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The IUWMS Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Mobility Services exam is the exam associated with the CCNP Wireless certification. This exam assesses a candidate's capability to integrate mobility services into the WLAN, to tune and troubleshoot the WLAN, and to implement indoor enterprise mesh networks. Candidates can prepare for this exam by taking the IUWMS Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Mobility Services course.
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Exam Topics

The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.

Implement Location Based Services

• Describe the impact of distributed antenna systems (DAS) for location-based services
• Tracking mobile clients, including active radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, Wi-Fi devices, and active interferers
• Describe the applications of RFID, Chokepoint, and TDoA Tags, including compare and contrast Cisco Wireless Control System (Cisco WCS) and third-party applications
• Calibrate Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) for the Cisco and third-party implementation
• Configure, generate, and interpret location and event notifications
• Configure and tune the Mobility Services Engine (for example, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) impact on network traffic and platform hardware)
• Design access point (AP)/antenna deployment model for location
• Describe location techniques

Design and deploy WLAN infrastructure for mobility

• Configure single Service Set Identifier (SSID) designs w/mobility
• Analyze implications of L2 and L3 roaming
• Implement high availability
• Troubleshoot AP join process using the following solutions
• Implement the following Cisco Unified Wireless best practices
• Define and implement mobility groups/list
• Adjust authentication/EAP timers
• Tune RF environment for context aware services
• Troubleshooting intercontroller communications

Implement MSE architecture

• Describe Cisco Mobility Services Engine (MSE) capabilities and integration with wireless network architecture
• Deploy context-aware services for specific environments
• Integrate third-party applications
• Integrate and manage MSE with Cisco WCS
• Maintain MSE
• Troubleshoot MSE operations

Implement and manage indoor and outdoor Mesh

• Describe wireless Mesh and its benefits
• Describe the following Mesh operation modes:
• Implement Mesh
• Describe Mesh convergence
• Utilize Cisco WCS for Mesh monitoring
• Utilize workgroup bridges

Implement advanced services and manage with Cisco WCS and Navigator

• Install and maintain Cisco WCS/Navigator and perform the following tasks
• Describe Navigator's role, features, and functions
• Implement Cisco WCS partitioning and Navigator domains
• Implement time of day AP power savings
• Implement scheduled WLAN availability
• Create and customize Cisco WCS reports
• Configure background tasks
• Configure and apply controller and access point templates
• Monitor and convert autonomous APs
• Configure WLC auto-provisioning
• Utilize configuration auditing in Cisco WCS

The following course is the recommended training for this exam.

• Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Mobility Services (IUWMS)

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