Detailed Course Outline
CAMPUS OPERATIONS WITH CLOUDVISION
CloudVision overview
- Why CloudVision
- Approaches to network automation
- Introduction to CloudVision
- CVP implementation options
CloudVision setup
- CVP clustering
- CVP Multi-node OVA installation
- CVaaS initial onboarding
- Upgrading CVP
- CVP backup and restore
- Getting familiar with CVP interface
- CVP profiles
- CVP help center
- License key management using CVP
- Lab – Navigating CVP
CLOUDVISION PROVISIONING
Device registration
- Connecting devices to CloudVision
- Manual onboarding
Network provisioning
- Containers
- Configuration sources
- Designed and running config
- Configlets
- Tasks and change control
- Applying configlets to containers
- Reconcile
- Lab – Configlets
- Snapshots and staging
- Redesigned change control UI
- Rollback
- Lab – Snapshots
- Lab – Change Control
- Image repository
Zero touch provisioning
- Zero touch provisioning (ZTP)
- Deploying and onboarding vEOS to CVP suing ZTP
- Zero Touch replacement (ZTR)
- Replacing a device using ZTR
CLOUDVISION CAMPUS STUDIOS
Studios overview
- Introduction to Studios and Tags
- Workspaces
- Studio deployment and execution
- Lab – Using Studios
- Lab – Clean up Studios
Studios in action
- New Studios UI
- Static configuring Studio
- Management connectivity Studio
- Software management Studio
- Authentication Studio
- Mirroring Studio
- Provisioning new devices with ZTP and Studios
- Lab – Static configuration Studio
Operating L2LS Campus network with CVP Studios
- Onboarding devices to Studios
- Configure L2LS network using Studios
- Configure access interfaces
- Submit workspace and execute change control
- Managing L2LS campus gateway connectivity with Studios
- Add a new VLAN to L2LS campus
- Modifying VLAN settings in L2LS campus
- Connecting new host to L2LS campus
- Lab – Deploying L2 Campus with Studios
Campus Zero Touch operations
- CloudVision Campus dashboard overview
- CloudVision Campus Day 1 – Onboarding
- CloudVision Campus Day 2 – Provisioning and Diagnostics
- CloudVision endpoint analyzer
- Lab – Day 2 operations with L2 Campus Studios
Operating L3LS Campus network with CVP Studios
- Configuring L3LS Campus with CVP Studios
- Configuring L2LS Campus with VXLAN and eVPN using Studios
- Adding new access pods to L3LS Campus
- Adding new spines to L3LS Campus
- Adding new VRFs to L3LS Campus
- Add new VLANs to L3LS Campus
- Modifying VRF and VLAN settings for L3LS Campus
- Changing underlay protocol in L3LS Campus
- Connecting new hosts to L3LS Campus
- Lab – Deploying L3LS Campus with VXLAN and eVPN using Studios
- Lab – Day 2 operations with L3 Campus Studios
MONITORING CAMPUS WITH CVP
Monitoring devices with CVP
- Network hierarchy
- Compliance overview
- Device input power
- 802.1x details in endpoint search
- Lab – Monitoring Campus with network hierarchy
Dashboards
- Dashboards overview
- Dashboards enhancements
- Device connectivity health panel dashboard
- Compliance counts dashboard
- Syslog filters dashboard
- Dashboard tabs layout
- Exporting and importing dashboards
Events
- Events overview
- Event groups
- Compliance events
- Config sanity check events
- Lab – Dashboards and Events
Topology
- Introduction to topology
- Topology icons and settings
- Custom topology hierarchies
- User defined topology filters
- Lab - Topology
EOS OPERATIONS UPGRADES
EOS reloads and upgrades
- Understanding EOS upgrades
- Standard upgrade vs smart system upgrade
- Upgrading EOS with CLI
- Upgrading EOS with CVP
- MLAG ISSU upgrade and reload with CLI
- Chassis upgrade and reload
- MLAG upgrade and reload with CVP
EOS monitoring tools
- SNMP
- sFLow
- Watch and Diff commands
- Latency Analyzer (LANZ)
- Port mirroring
Advanced Event Management (AEM)
- AEM – CLI scheduler
- AEM – Event monitor
- AEM – Event manager
- Lab - AEM
Troubleshooting EOS hardware and software
- System and software troubleshooting
- SFP and physical errors
- Arista EOS health checks – CLI and CVP
- Hardware troubleshooting
- Memory and flash errors
- Tcpdump and Iperf
- Installing extensions
- Recovery procedures