This course teaches you the fundamental skills necessary to configure and manage modern, open standards-based networking solutions. This course consists of approximately 20% lecture and 80% hands-on lab exercises to help you learn how to implement and validate small to medium enterprise network solutions.
In this course, participants learn about ArubaOS switch technologies including: VLANs, secure access, redundancy technologies such as MSTP, link aggregation techniques including LACP, and switch virtualization with Aruba's Virtual Switching Framework (VSF). You also learn about IP Routing including static and dynamic IP routing with OSPF. This course teaches you how to deploy Aruba wireless Access Points and configure Aruba Instant Access Point (IAP) clustering technology. It also teaches you how to configure, manage and monitor the network with Aruba AirWave management solution.
After you successfully complete this course, expect to be able to:
Explain how Aruba networking solutions meet customers’ requirements
Explain how Aruba AirWave provides unified wireless and wired network management
Describe in-band management and out-of-band management
Complete the initial setup on ArubaOS switches
Control access to switches for both in-band and out-of-band management
Manage software and configuration files on ArubaOS switches
Explain use cases for VLANs and configure port-based VLANs on ArubaOS switches
Understand and configure Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
Understand and configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
Differentiate between different types of link aggregation and understand the benefits of Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
Configure and troubleshoot link aggregation on ArubaOS switches
Configure static routes on ArubaOS switches and interpret IP routing tables
Configure a basic Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) solution
Describe how Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) works and the advantages that it provides
Configure and verify a simple VSF fabric
Describe the basics of wireless communications and 802.11 standards
Define a wireless LAN (WLAN) and differentiate between wireless security options
Configure basic settings on Aruba Instant APs
Configure AirWave management settings on an IAP cluster
Configure SNMP v2c settings on ArubaOS switches
Discover ArubaOS switches in AirWave and bring switches and IAPs under monitoring and management
Implement zero touch provisioning (ZTP) for Aruba IAPs and ArubaOS switches
Target audience
Ideal candidates are IT Professionals who deploy small-to- medium scale enterprise network solutions based on Aruba products and technologies.
Prior knowledge
no previous knowledge is required for this seminar
Detailed content
Introduction to Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Describe market trends that are causing customers to transform in four key transformation areas
Describe how Aruba delivers the digital workplace.
Switch CLI (Command Line Interface) Navigation
Describe out-of-band management
Complete the initial setup on ArubaOS Switches
Verify configuration
Protecting Management Access
Explanation of in-band management
Protect in-band and out-of-band management access
Configure local authentication
Control the privilege level allowed to managers
Management of Software and Configurations
Overview of ArubaOS and file structures
Different methods for setting the software from which to boot
Software update
Saving and restoring configurations
VLANs
Explain use cases for VLANs
Configure port-based VLANs on ArubaOS switches, using appropriate tagging
Implement basic IP routing between directly connected VLANs or links
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
Understand and configure Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
Understand how Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) provides load sharing and implement MSTP.
Link Aggregation
Differentiate between different types of link aggregation and understand the benefits of Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
Configure and troubleshoot link aggregation on ArubaOS switches
IP Routing
Configure static routes on ArubaOS switches
Interpret IP routing tables
Configure a basic OSPF solution
Virtual Switching Framework (VSF)
Understand how VSF works and the advantages that it provides
Configure and verify a simple VSF fabric
Wireless for Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMBs)
Understand the basics of wireless communications and 802.11 standards
Define a WLAN and differentiate between wireless security options
Configure basic settings on Aruba Instant Access Point (IAP)
Form an Aruba Instant cluster
Aruba AirWave
Configure AirWave management settings on an IAP cluster
Configure SNMP v2c settings on ArubaOS switches
Discover ArubaOS switches in AirWave and bring switches and IAPs under monitoring and management
Implement zero touch provisioning (ZTP) for Aruba IAPs and ArubaOS switches