ExtremeWireless Cloud Training | Installation and Configuration | 23/24-11-2022

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

The Meet ExtremeCloud IQ Welcome Series certification is a mandatory prerequisite and must be completed prior to attending the ExtremeWireless Cloud – Installation and Configuration class. You should already have a working knowledge of networking concepts and a basic understanding of Wi-Fi technologies. Prior experience of WLAN design and deployment is beneficial, but not mandatory. To learn the basics of networking, see Extreme Academy.

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 (Pre-Sales Engineer | Kappa Data), Certified Trainer

Location

The training will be held at our Utrecht office.

Atoomweg 63
3542 AA Utrecht
The Netherlands

Would you like to attend the training online? Then please contact us.

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

€1 300/per person

Dear participant, more information with the access link for the online training will be sent to you 48 hours in advance.