Aruba - Certified ClearPass Expert

Duration

Duration:

Just 4 Days

Method

Method:

Classroom / Online / Hybrid

Next date

Next date:

30/9/2024 (Monday)

Overview

On this accelerated Aruba Certified ClearPass Expert (ACCX) course, you will prove your abilities to design, configure and troubleshoot various ClearPass products commonly used in large scale customer deployments. This includes ClearPass Policy Manager, Guest, Profiling, Onboarding, Onguard, Posture, Clustering, Redundancy, and external server integration.

Upon completion this certification validates that you:

  • Understand how to add and manage NAD in ClearPass
  • Understand ClearPass services, policies and enforcement profiles
  • Understand how to integrate and use AD in ClearPass Know how to use Access Tracker for handling authentication issues
  • Can work with ClearPass guest accounts, Web login pages and self-registration pages
  • Understand Guest services and configuring Aruba Controller for guest authentication
  • Understand health check process posture tokens
  • Understand device profiling and attribute collectors
  • Understand device on-boarding process and deployment
  • Understand on-boarding services and single & dual SSID on-boarding

In just 4 days, you’ll learn to position yourself as an expert integrator capable of integrating ClearPass in complex deployments. You’ll also learn how to:

  • Demonstrate your ability to design, deploy and troubleshoot ClearPass products to support enterprise business requirements
  • Enhance your career and job satisfaction as an Aruba Certified ClearPass Expert

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the Aruba exam, and achieve your Aruba Certified ClearPass Expert (ACCX) 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:

  • Networking IT professionals with a minimum of three to five years of experience in designing and integrating complex enterprise-level mobile first networks.
  • People with familiarity with integrating ClearPass Policy manager, Guest, Onboarding, Onguard, Profiling and Posture in multi-server ClearPass deployments.

Four reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

  1. You'll be trained and certified faster. Learn more on this 4-day accelerated course. You'll get at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
  2. Your course is all-inclusive. One simple price covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals – so you can focus on learning
  3. Pass first time or train again for free. Your expert instructor will deliver our unique accelerated learning methods, allowing you to learn faster and be in the best possible position to pass first time. In the unlikely event that you don't, it's covered by your Certification Guarantee
  4. Study with an award-winning training provider. We've won the Learning and Performance Institute's "Training Company of the Year" three times. Firebrand is your fastest way to learn, with 134.561 students saving more than one million hours since 2001

Curriculum

Module 1: Deployment and Cluster (20%)

  • Cluster Layout positioning of Publisher and Subscribers, Use of Policy Manager Zones
  • High Availability and Redundancy Design, including Virtual IP addressing and Standby Publisher Licenses
  • EAP and HTTPS server Certificates
  • The Roles of Data and Management Port related to AAA traffic and HTTP Guest Traffic
  • Authentication Sources Including Active Directory

 

Module 2: Guest Access Design and Implementation (24%)

  • Guest Account Management
  • Self-Registration both with and without sponsorship
  • Implementation of both Server and Controller Initiated Captive Portal Authentication
  • Implementation Guest Access on both wired and wireless infrastructure. Mainly focused on Aruba Networks Access layer devices. Cisco Gear will also be covered on the ACCX exam
  • Guest Access with MAC caching

 

Module 3: Secure Access Design and Implementation (24%)

  • Secure Access Services and Enforcement, Role Mapping
  • Understand Service Selection Rules
  • Radius CoA and Dynamic Authorization
  • Integration of Authorization Sources and External Context Servers into Enforcement
  • Integration of Endpoint Profiling into Enforcement

 

Module 4: Onboard Deployments and BYOD (12%)

  • Onboard Portal Configuration, including the Network Settings
  • Certificate Authority Configuration
  • Authentication Methods and OCSP to insure proper Certificate revocation
  • BYOD Certificate Management

 

Module 5: OnGuard and Endpoint Profile (12%)

  • Design and Configuration of Posture Policies
  • Quarantine and remediation based on Posture Token and the status of the agent.
  • Configuration and enforcement of webauth service for posture
  • Integration of Posture results in secure service Enforcement

 

Module 6: Administrative Access (4%)

  • Customized Operator Profiles for ClearPass Guest
  • Customized Admin Privileges for the Policy Manager
  • ClearPass Admin Login service processing and profile mapping
  • TACACS authentication from Network Access Devices

 

Module 7: Reporting (4%)

  • Scheduled Insight reports
  • Manually Run Insght repoprts
  • Alerts

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 ClearPass Expert Exam ID HPE6-A81

The Aruba Certified ClearPass Expert (ACCX) certification validates that the candidate is able to design, configure, and troubleshoot various ClearPass products commonly used in large scale customer deployments. This included ClearPass policy manager, Guest, Profiling, Onboarding, Onguard, Posture, Clustering, Redundancy, and external server integration.

Duration: 2 hours

Number of questions: 60 questions

Passing score: Passing score 65%

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

Before attending this accelerated course:

  • You must pass the Aruba Certified ClearPass Expert (ACCX) written exam prior to registering for the ACCX practical exam.

Are you ready to get certified in record time?

We interview all applicants for the course on their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and general suitability. If you get through this screening process, it means you stand a great chance of passing.

Firebrand Training is an immersive training environment. You must be committed to the course. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.

If you have any doubts as to whether you meet the pre-requisites please call 09 - 31 587 431 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants, who can help you with a training plan.

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