ECMS Exam Self-study Guide

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Meraki Employee

Introduction

This self-study guide is intended to help prepare exam candidates with a detailed breakdown of the main topics that the ECMS exam is comprised of. The guide below outlines sub-categories within the main topics that include features, technologies, concepts, architectures, and techniques. Candidates should review the list of study materials — comprised of knowledge base articles and instructional videos — prior to taking the ECMS 500-220 exam. To download a PDF of the topics as it appear on the exam blueprint, click here.

 

For guidance around preparing a lab environment for practical self-study, click here to access the lab supplement.

 

Exam Topics

15% 1.0 Cisco Meraki Cloud Management
30% 2.0 Design
25% 3.0 Implementation
30% 4.0 Monitoring and Troubleshooting

 

1.0 Cisco Meraki Cloud Management

Exam Topics

  • 1.1 Explain Cisco Meraki cloud architecture (Meraki and Catalyst cloud monitoring, cloud management)
  • 1.2 Explain access methods to dashboard and devices
  • 1.3 Explain organizational structure, segmentation and permissions
  • 1.4 Explain licensing, co-termination, and renewals
  • 1.5 Compare deployment workflows

 

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2.0 Design

Exam Topics

  • 2.1 Design scalable Meraki Auto VPN architectures
  • 2.2 Explain deployments considerations for the vMX
  • 2.3 Design dynamic path selection policies
  • 2.4 Design stable, secure, and scalable routing deployments
  • 2.5 Design Enterprise network services
    • 2.5a Redundant networks and high availability
    • 2.5b QOS strategy for voice and video
    • 2.5c Applying security at layer 2
    • 2.5d Firewall rules on MX and MR
    • 2.5e Network access control solutions
  • 2.6 Design Enterprise wireless services
    • 2.6a High density wireless deployments
    • 2.6b MR wireless networks for enterprise
    • 2.6c MR wireless networks for guest access
  • 2.7 Compare endpoint devices and application management methods
    • 2.7a Device enrollment such as supervised and device owner
    • 2.7b Application deployment

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3.0 Implementation

Exam Topics

  • 3.1 Configuring security and SD-WAN appliances
    • 3.1a SVI, dynamic routing and static routes
    • 3.1b Auto VPN
    • 3.1c Traffic shaping and SD-WAN
    • 3.1d Threat protection and content filtering rules
    • 3.1e Access policies and 802.1x
    • 3.1f Application assurance and thresholds
  • 3.2 Configuring switches
    • 3.2a SVI, dynamic routing and static routes
    • 3.2b QoS using Meraki switching networks
    • 3.2c Access policies and 802.1x
    • 3.2d Replicate a switch configuration
  • 3.3 Configuring wireless access points
    • 3.3a SSIDs for Enterprise and BYOD deployments
    • 33.3b Traffic shaping
    • 33.3c RF profiles
    • 33.3d Air Marshal
  • 3.4 Configuring endpoint management
    • 3.4a Configuration profiles
    • 3.4b Security policies
    • 3.4c Sentry for Meraki managed deployments
  • 3.5 Configuring smart cameras
    • 3.5a Camera video and alerting
    • 3.5b Retention settings
  • 3.6 Configuring smart sensors
    • 3.6a Gateway connectivity
    • 3.6b Sensor alerting

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4.0 Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Exam Topics

  • 4.1 Interpret information from monitoring and reporting tools
    • 4.1a Alerts with Dashboard, SNMP, Syslog and Netflow in Dashboard
    • 4.1b Logging and reporting in Dashboard
  • 4.2 Describe how to use the dashboard API to monitor and maintain networks
  • 4.3 Explain firmware upgrades
  • 4.4 Troubleshooting Enterprise networks
    • 4.4a Layer 2 technologies using Dashboard
    • 4.4b Layer 3 technologies using Dashboard
    • 4.4c Wireless client connectivity issues using Dashboard
    • 4.4d Device local status pages
    • 4.4e Security threats using Security Center
    • 4.4f Application performance issues using Meraki Insight

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Last Updated: August 2024

 

3 Comments
Meraki-Training
Meraki Employee

Thank you for the feedback Everyone! We have updated our links and documentation referenced above.

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AmyReyes
Community Manager

Hello @Omosh (and @StefanoBrumana as well!),

 

Great question, thank you for asking this here! I know this occasionally comes up for folks who would like a PDF version to study offline for the ECMS 1 exam. Unfortunately, we don't have a PDF version published currently because it would quickly become out of date any time we made changes to the material. 


We do have a workaround that you can use, though it is not the most ideal solution. If you select the vertical ellipsis menu at the top right of the post, then "Printer Friendly Page," you will get a version of the page you can then print or save as a PDF. See the image below:

 

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It won't be optimized, and there will be excess white space and margins. However, all of the links will still function in the file.

 

I've shared your feedback with the team for future consideration as well! 

AronD
New here

The link in Section 1.0 for "Developer Hub: Dashboard API - Action Batches" is outdated and broken.  It should be updated to reflect this URL:

https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/action-batches-overview/

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