ExtremeWireless Cloud Training ECS course provides Extreme Networks customers and partners theoretical and practical hands-on training to give students a better understanding of Extreme Networks Cloud WiFi technologies. Students will also learn how to manage and orchestrate ExtremeWireless Cloud from within the ExtremeCloud IQ management platform.

• Have the ability to onboard devices and configure WLANS using the powerful cloud based solution that is ExtremeCloud IQ.
• Gain basic wireless skills and be able to utilize the knowledge gained to deploy real world solutions.
• Prepare students to take the Extreme Wireless Cloud ECS exam.

Solution Overview

• Global Data Centers
• Regional Data Centers
• ISO 27001
• GDPR and Privacy
• Private Cloud
• Local Cloud
• Wireless Hardware
• Distributed Architecture
• Understanding the evolution of distributed architecture
• Distributed Control
• Cooperative Control Protocols

ExtremeCloud IQ

• Taking a first look at ExtremeCloud IQ
• Logging in for the first time

WLAN Design Concepts

• Coverage Design
• Roaming
• Layer 2 Retransmissions
• Capacity Design
• Airtime Consumption
• Co-Channel Interference
• Antennas

Device Discovery and Provisioning

• Device Redirection Services and Auto-Discovery
• Auto-discovery for on-premises
• Management Protocols and Device Updates
• Adding Devices into ExtremeCloud IQ

Guided Configuration and Object Management

• Guided Configuration of Objects
• Clone Tool

Monitoring Clients, Users and Client 360

• Monitoring Clients
• Monitoring Devices

User Profiles

• Defining VLANs
• Firewalls
• Tunnelling
• Rate Limiting
• URL Filtering
• Availability Schedule
• Assignment Rules

Troubleshooting 802.1x

• IEEE 802.1X with EAP
• 802.1X Troubleshooting

Network 360

• Monitor View
• Device Health
• Client Health
• WiFi Health
• Network Health
• Services Health
• Application Health
• Security Health

Private Pre-Shared Key (PPSK)

• Understanding PPSK
• 802.1X/EAP
• Mapping User Profiles to User Groups
• User Groups
• PPSK Credential storage
• RadSec Proxies
• Secure Access with Cloud PPSK
• RadSec Troubleshooting

Radio Profiles

• Showing Radio Profiles through a Lab

Device Templates

• AP Device Templates
• Radio Settings
• Radio Usage
• Mesh
• Exclude Channels
• Transmit Power Control

Software Defined Radio (SDR)

• Dual Band APs
• Dual 5GHz WLAN design
• SDR Radio Profile

Cloud Config Groups and Classification Rules

• Cloud Config Groups – What are they?
• Classification Rules
• Joining CCGs and Classification Rules

Classification Rules

• VLAN Objects
• Captive Web Portals
• Time Zone Objects
• Use Cases
• Server Objects
• AP Device Templates
• SSIDs

Deployment Optimization

• Management and Native VLANs
• Using Trunked Ports and VLANs
• AP and VLAN guidelines
• Configuring rollback timer

ExtremeCloud IQ Diagnostic Tools

• Device Diagnostic Tools
• Ping
• Points of Failure
• VLAN Probe
• Common CLI Commands

Dashboards

• Network
• Reports
• Diagnostics
• Inventory
• Insights – Comparative Analysis
• Insights – Proximity
• Insights – Presence

ExtremeCloud IQ Administration

• Communications
• Account Management
• Administrator Accounts
• Internal Admin Accounts
• External Admin Accounts
• Role Based Access Control
• Global Settings – Logs
• Global Settings – Audit Logs

Firmware Updates

• How to do firmware updates using ExtremeCloud IQ

ExtremeWireless Cloud Exam

• What you need to know about the ExtremeWireless Cloud Exam

Students should have a working knowledge of networking concepts and a basic understanding of WiFi technologies although prior experience of WLAN design and deployment is helpful.