Managed network controllers: safe daily workflows

Skills you'll practise

• Adopt a new device into the correct site and apply the site's settings
• Stage firmware updates with a test group and a maintenance window
• Take and verify controller backups before changes
• Avoid actions that cause site-wide outages

Course outline

1. 1.Safe daily work in a network controllerVideo · 2 min
2. 2.Controller habits that prevent outagesLesson · 15 min
3. 3.Firmware rings and maintenance windowsLesson · 15 min
4. 4.Multi-site hygiene: admins, roles and audit logsLesson · 15 min
5. 5.Managed network controllers: safe daily workflows: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 15 questions
6. 6.Firmware update for a 40-AP siteScenario
7. 7.Final exam6 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• Ubiquiti UniFi Network: official help center (adoption, backups, firmware)
• Ubiquiti UISP: official documentation
• Grandstream GWN Manager / GWN.Cloud user guides
• Change management for network controllers