Cisco Encor EEM

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Good evening Ronnie / Anthony,
Just finished EEM under the automation section of the course. First time i have heard of this tool. Based on your explanation, correct me if i am wrong, EEM seems to do the same thing as Solarwinds where you can also monitor Cisco routers or switches and set certain thresholds. If a threshold is met then an email alert can be sent out to the network admin to alert him or her of the issue. That being said, how would i go about setting up a lab to get a better undrstanding of EEM?

Thanks,
Cecil

Yes - is can certainly function as you describe and is therefore much like many third party tools that are available.

Keep in mind that EEM can most likely go above and beyond what these third party tools can do since it is so integrated into the Cisco OS.

Here is a page that will make this tool more clear for you, and allow you to walk through practice examples. All you are going to need is a Cisco router (physical, virtual, or emulated). Have fun!

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/article/understanding-cisco-eem-by-examples-part-1