Course Content
Describe, and design voice ended wireless architecture
- Design wireless for voice
- Utilise other design considerations, as per the view design guide (VAD, MoH, Load balancing, and so on)
- Define voice as it applies to the wireless network
- Validate infrastructure requirements for end-to-end voice over wireless (CUCM, CUCME, QoS, ACS, DHCP, TFTP, routers, security devices, etc.)
- Describe VoWLAN integration with cellular providers
- Validate wireless network design for voice readiness
Implement VoWLAN
- Configure wireless client devices
- Set the WLAN for VoWLAN
- Troubleshoot VoWLAN implementation
Implement multicast over wireless
- Configure multicast in a wireless network
- Troubleshoot multicast in a wireless network
- Describe general multicast concepts
- Describe implications for multicast in 802.11
Implement QoS for wireless applications
- Describe and perform general considerations for wired QoS
- Describe and apply the appropriate Wireless QoS deployment schemes
- Configure WCS/WLC for QoS
- Reference most current best practice guidelines
Prepare the wireless network for video/high-bandwidth applications
- Explain benefits of 802.11n for video
- Identify application specific wireless network requirements
- Determine bandwidth requirements for specified applications
Design and deploy WLAN infrastructure for mobility
- Configure single Service Set Identifier (SSID) plans w/mobility
- Analyse implications of L2 and L3 roaming
- Tune RF situation for context-aware services
- Troubleshooting inter-controller communications
- Troubleshoot AP join process using the following solutions
- Implement the following Cisco Unified Wireless best practices
- Define and implement mobility groups/list
- Implement high availability
- Adjust authentication/EAP timers
Deploy and manage indoor and outdoor Mesh
- Describe wireless Mesh and its benefits
- Identify the following Mesh operation modes:
- Apply Mesh
- Explain Mesh convergence
- Utilise Cisco WCS for Mesh monitoring
- Use workgroup bonds
Perform advanced services and manage with Cisco WCS and Navigator
- Describe Navigator's role, types, and occupations
- Configure background tasks
- Configure and apply controller and access point templates
- Monitor and convert autonomous Apps
- Install and maintain Cisco WCS/Navigator and complete the following tasks
- Configure WLC auto-provisioning
- Utilise configuration auditing in Cisco WCS
- Implement Cisco WCS partitioning and Navigator domains
- Perform time of day AP power savings
- Implement scheduled WLAN availability
- Create and customise Cisco WCS reports
Plan and assimilate wireless network with NAC
- Define the architectures; inband, out-of-band, agent vs. agentless, and the Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) appliance.
- Define the high-level authentication process flow
- Configure the WLC for Network Access Controller (NAC)
- Verify wireless authentication with NAC
Design and implement Guest Access services
- Describe the architectures for guest access services
- Set guest access accounts
- Configure controller web authentication
- Set the anchor and internal controllers
- Troubleshoot guest access issues
Device MSE style
- Integrate and manage MSE with Cisco WCS integration with wireless network architecture
- Maintain MSE
- Troubleshoot MSE operations
- Deploy context-aware facilities for specific environments
- Integrate third-party applications
Implement secure wireless connectivity services
- Configure authentication
- Configure autonomous AP for RADIUS authentication
- Set management frame protection on clients, APs and controllers
- Configure IBN (RADIUS-based VLAN and ACLs, AAA override)
- Define ACS restrictions for integration with wireless network
- Determine client and server-side digital certificate requirements
- Implement ACLs on controller
- Troubleshoot secure wireless connectivity services