Aruba - Certified Associate

Duration

Duration:

Only 3 Days

Method

Method:

Classroom / Online / Hybrid

Next date

Next date:

24/6/2024 (Monday)

Overview

This accelerated Aruba Certified Associate certification verifies that you have the fundamental knowledge, skills, and practical experience required to configure and manage modern, open standards-based networking solutions using Aruba's wired, wireless, security and management technologies.

This certification will help position yourself as a trusted network professional with knowledge on basic wired and wireless concepts and the skills to configure and manage modern, open standards-based networking solutions.

In just 3 days, you’ll learn Validate skills with Aruba’s wired and wireless networking technologies, including routing and switching, RF concepts, basic security, connectivity, monitoring, and reporting. You’ll also learn how to:

  • Advance your career as an Aruba Certified Associate who understands and can implement a modern, unified networking solution.

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the Aruba exam, and achieve your Aruba Certified Associate certification.

Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course is ideal for:

  • The typical candidate for this certification is a network field technician, deployment technician, NOC Level 1, or junior network engineer with hands-on experience with Aruba products.
  • The ideal candidate has 1+ years of experience with networking and a vendor agnostic understanding of basic network protocols.
  • Under the direction of a Professional or Expert, the candidate can apply the configuration and verify the status of a campus network.

Benefits

Other accelerated training providers rely heavily on lecture and independent self-testing and study.

Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.

Firebrand Training provides instruction to meet every learning need:

  • Intensive group instruction
  • One-on-one instruction attention
  • Hands-on labs
  • Lab partner and group exercises
  • Question and answer drills
  • Independent study

Curriculum

Module 1: Network Stack

  • Describe and differentiate various OSI Model layers and architectural elements
  • Describe and differentiate TCP/IP stack

Module 2: Connectivity

  • Identify foundational networking architectures and technologies.
  • Describe network infrastructure deployment

Module 3: Network Resiliency and virtualization

  • Describe mechanisms for resiliency, redundancy, and fault tolerance
  • Manage an infrastructure device (AP, gateway, switch)

Module 4: Switching

  • Describe the basics of Layer 2/3 technologies
  • Review and apply a campus architecture and elements based on a given template

Module 5: WLAN

  • Describe fundamental RF attributes and wireless functions
  • Create a AP GUI configuration group

Module 6: Routing

  • Differentiate between basic routing topologies and functions
  • Evaluate and deploy basic routing topologies

Module 7: Security

  • Define fundamental security standards and concepts

  • Integrate wireless SSID into an existing ClearPass deployment

Module 8: Authentication / Authorization

  • Describe and differentiate between AAA concepts

 Module 9: Management and Monitoring

  • Define and differentiate between common tools used for network monitoring

  • Evaluate and interpret UXI test results

  • Use Central to monitor network health

Module 10: Troubleshooting

  • Define Basic Troubleshooting methodologies

Module 11: Performance Optimization

  • Describe QoS

Exam Track

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:

Aruba Certified Associate exam Exam ID HPE6-A85

  • Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Number of questions: 60 questions
  • Passing score: Passing score 67%
  • Languages: English

What's Included

Your accelerated course includes:

  • Accommodation *
  • Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
  • On-site exams **
  • Exam vouchers **
  • Practice tests **
  • Certification Guarantee ***
  • Courseware
  • Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
  • 24-hour lab access
  • Digital courseware **
  • * For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
  • ** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
  • *** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this accelerated course.

Unsure whether you meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry. Your training consultant will discuss your background with you to understand if this course is right for you.

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