND INVENTORY

  • Device Types

    View Devices

3

  • VIEWING NETWORK TOPOLOGIES AND CIRCUITS

  • Topology Map Basics

    Change Information Displayed

4

  • USING DASHBOARDS

  • Dashboards Overview

    Customize Dashboards

5

  • MANAGING ALARMS AND EVENTS

  • Alarms and Events Overview

    View Alarms and Events

6

  • GENERATING REPORTS

  • Report Fundamentals

    Create and Schedule Reports

7

  • PERFORMING BASIC ADMINISTRATION

  • Installation Basics

    Perform Server Setup

8

  • ADDING DEVICES

  • Device Management Fundamentals

    Add a Device Manually

    Add User-Defined Fields

9

  • BACKUP AND RESTORING

  • Backup Fundamentals

    Schedule a Backup

10

  • PERFORMING SYSTEM MAINTENANCE

  • Software Updates

    Data Retention and Purging

11

  • SOFTWARE IMAGE MANAGEMENT (SWIM)

  • Software Image Management Fundamentals

    Setting Up Software Image Management

12

  • CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

  • Configuration Management Fundamentals

    Archive Setup

13

  • CONFIGURING QOS

  • QoS Basics

    Create a Classification Profile

14

  • CONFIGURING DEVICES WITH TEMPLATES

  • Device Configuration Methods

    Template Basics

15

  • PERFORMING COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT

  • Compliance Audit Basics

    Compliance Policy Basics

16

  • MONITORING WITH POLICIES

  • Monitoring Policy Fundamentals

    Edit a Monitoring Policy

17

  • CIRCUIT AND VIDEO CONFERENCING (VC) FUNDAMENTALS

  • Circuit Provisioning Basics

    Supported Service Types

18

  • PROVISIONING CARRIER ETHERNET SERVICES

  • Provision a Carrier Ethernet Service

    Verify a Service

19

  • PROVISIONING CISCO MPLS TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES

  • Cisco MPLS TE Service Basics

    Provision a Cisco MPLS TE Service

20

  • PROVISIONING CIRCUIT EMULATION SERVICES

  • Circuit Emulation Services Basics

    Provision a CEM Service

21

  • PROVISIONING AN OCHNC CIRCUIT

  • OCHNC Circuit Basics

    Set Up Devices for Circuit

22

  • PROVISIONING AN OPTICAL OCHCC CIRCUIT

  • OCHCC Circuit Basics

    Set Up Devices for Circuit

23

  • PROVISIONING A MEDIA CHANNEL GROUP WITH AN OCHCC CIRCUIT

  • Media Channel Group with OCHCC Basics

    Provision a Media Channel Group

24

  • INTRODUCING CISCO EPN MANAGER WITH CISCO NSO

  • Cisco EPN Manager with Cisco NSO Basics

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Audience

Cisco integrators and partners Network operators Network administrators Optical network administrators System administrators System integrators and professional services

Language

English

Prerequisites

To benefit fully from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills: Network management experience including polling, syslogs, IP formation, ports, device access, credentials, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and Secure Shell (SSH) Basic understanding of network and device performance statistics Fundamental understanding of network alarms and events Experience with configuring network devices and provisioning services using a device’s Command-Line Interface (CLI) Experience with configuring optical network devices and provisioning optical circuits using either TL1 (CLI) or the Cisco Transport Controller application

Length: 4.0 days (32 hours)

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