After completing the course, you should be able to:

• Plan for network deployments and integrations using the Meraki platform
• Design Meraki architectures for redundancy, high-density, and scalability
• Implement comprehensive Meraki product features to meet design objectives
• Operate Meraki networks and troubleshoot complex network incidents using the Meraki Dashboard and analytics

This course will help you:

• Acquire the advanced skills and techniques to plan, design, implement, and operate the complex Cisco Meraki platform for cloud-based network management.
• Prepare you to take the upcoming Meraki certification(s)

This course is ideal for those who regularly deploy or manage Meraki networks and want to deepen their technical expertise and understanding of the full Meraki product suite and features. This may include professionals with job titles or in roles such as:

• Field deployment technicians
• Network administrators
• Pre-/Post-sales engineers
• Service provider engineers
• Systems engineer
• Field Engineers
• IT professionals

Before enrolling in the ECMS2 course, it is highly recommended that you have already attended and completed the ECMS1 course before attending this training. You should also have general networking understanding, Meraki-specific proficiency, and knowledge in the following areas:

General network:

• Be actively engaged in the design, deployment, scaling, and management of enterprise networks
• Strong fundamental knowledge of IP addressing and subnetting schemas necessary to build local area networks

Meraki knowledge

• 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

ECMS1 - Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions, Part 1 v1.0

• Planning new Meraki architectures and expanding existing deployments
• Designing for scalable management and high availability
• Automating and scaling Meraki deployments
• Routing design and practices on the Meraki platform
• Implementing Quality of Service (QoS) and traffic shaping design
• Architecting VPN and WAN topologies
• Securing the network with Advanced Security features
• Switched network concepts and practices
• Wireless concepts and practices
• Endpoint management concepts and practices
• Physical security concepts and practices
• Gaining additional network insight through application monitoring
• Preparing and setting up monitoring, logging, and alerting services
• Setting up Dashboard reporting and auditing capabilities
• Gaining visibility and resolving issues using Meraki features and built-in troubleshooting tools