Only 3 days
Classroom
18/02/2025 (Tuesday)
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.
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
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this accelerated course.
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.
Benefits
Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training
- Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
- You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
- Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
- Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
- You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
- You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
- You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals
*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
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