Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions

The Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions training helps you gain the core knowledge and skills needed to deploy, plan, design, implement, and operate complex Cisco Meraki solutions. This training combines Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions Part 1 and 2 trainings. This training helps prepare you for roles focused on implementing, securing, and managing Cisco Meraki™ based networks from a centralized dashboard. Topics covered include Cisco Meraki’s cloud-based solutions, understanding of network security protocols, design of scalable architectures, and application of troubleshooting strategies.

This training prepares you for the Cisco Meraki Solutions Specialist (ECMS 500-220) exam. If passed, you earn the Cisco Meraki Solutions Specialist certification. This training also earns you 24 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

This training will help you:

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the Cisco Meraki platform
• Develop expertise in designing, implementing, and securing Cisco Meraki networks
• Operate and manage networks using Cisco Meraki’s cloud-based tools and features
• Apply advanced monitoring and troubleshooting techniques
• Prepare for the ECMS 500-220 exam
• Earn 24 CE credits towards recertification

• Describe Cisco Meraki cloud architecture, administration, and licensing
• Describe the hardware and features of Cisco Meraki product families
• Describe best practices for troubleshooting and when to contact Cisco Meraki support
• Plan new Cisco Meraki architectures and expand existing deployments
• Design the network for scalable management and high availability
• Describe how to automate and scale Cisco Meraki deployments with dashboard tools
• Use dynamic routing protocols to expand networks and improve wide-area network (WAN) performance
• Describe proper quality of service (QoS), policy, and performance-based routing configurations across a Cisco Meraki network and WAN optimization through traffic shaping
• Describe virtual private network (VPN) and WAN topologies and how to integrate them
• Secure, expand, and shape the network
• Implement switched network concepts and practices, and configure guest networks
• Implement wireless configuration practices and concepts
• Describe endpoint management concepts and practices using Cisco Meraki Systems Manager
• Describe physical security concepts and practices
• Gain network insight by monitoring applications
• Describe how to prepare monitoring, logging, and alerting services
• Set up reporting and auditing capabilities in the Cisco Meraki dashboard
• Monitor and troubleshoot issues using Cisco Meraki tools

The job roles best suited to the material in this training are:

• Consulting Systems Engineers
• Deployment Engineers
• Network Administrators
• Network Engineers
• Network Managers
• Site Reliability Engineers
• Systems Engineers
• Technical Solutions Architects
• Wireless Design Engineers
• Wireless Engineers
• Sales Engineers

Before taking this offering, you should have earned a Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) certification or be familiar with General Networking.

The following recommended Cisco offerings may help you meet these prerequisites:

• Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
• Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR)

Exam Code: 500-220 (ECMS)

Duration: 90 minutes

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