Description
Cisco Active Network Abstraction (Cisco ANA) is a
network management foundation for Cisco-based service provider IP
networks. ANA addresses the challenge of managing converged,
multiservice, and multivendor IP networks through its unique
model-based virtual network abstraction. Its service-aware design
supports Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Carrier Ethernet, and IP
Radio Access Network (RAN)/Mobile Transport over Packet (MTOP) and
extends to emerging technologies.
The Cisco Active Network Abstraction (CANA) v3.7
course is a modular course that teaches students how to install,
configure, customize, and effectively use the Cisco ANA product suite.
The student gains understanding of the primary components of the ANA
architecture; guidelines for deployment; hardware and software
requirements; and the concepts, processes, and tools that allow
customization of an ANA management system to meet the specific needs of
the customer’s unique network. The students’ understanding is deepened
by hands-on labs that include installing ANA units, gateway, and client
software and utilizing the ANA applications, NetworkVision and
EventVision, for network and service discovery and fault detection. Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the ANA architecture, consisting of Cisco ANA gateways, ANA units, and clients.
- Describe virtual network elements (VNEs), which are the
software-based building blocks of the Cisco ANA virtual network model,
each one cloning the characteristics and properties of its real-world
counterpart Create network maps and build a virtual network model
consisting of VNEs.
- Describe and show how new technology support is managed by ANA, For instance CE, MToP etc.
- Plan an ANA deployment; review hardware and software requirements.
- Install the various ANA components.
- Configure the VNEs.
- Configure user accounts and ANA security features.
- Discover and view network inventory information.
- Visualize and monitor the physical network elements and their logical services.
- Troubleshoot, manage, and correlate network events and faults.
- Maintain and troubleshoot the ANA system.
- Plan for high availability.
- Understand the ANA registry and its inheritance and the purpose of the ANA Golden Source.
- Create, manage, and troubleshoot ANA soft properties.
- Set soft properties thresholds and define threshold crossing alarms.
- Utilize ANA command builder to create, manage, and troubleshoot custom commands.
- Create and deploy ANA custom workflows using the workflow editor, templates, views, and user preferences.
- Understand Inheritance and how to publish, export, and import ANA soft properties, commands, and workflows.
- Use ANA Manage and ANA EventVision to view and manage the deployed workflows.
After completing this four-day course, students will
have gained extensive knowledge about the primary components of the ANA
architecture and will have learned how to set up and use the ANA
applications. Students will meet these objectives by applying the
information learned in the lectures through hands-on lab exercises.
Prerequisites
Following are the prerequisites for this course:
- Basic Microsoft Windows user-level knowledge
- Basic understanding of network management concepts (Simple Network Management Protocol [SNMP], MIBs, and soon)
- TCP/IP networking experience
- Oracle administration knowledge
- Solaris and UNIX system administration knowledge
- Networking Technologies, MPLS, CE , MToP
- IOS,XML
Who Should Attend
This course is for network administrators and
consultants who will be planning, installing, customizing, and using
the Cisco ANA applications for network, service, and fault management
in multivendor networks.
The following are the primary audience for this course:
- Network administrators, system administrators, and operators
- System integrators, professional services, and onsultants
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