The Managing Campus Networks with Aruba Central, Rev. 22.21 (Central) 2-day course covers the campus cloud-based management system that lets you centrally manage and monitor wired and wireless networks.
This course covers the Aruba Central management service and includes options for onboarding devices by managing Aruba Instant Access Points and Aruba switches both as a standalone customer or as an Managed Service Provider (MSP).
Participants will view the advanced analytic services and connectivity health of devices and clients, providing insights into Wi-Fi analytics for smart business decisions. Participants will learn how to simplify visitor access management with a fully secure and scalable guest access solution including guest cloud services.
This course also provides students the knowledge, skills and practical experience required to set up, configure and manage a network as a service offering. Through lecture and hands-on labs, students will discover the comprehensive management, device connectivity, network health and user account activity with Aruba Central.
Target audience
for technical personnel who want a deep-dive into Aruba Central and Network Administrators who need to centralize the management and configuration of Aruba IAPs and Switches.
Prior knowledge
no previous knowledge is required for this seminar
Detailed content
Introduction
Central introduction
Latest Central cloud-based management feaetures
Options for IAP clusters and Aruba access switches
Networking, configuration, guest management, report generation and maintenance
MSP
Learn how to change a Central account to an MSP account
Changes with an MSP account verses a standalone Central account
Customize your SP information and customer’s logo
Onboarding
Basic process for onboarding devices using Zero touch, cloud key and manually adding devices
Smartphone installations
Registering a Central account
Subscriptions to manage deices
Troubleshooting onboarding issues
Groups, Sites, Labels
Set up groups for device configurations
Create labels to filter devices for monitoring, managing and reporting purposes
Use sites for installation as well as monitoring, managing and reporting
IAP and Aruba Switch Configuration
Group essentials for configuration
Configuring a new WLAN with an access method
How to name APs
Introduction to Guest Access features
Central management of Aruba access switches
How to configure and monitor Aruba switches
Visual RF
Set up Visual RF floorplans for planning and monitoring
Verify the AP heatmaps and client locations.
Plan an RF layout for new sites
Review the topology layout of the network
Monitoring & Troubleshooting
Overview of monitoring and troubleshooting for groups and devices.
Attach labels, look for IAPS and clients, apply console commands and use troubleshooting commands.
Overview of Wireless Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Intrusion Protection System (IPS)
IPS and IDS configuration and monitoring options
Clarity, Presence analytic, AppRF
View application visibility to identify usage and network activity on websites
Clarity subscriptions for network analytics and insight
Presence Analytics subscription to view customer traffic and provide details concerning new visitors and loyal customers
UCC
Be familiar with Aruba Central’s Unified Communications app (UCC)
Available subscriptions with UCC
Activity graphs
Configure UC within a network
Administration and Maintenance
Create an administrative user
Assign pre-configured roles and a customized role
Generate reports for viewing network information, compliance and performance.
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