Description
Cisco® Active Network Abstraction (Cisco ANA) is a
highly scalable, fault- tolerant, customizable management system for
large-scale, multiprotocol, and multivendor networks. The Cisco Active
Network Abstraction (CANA) v4.0 course teaches students how to install,
configure, customize, and effectively use the Cisco ANA platform. 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 the ANA units, gateway, and
client software. Students will use Cisco ANA to manage the network and
its inventory of network elements, the associated faults and events,
configuration files, and software images. Students will also use Cisco
ANA to customize the ANA platform using the soft properties, custom
commands, and workflow features.
Please note: Students need to provide their own Windows-based laptops and 15-ft-or longer ethernet cables.
Objectives
- 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
- Discover and view network inventory information
- Troubleshoot, manage, and correlate network events and faults
- Manage device configuration files and software images
- Plan an ANA deployment and provide the hardware and software
- Install the various ANA components
- Configure the VNEs
- Configure user accounts and ANA security features
- Maintain and troubleshoot the ANA system
- Plan for high availability
- 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, tmplates, views, and user preferences
- Understand Inheritance and how to publish, export, and import ANA soft properties, commands, and 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 Cisco ANA v4.0
for network discovery, device management, and fault isolation. They
will understand how to successfully deploy the various ANA components
(gateway, units, and clients) and configure the initial ANA management
system for day-to-day management operations and will have methods to
customize ANA to provide the functions required for the specific
network environment. Students will meet these objectives by applying
the information learned in the lectures through hands-on lab exercises.
Prerequisites
- Basic Microsoft Windows user-level knowledge
- Basic understanding of network management concepts (Simple Network Management
Protocol [SNMP], MIBs, and so on)
- TCP/IP networking experience
- Oracle administration knowledge
- Solaris and UNIX system administration knowledge
Who Should Attend
- Network administrators, system administrators, and operators
- System integrators, professional services, and consultants
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