
The Meraki portfolio has grown from cloud-managed Access points to an entire Networking portfolio for Enterprises with focus on API and Automation.
Managing such a diverse number of features can be daunting, but with this course you'll learn how to manage all of it, and what are best practices from real world environments.
Meraki Licensing had been the same for awhile, but in 2021 they introduced a new model, Per-device license.
Let's dive into the licensing types and their differences.
The dashboard's organization settings can be overwhelming if you don't know what you're trying to achieve, let's cover the main settings available for organizations and which are the best practices for each.
Meraki introduced Network objects to the dashboard recently. This is very helpful to manage multiple organizations and networks.
Let's learn why and how to use them.
Meraki leverages the cloud to its fullest by allowing the management and deployment of networks utilizing templates.
Let's review this feature and capabilities with a hands-on demonstration of it.
Meraki offer a rich and full fledged API for automation and integration with 3rd party products.
Let's view what's available in the Meraki Partners and see how you can expand your environment using their tools.
Meraki allows for native integration between their access points (MR) and Cisco's leading DNS security product, Umbrella.
Let's cover what is required for this integration from a licensing perspective.
Configuring Security policies is challenging. The policies you configure should always cover a portion of the Cyber security strategy of your network. This has to be defined by the CISO or Management.
You can, however, provide feedback mentioning what are the best practices that Meraki recommends.
Let's cover what these are for MX.
The Meraki firewall range (MX) is fantastic when you consider the feature set and the simplicity. They do not compare, however to some other product types, such as Cisco Firepower, a dedicated Next Generation Firewall with Advanced Intrusion Prevention System capabilities.
Let's discuss the reasons why in this lecture.
Design a mixed Meraki and Catalyst network using mst and rapid pvst, with Catalyst as root bridge, keeping tree diameter under seven hops and enabling root and loop guards.
Explore Meraki MV cameras through the dashboard, leveraging smart analytics for physical security, motion search, and person and car detection, with deployment best practices and retention controls.
This course will assume that you know the basics of Meraki covered in our "Design, Build and Manage a Cisco Meraki Network" course. Building on this base we will cover the full Meraki Stack including MR, MX, MS and the MV Range. You can watch over our engineer's shoulder as he runs through the best practices for each product line and covers common issues that you can avoid by following the best practice steps.
While the course is aimed at an intermediate level, with a little extra work someone at a basic level could also easily follow along.
For each product set we will cover off not only the capabilities, but also the limitations. Meraki is designed for simplicity and while this a large part of what makes it so powerful it is also important to know about its limitations.
Where applicable we have also included comparisons to other Vendors or product sets within Cisco. For example in the switching range we cover the best practices for using a Meraki Access Layer alongside a Cisco Core network.
Ideal students for this course:
Students that want to extend their knowledge of Cisco Meraki
Students that want an in-depth working knowledge of Cisco's fastest growing product set.
Security conscious students
Those looking to get ahead in Cloud Networking