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Duration

5 Days

30 CPD hours

This course is intended for

Ideal candidates are IT Professionals who deploy small-to-medium scale enterprise network solutions based on Aruba products and technologies.

Overview

After you successfully complete this course, expect to be able to:
Explain Networking Fundamentals
Describe and review the Aruba Switching portfolio with customers
Install and configure devices running the ArubaOS-CX Network Operating System
Describe and configure VLANs
Explain, describe and configure Spanning Tree Protocol
Understand when to use VRRP and how to configure it
Explain and configure Link Aggregation
Understand and configure IP Routing
Explain IP Subnetting
Understand and configure OSPFv2 - Single Area
Describe and configure Switch Stacking using VSF
Configuration of Aruba solutions using Secure Management and Maintenance methodologies
Manage, monitor, administer and operate Aruba solutions using Aruba's NetEdit tool

This course teaches you the fundamental skills necessary to configure and manage modern, open standards-based networking solutions using Aruba's OS-CX routing and switching technologies. This course consists of approximately 60% lecture and 40% hands-on lab exercises to help you learn how to implement and validate small to medium enterprise network solutions. This 5-day course prepares candidates for the Aruba Certified Switching Associate exam.In this course, participants learn about ArubaOS-CX switch technologies including multi-layer switches. You will also learn about broadcast domains and Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs); secure management protocols such as AAA, SSH, HTTPS, and Dynamic Segmentation using Aruba's Role-Based Access Control (RBAC); availability technologies such as Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP); link aggregation techniques including Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and switch virtualization with Aruba?s Virtual Switching Framework (VSF). Static and dynamic IP routing protocols such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) are also covered.

Network Fundamentals

What is a network?

What is a Protocol?

OSI Reference Model

Encapsulation, frames, packets, segments

Layer 2 to Layer 7 headers

Media, cabling, Ethernet/wifi headers

Binary/Hex/Decimal theory and conversion

TCP/IP Stack (IP addressing & Transport Protocols TCP/UDP)

Types of traffic: Unicast, Broadcast, Multicast

TCP/IP Stack

Overview

Ethernet frames

IPv4 Header

TCP Header ? Three-way Handshake

TCP Header ? Sequence Numbers

TCP Header ? Port Numbers

TCP Header

UPD Header

Basic Networking with Aruba Solutions

Networking devices: Switches, Routers, Multilayer Switches, APs, Mobility Controllers, Firewalls, Servers (HTTP, DHCP, DNS, Telnet, FTP)

2-Tier vs 3-Tier hierarchy

Switching Portfolio (AOS switches & AOS-CX switches) is this introducing both portfolio on a couple of slide and few slides on AOS-CX hardware architecture, software architecture and intro to NAE high level.

Introduction to AOS-CX and feature set

Port numbering

Accessing Aruba OS-CX CLI

Prompt modes/levels and navigation

Context sensitive help

Show logs, configuration, interfaces, transceivers, flash, version

Hostname/interface name, enabling interfaces

Link Layer Discovery Protocol

ICMP and reachability testing tools: Ping and Traceroute

PoE (standards one slide and what we support and one or two slide on configuration and verifications.)

VLANs

Broadcast/collision domains

VLAN benefits

VLAN creation

DHCP server configuration in switches (optional)

802.1Q tagging

Switchports vs. Routed ports

MAC address table

ARP table

Packet Delivery part 1

Spanning Tree Protocol

Redundant network

L2 loops

802.1D

Common Spanning Tree

802.1s

802.1w overview

802.1w load balancing

802.1w region configuration

Link Aggregation

Static Aggregation

LACP

Load Balancing

IP Routing - Part 1

Default Gateway

DHCP IP Helper Address

IP Routing Service

Inter-VLAN routing

Packet Delivery Part 2

Need for layer 3 redundancy

Introduction to VRF

VRRP

VRRP overview

VRRP basic operation

VRRP failover and preempt

VRRP and MSTP coordination

IP Routing - Part 2

Subnetting

CIDR

Static routes

Administrative Distance

Floating routes

Scalability issues

IP Routing - Part 3

IGP vs EGP

Distance Vector vs Link State

OSPF Router-ID and Hello Messages

Passive interfaces

States

DR and BDR

LSDB: LSA 1 and 2

Path selection and convergence

Using cost to manipulate routes

Stacking

Control Plane, Management Plane, and Data Plane

Introduction to Stacking technologies

Stacking Benefits

Centralized control and management plane

Distributed Data Plane and Distributed Link Aggregation

VSF requirements

VSF Link and member roles

VSF member IDs and port numbers

VSF Configuration

VSF Provisioning use cases

Tracing Layer 2 traffic: Unicast

Tracing Layer 2 traffic: Broadcast, Multicast, and Unknown Unicast

VSF Failover and OSFP Graceful-Restart

VSF Link failure without MAD

VSX Introduction

Secure Management and Maintenance

OOBM port

Management VRF

Secure Management Protocols: AAA, SSH, HTTPS, RBAC

Radius-based management auth (VSA)

SNMP

Web interface

Configuration file management (Backup, restore, checkpoint and roll back)

Operating System image management (backup and restore)

Factory default/password recovery

AOS-CX Management tools

Intro to NetEdit

NetEdit installation

Basic monitoring with NetEdit

AOS-CX Mobile App

Additional course details:

Nexus Humans Aruba OS-CX Switching Fundamentals, Rev. 20.21 training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward.

This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts.

Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success.

While we feel this is the best course for the Aruba OS-CX Switching Fundamentals, Rev. 20.21 course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you.

Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

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