Configuring and Operating Cisco EPN Manager (EPNM100)

What you need to know

This training will help you:

Gain the knowledge and skills you need to improve network agility and operational efficiencies through automated device operations, fast provisioning, and proactive assurance management
Learn how to create integrated, end-to-end management for the entire carrier network and support immediate use of multiple domains
Acquire the ability to enhance business operations by automating provisioning of services to enable faster resolution of network issues by identifying affected circuits and virtual connections

After taking this training, you should be able to:

Describe Cisco EPN Manager’s features and navigate the Cisco EPN Manager’s user interface
Understand the network inventory, topologies, and circuits
Manage dashboards, alarms, and events
Create and interpret reports
Distinguish the system requirements for Cisco EPN Manager, and procedures for new installations, upgrades, licensing, and high availability
Manage device groups and virtual domains
Establish user accounts and their role-based access to EPN Manager’s features and devices
Configure and combine devices
Perform backups and restores
Manage data retention, purging, and software updates
Monitor system health and performance
Update and manage software images
Archive, review, and restore configuration files
Configure Quality of Service (QoS) actions and policies
Configure devices using templates
Perform compliance audits
Configure monitoring policies
Provision Carrier Ethernet services
Provision Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE) services
Provision Circuit Emulation (CEM) services
Provision an Optical Channel Network Connection (OCHNC) circuit
Provision an Optical Channel Client Connection (OCHCC) circuit
Provision an optical Media Channel Group with an OCHCC circuit
Describe how Cisco EPN Manager can work with Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) to provide automated service provisioning

There are no prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:

Network management experience including polling, syslogs, IP formation, ports, device access, credentials, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and Secure Shell (SSH)
Basic understanding of network and device performance statistics
Fundamental understanding of network alarms and events
Experience with configuring network devices and provisioning services using a device’s Command-Line Interface (CLI)
Experience with configuring optical network devices and provisioning optical circuits using either TL1 (CLI) or the Cisco Transport Controller application