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Cisco Network Registrar Administration and Operations is a 3-day Cisco Network training course designed for network administrator and technical personnel involved in IP Address Management through DHCP and DNS protocols and tools in a Service Provider Network, based on Cisco Network Registrar version 8.3. The main focus of the Cisco Network training class is on daily operations, monitoring and troubleshooting. Training includes terminology, concepts and core protocol functionality for DHCP, DNS, DOCSIS, Packet Cable and TFTP, complementing lectures and discussions with hands-on labs. Ideal candidates for this Cisco Network learning course include IP network administrators, designers, system engineers, and NOC personnel. Find additional course details below. 

About the course

Prerequisites:

The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

  • Knowledge level equivalent to Cisco CCNA Routing & Switching certification
  • Basic to intermediate Knowledge on three main protocols: DHCP, DNS and TFTP
  • A good understanding of IP addressing and subnetting

Course Objectives:

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

  • Understand IP Address Management and associated Challenges
  • Describe mechanisms, protocols and tools required for IP Address Management
  • Understand main concepts associated with DHCP, DNS and IP address Management (DDI)
  • Understand How Cisco Network Registrar solves challenges associated with DDI
  • Understand Cisco Network Registrar architecture and components
  • Know Cisco Network Registrar high availability options including Main and Backup Servers
  • Configure, operate and monitor different components and tools of Cisco Network Registrar
  • Troubleshoot common issues on this solution, using logs and other related systems tools
Course content

Module 1: Introduction to IP Address Management and Cisco Network Registrar

  • Lesson 1: Challenges addressed by Cisco Prime Network Registrar (CPNR)
    • IP Address Management Challenge
    • DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (DDI)
    • DDI Solution Operational Requirements
    • Cisco Network Registrar overview
      • Fast and Scalable
      • Cisco Prime Network Registrar: DHCP
      • Cisco Prime Network Registrar: DNS
      • Reliable
      • Extensible
      • Consolidated IP Address Management
      • Regional Server
      • Cloud Ready
      • DNS Caching Server and DNS Security
      • Comprehensive, Full-Featured IPAM
      • Cisco IPAM Approach
      • IPAM Drivers
      • Network Registrar IPAM Value
      • Lower Risks and Reduced Startup Costs
      • Cisco Network Registrar Jumpstart
  • Lesson 2: Introduction to DHCP operational details
    • Broadband network diagram
    • DHCP traffic patterns (discover, offer, request, ack)
    • A day in the life of a DHCP packet
    • Packet sniffing using Wireshark
    • Pre-provisioning vs. self-provisioning models
    • CMTS settings (option 82)
    • CMTS commands (Show cable modem …)
    • Setting up an NTP server and Client
    • Syslog

Module 2: Cisco Network Registrar Components and Tools

  • Lesson 1: Understanding Cisco Network Registrar Concepts and Architecture
    • Regional/CCM Server
    • Local Servers
    • General Push/Pull concepts
    • Creating Roles and Groups
    • Licensing
    • Scopes
    • Scope embedded policies
    • Scope selection tags
    • Policies
    • Client-Classes
    • Client-class embedded policies
    • DHCP
    • DNS
    • DDNS
    • TFTP
    • Extension points
    • DHCP Failover
    • HA DNS
    • Admin accounts and privileges
    • Network Registrar Dashboard
    • SNMP Traps
    • WebUI

Module 3: Cisco Network Registrar DHCP Services

  • Lesson 1: DHCP Basic Administration
    • Basic Addressing/DHCP operations
    • Specific Push/Pull Operations
    • Regional Tasks
    • Local Tasks
    • Address Block
    • Subnet
    • Policies
    • Scope
    • Scope Template
  • Lesson 2: DHCP Advanced Administration
    • PNR objects
    • Client class, scope selection tags
    • Embedded policies
    • Expressions
    • Where do DHCP options come from (the 7 areas)
    • Extensions

Module 4: Cisco Network Registrar DNS Services

  • Lesson 1: DNS Basic Concepts and Administration
    • Basic DNS operations
    • DNS specific Push/Pull operations
    • Regional Tasks
    • Local Tasks
    • Forward and Reverse Zones
    • Zone Templates
    • Pulling Zone Templates from a Cluster
    • Adding Authoritative Nameservers for Zones
    • Adding Resource Records
  • Lesson 2: DNS Advanced Features Configuration
    • Secondary Zones
    • Secondary Reverse Zones
    • Subzones
    • Zone Distributions
    • Specific Push/Pull operations
    • Secondary servers
    • Adding Resource Records
  • Lesson 3: Additional DNS topics
    • Dynamic DNS: DHCP and DNS working together
    • SOA and secondary server attributes
    • Pre-fetch glue records
    • Report lame delegation
    • Enable relaxed dynamic update
    • Set cache time limits and size
    • Subzone delegation
    • Root Name servers
    • Forwarding
    • IXFR

Module 5: Troubleshooting Cisco Network Registrar

  • Lesson 1: Command Line Interfase
    • CLI overview
    • Usefull command and examples
  • Lesson 2: Basic Log Analysis
    • Log location, contents, and categories
    • What each log file is for
    • Log and debug settings
  • Lesson 3: Common failures and troubleshooting
    • Provisioning Steps in Cisco CMTS
    • Identifying problems with logs
    • CM in init(d)
    • CM in init(o)
    • General troubleshooting
  • Lesson 4: Backup and Restore
    • mcdshadow’ backups
    • How to create a TAC Tool Bundle
    • Adjust log size and rotation
  • Lesson 5: DHCP Failover Administration
    • DHCP Simple Safe Failover design
    • Main and Backup server roles

Lab Outline:

Labs are designed to assure learners a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities:

  • Lab 3-1: Configuring basic DHCP Services
    • Create DHCP Policies on Main server
    • Create DHCP Scopes on Main server
    • Create a DHCP Scope Template Main server
    • Push DHCP objects from Main to Backup server
  • Lab 3-2: Configuring advanced DHCP Services
    • Client class, scope selection tags
    • Embedded policies
    • Expressions
    • Extensions
  • Lab 4-1: Configuring basic DNS
    • Creating forward and reverse zones
    • Setting a server to be a master
    • Testing DNS with ‘NSLookup’
    • Adding Resource Records
  • Lab 4-2: Configuring advanced DNS
    • Create Secondary Zones
    • Create Secondary Reverse Zones
    • Create Subzones
    • Configure Zone Distributions
    • Perform Specific Push/Pull operations
    • Secondary servers
    • Adding Resource Records
  • Lab 4-3: Configuring Dynamic DNS
    • Configure DHCP and DNS to enable Dynamic DNS
  • Lab 5-1: Troubleshooting A
    • Find and fix common issues on policies, scopes, objects, expressions and extensions
  • Lab 5-2: Troubleshooting B
    • Using DHCP, DNS and TFTP logs reviews for troubleshooting issues
  • Super Lab: lab review – all topics mixed
Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

  • IP network designers
  • IP network administrators
  • system engineers
  • NOC personnel and technical support personnel involved in Cisco Network Registrar administrative and operational tasks