Configuring and Operating Cisco EPN Manager

Network Operators and Administrators who need to learn how to deploy Cisco EPN Manager and perform end-to-end network management of Carrier Ethernet, optical transport, and circuit emulation over packet networks.

After completing this course you should be able to:

• Recognize the Cisco EPN Manager’s features
• Access Cisco EPN Manager and understand user accounts (roles, virtual domains)
• Navigate the Cisco EPN Manager’s user interface
• View the network inventory
• Monitor health and performance
• Manage alarms and events
• Generate reports
• Recognize the system requirements for Cisco EPN Manager, and procedures for new installations, upgrades, and high availability
• Manage licensing
• Configure the initial server settings and prepare the server for day-1 operations
• Establish initial device inventory and virtual domains
• Establish user accounts and their role-based access to EPN Manager’s features and devices
• Configure monitoring policies and alarm and event preferences
• Manage backup and restore, data retention and purging, and software updates
• Tune and monitor a server’s performance
• Archive, view, compare, and restore configuration files
• Update and manage software images
• Perform compliance audits
• Configure devices using templates
• Provision network services
• Archive and restore TL1 database files
• Update and manage optical devices’ software images
• Configure optical devices using the Detailed Device View
• Provision optical network services

Introduction

• Service Provider Market Trends
• Cisco EPN Manager Overview

Getting Started

• Accessing Cisco EPN Manager
• Lesson Summary for “Accessing Cisco EPN Manager”
• Exploring the GUI
• Populating the Inventory

Network Views

• Viewing Device Inventory and Device Details
• Viewing the Topology

Network Monitoring

• Monitoring Dashboards
• Monitoring Policies Overview
• Exploring Alarms and Events
• Taking Action on Alarms and Events
• Exploring Reports
• Managing Reports

System Administration

• Pre-Installation Activities
• Installing Cisco EPN Manager
• Installing High Availability
• Post-Installation Activities
• Performing Server Setup Tasks
• Customizing Alarm and Event Preferences
• Managing Groups and Virtual Domains
• Managing User Accounts

Maintenance

• Backup and Restore
• Software Updates
• Data Retention and Purging
• Monitor and Tune Cisco EPN Manager

Configuration Management

• Setting Up Configuration Management
• Using Configuration Management

Software Image Management

• Software Image Management Basics
• Deploying Software Images

Device Configuration

• Cisco EPN Manager Configuration Methods
• Configuring Devices by Using Templates
• Creating Custom Templates

Compliance Management

• Compliance Prerequisites
• Compliance Policies
• Compliance Audit and Fix Jobs

Carrier Ethernet Service Management

• Examining Provisioning Features
• Creating Customers and Custom Profiles
• Provisioning a Carrier Ethernet Service
• Verifying Services
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting Services

Optical Devices, Circuits, and Services

• Exploring Optical Provisioning Features
• Setting Up Configuration Management
• Using Configuration Management
• Configuring Optical Devices with Detailed Device View
• Creating Customers and Custom Profiles
• Provisioning a Service
• Assuring Services
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting Services

Labs

• Lab 1: Access and Navigation
• Lab 2: Populating the Inventory
• Lab 3: Viewing the Network
• Lab 4: Monitoring Dashboards
• Lab 5: Monitoring Policies
• Lab 6: Alarms and Events
• Lab 7: Reports
• Lab 8: OVA Installation Video
• Lab 9: Server Setup
• Lab 10: Customizing Alarm Preferences
• Lab 11: Managing Groups and Virtual Domains
• Lab 12: User Accounts
• Lab 13: Maintenance
• Lab 14: Configuration Management
• Lab 15: Software Image Management
• Lab 16: Configuring Devices
• Lab 17: Manage Compliance Features
• Lab 18: CE Service Provisioning
• Lab 19: Lifecycle Use Case
• Lab 20: Optical Custom Profile
• Lab 21: Provision Optical Circuits
• Lab 22: Monitor Optical Services

Attendees should meet the following prerequisites:

• Network management experience (polling, syslogs, IP addressing, ports, device access, credentials, Simple Network Management Protocol [SNMP], Secure Shell [SSH])
• Basic understanding of network and device performance statistics
• Basic understanding of network alarms and events
• Experience with manually configuring network devices and provisioning services using a device’s Command-Line Interface (CLI)
• VMware experience with the installation of OVA files on virtual machines and/or ISO software on bare-metal machines
• Experience with configuring optical network devices and provisioning optical circuits using either TL1 (CLI) or the Cisco Transport Controller application

Recommended as preparation for the following exams:

• There are no exams currently aligned to this course