ExtremeWireless Cloud training – Kappa Data, 2-3/03

Course Overview

ExtremeWireless Cloud Training ECS course provides Extreme Networks customers and partners theoretical and practical hands-on training to give students a better understanding of Extreme Networks Cloud Wi-Fi technologies. Students will also learn how to manage and orchestrate ExtremeWireless Cloud from within the ExtremeCloud IQ management platform.

Pre-requisites

Students should have a working knowledge of networking concepts and a basic understanding of WiFi technologies although prior experience of WLAN design and deployment is helpful.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will have gained the working knowledge to:

• Understand the Cloud Services platform
• Understand the evolution of distributed architecture
• Take a first look at ExtremeCloud IQ
• Understand the basics of WLAN technologies
• How APs connect to and communicate with the ExtremeCloud IQ
• An intro to the Guided Configuration of Objects
• Learn about the Client monitoring features within ExtremeCloud IQ
• Defining all user traffic settings
• A primer on 802.1x troubleshooting
• Looking at the capabilities of the Network 360 tool and the richness of its data
• Understanding the benefits of PPSK on a WLAN
• Assigning WiFi-settings to the radios in an AP
• Defining global port settings
• An introduction to SDR
• How to use and create CCGs
• Understanding the use cases for classification
• Combining Classification Rules for user VLANs using CCGs
• Using Management and Native VLANs to optimize deployment
• Looking at some of the diagnostic tools available within ExtremeCloud IQ
• Basic Administration walkthrough
• How to do firmware updates using ExtremeCloud IQ
• What you need to know about the ExtremeWireless exam

Solution Overview

Agenda

• Global Data Centers
• Regional Data Centers
• ISO 27001
• GDPR and Privacy
• Private Cloud
• Local Cloud
• Wireless Hardware

Distributed Architecture

• Understanding the evolution of distributed architecture
• Distributed Control
• Cooperative Control Protocols

ExtremeCloud IQ

• Taking a first look at ExtremeCloud IQ
• Logging in for the first time

WLAN Design Concepts

• Coverage Design
• Roaming
• Layer 2 Retransmissions
• Capacity Design
• Airtime Consumption
• Co-Channel Interference
• Antennas

Device Discovery and Provisioning

• Device Redirection Services and Auto-Discovery
• Auto-discovery for on-premises
• Management Protocols and Device Updates
• Adding Devices into ExtremeCloud IQ

Guided Configuration and Object Management

• Guided Configuration of Objects
• Clone Tool

Monitoring Clients, Users and Client 360

• Monitoring Clients
• Monitoring Devices

User Profiles

• Defining VLANs
• Firewalls
• Tunnelling
• Rate Limiting
• URL Filtering
• Availability Schedule
• Assignment Rules

Troubleshooting 802.1x

• IEEE 802.1X with EAP
• 802.1X Troubleshooting

Network 360

• Monitor View
• Device Health
• Client Health
• WiFi Health
• Network Health
• Services Health
• Application Health
• Security Health

Private Pre-Shared Key (PPSK)

• Understanding PPSK
• 802.1X/EAP
• Mapping User Profiles to User Groups
• User Groups
• PPSK Credential storage
• RadSec Proxies
• Secure Access with Cloud PPSK
• RadSec Troubleshooting

Radio Profiles

• Showing Radio Profiles through a Lab

Device Templates

• AP Device Templates
• Radio Settings
• Radio Usage
• Mesh
• Exclude Channels
• Transmit Power Control

Software Defined Radio (SDR)

• Dual-Band APs
• Dual 5GHz WLAN design
• SDR Radio Profile

Cloud Config Groups and Classification Rules

• Cloud Config Groups – What are they?
• Classification Rules
• Joining CCGs and Classification Rules

Classification Rules

• VLAN Objects
• Captive Web Portals
• Time Zone Objects
• Use Cases
• Server Objects
• AP Device Templates
• SSIDs

Deployment Optimization

• Management and Native VLANs
• Using Trunked Ports and VLANs
• AP and VLAN guidelines
• Configuring rollback timer

ExtremeCloud IQ Diagnostic Tools

• Device Diagnostic Tools
• Ping
• Points of Failure
• VLAN Probe
• Common CLI Commands

Dashboards

• Network
• Reports
• Diagnostics
• Inventory
• Insights – Comparative Analysis
• Insights – Proximity
• Insights – Presence

ExtremeCloud IQ Administration

• Communications
• Account Management
• Administrator Accounts
• Internal Admin Accounts
• External Admin Accounts
• Role-Based Access Control
• Global Settings – Logs
• Global Settings – Audit Logs

Firmware Updates

• How to do firmware updates using ExtremeCloud IQ

ExtremeWireless Cloud Exam

• What you need to know about the ExtremeWireless Cloud Exam

Methodology

This is 2-day classroom-based training of which approximately 8 hours will be spent on the practical exercises.

Trainer

Matts Koppen, Certified Trainer

Evaluation

Evaluation is a continuous process at Kappa Data so your feedback will be asked during the training. At the end of the training, you will also receive a full survey where you can add your feedback.

Price

€995 per person

This training course will be given online. You will receive a link 48 hours in advance.