Take your network management skills to the next level with this comprehensive course designed for both beginners and experienced professionals. Through engaging lessons, you’ll explore the five core aspects of effective network management: fault detection and resolution, configuration deployment, performance monitoring, security enforcement, and accurate accounting.
Network Management Approaches
Network Management Approaches
This course is part of Network Fundamentals Specialization
Instructor: Mai Vang
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Beginner level
No prior experience required
2 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Apply the five core principles of network management for optimal network performance and security
Use SNMP, Cisco controllers, IOS CLI, and APIs to monitor, configure, and automate network devices
Troubleshoot issues, optimize network performance, and enhance security against unauthorized access
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Taught in English
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There are 5 modules in this course
If an organization has hundreds of routers, switches, firewalls, and so on, inspecting the functionality of the devices one-by-one every day is a laborious and impossible task. To automate and ease this management process, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used. In this topic, you will learn the fundamentals of SNMP and the importance it plays in network management.
What's included
1 video3 readings1 assignment
Controller-based network management is an approach to managing and controlling network devices using a centralized controller or management system. In this topic, you will learn about the controller-based network management approach and Cisco solutions for controller-based network management.
What's included
1 video1 reading1 assignment
The CLI is an alternative to the GUI, a text-based interface used for interacting with devices. This topic further explores Cisco IOS CLI and describes the advantages that CLI offers in network management and operations.
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1 video1 reading1 assignment
An application programming interface (API) is a set of functions and protocols that allow software applications to communicate and interact with each other. API defines a framework for how software components should interact and provides a way for developers to access the data and services of different systems. Cisco has a wide range of API offerings for its management solutions. This topic describes the REST API architecture and how it works.
What's included
2 videos1 reading1 assignment
What's included
1 reading1 assignment
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