Cisco Catalyst Center for Network Management (CCNM)

• Learn about Cisco Catalyst Center product, intent-based networking, system architecture, and key features and use cases of Cisco Catalyst Center
• Use Cisco Catalyst Center automation (NetOps and SecOps) and assurance (AIOps)
• Explain Cisco Catalyst Center system settings, basic and advanced automation, device provisioning, and compliance audit procedures
• Configure Cisco Catalyst Center to onboard devices, integrate with ISE, automate device configurations, troubleshoot health of network devices, and track clients

Students should have an understanding of network routing and switching principles equivalent to the Cisco CCNA certification level.

• Network engineers
• Network analysts
• IT professionals

Day 1

Cisco Catalyst Center Overview

This section will provide an overview of the capabilities of the Cisco Catalyst Center, an introduction to Intent-Based Networking, examine the system architecture, look at key features and uses cases, the use of the Catalyst Center in NetOps, SecOps, AIOps, and DevOps, and explain the licensing and device support.

Cisco Catalyst Center System Settings and Operations

This section will describe Cisco Catalyst Center system settings and operations, basic configuration, backup and restore, system and application update, integrate Cisco ISE with Cisco Catalyst and troubleshoot any certificate issue encountered during the Cisco ISE integration process and describe Cisco Catalyst Center user management. 

• Discovery 1: Integrate Cisco ISE and Cisco Catalyst Center

Cisco Catalyst Center Inventory, Discovery, and Device Manageability

In this section, you will learn how to Describe Cisco Catalyst Center network hierarchy and device inventory, explain Cisco Catalyst Center network discovery process, and learn how to add network devices to Cisco Catalyst Center.

• Discovery 2: Add Network Devices to Cisco Catalyst Center

Day 2

Cisco Catalyst Center Basic Automation and Provisioning

This part of the course will teach the student how to automate your network, you will learn about basic network settings for device automation, device provisioning, software image management, and compliance audits. We will also show you how to transition from manual processes to automated workflows that increase efficiency and reduce the potential for human error. You will learn to automate essential network settings, provision devices seamlessly, and conduct configuration compliance checks—all through the platform's advanced functionalities.

• Discovery 3: Automate Basic Device Configuration Using Cisco Catalyst Center
• Discovery 4: Upgrade Network Device using Cisco Catalyst Center

Cisco Catalyst Center Advanced Automation and Day-0 Onboarding

This section will equip you to enhance network management efficiency, improve deployment speed, and maintain high standards of network performance and reliability by the ability to automate your network, you need to learn how to implement automated workflows to configure and deploy network devices, create and manage network profiles to standardize configurations across multiple devices, design and configure wireless networks to optimize performance and coverage, develop and deploy configuration templates for network devices, and utilize Cisco's Plug and Play (PnP) feature to onboard new devices.

• Discovery 5: Automate Network Device Configuration Using a Template
• Discovery 6: Onboard a Device Using PnP

Cisco Catalyst Center Health and Performance Monitoring

In this section, you will learn how the Cisco Catalyst Center monitors the health and performance of network devices, clients, and applications. You will also discover how it provides actionable insights to help prevent future issues and ensure real-time updates. Using the Catalyst Center Assurance dashboard and tools, you will learn to analyze patterns and trends in network data to optimize performance and proactively address potential problems.

• Discovery 7: Troubleshoot the Health of Network Devices
• Discovery 8: Monitor the Health of Clients and Applications