Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions Part 1

The Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions Part 1 (ECMS1) v1.0 course equips you with the knowledge and skills to confidently operate Cisco Meraki deployments. Through a full day of instruction including live demos and guided lab practice, you will learn how to implement core configurations for a full stack solution in the Meraki Dashboard and leverage essential Meraki Dashboard tools for troubleshooting. You will also learn how to deploy foundational Meraki product features to meet basic IT requirements.
This is the first of two courses that prepare you to take the Cisco Meraki Solutions specialist certification exam.


This course will help you:

• Learn the skills, technologies, and best practices you need to deploy Cisco Meraki solutions and operate the Meraki platform
• Validate your knowledge and prepare to take the Cisco Meraki Solutions Specialist certification exam

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Implement core configurations for a full stack solution in the Meraki Dashboard
• Deploy foundational Meraki product features to meet basic IT requirements
• Understand and leverage essential Meraki Dashboard tools for troubleshooting

This course is designed for:

• Meraki operators interested in introductory-level technical training or in preparing for the Cisco Meraki Solutions Specialist certification
• Anyone who needs to gain experience in understanding, configuring, and troubleshooting Meraki networking environments with the Meraki Dashboard

If you have already taken CMNO, we do not recommend that you enroll in the course as the content is the same.
Lesson 1: Cloud and Dashboard

• Describe the out-of-band control plane
• Describe cloud-based solution benefits
• Describe the Dashboard organizational structure
• Design proper Dashboard segmentation and permissions
• Describe licensing and co-termination
• Describe and design a basic Meraki network deployment workflow

Lesson 2: Products and Administration

• Security appliance platform (MX)
• Design and configure Auto-VPN
• Design and configure traffic shaping and SD-WAN policies
• Configure content filtering rules
• Configure AMP and IDS/IPS
• Switching platform (MS)
• Configure switch ports using virtual stacking
• Configure L3 routing using OSPF
• WLAN platform (MR)
• Configure SSIDs and access control settings
• Configure and secure guest Wi-Fi
• Design and configure traffic shaping
• Endpoint management platform (SM)
• Configure device configuration profiles
• Describe the device live tools

This course prepares you to take the upcoming Meraki certification(s)