Aruba ClearPass Essentials Training (CPE)

Commitment 5 Days, 7-8 hours a day.
Language English
User Ratings Average User Rating 4.8 See what learners said
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Delivery Options Instructor-Led Onsite, Online, and Classroom Live

COURSE OVERVIEW

This Instructor Led Aruba ClearPass Essentials Training (CPE) course prepares participants with foundational skills in Network Access Control using the ClearPass product portfolio. This 5-day Aruba ClearPass Essentials (CPE) classroom session includes both modules and labs to teach participants about the major features of the ClearPass portfolio. Participants will learn how to set up ClearPass as a AAA server, and configure the Policy Manager, Guest, OnGuard, and OnBoard feature sets. In addition, this course covers integration with external Active Directory servers, Monitoring, and Reporting, as well as deployment best practices.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

After you successfully complete this Aruba ClearPass Essentials Training (CPE) course, expect to be able to:

  • Ability to setup ClearPass as a AAA server
  • Demonstrate Configuration Guest, Ongurad, Onboard, and Profiling features
  • Integrate with External AD Server
  • Understand Monitoring and Reporting
  • Demonstrate Scaling and deployment of best practices
CUSTOMIZE IT
  • We can adapt this Aruba ClearPass Essentials Training (CPE) course to your group’s background and work requirements at little to no added cost.
  • If you are familiar with some aspects of this Aruba ClearPass Essentials (CPE) course, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
  • We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the Aruba ClearPass Essentials (CPE) course around the mix of technologies of interest to you (including technologies other than those included in this outline).
  • If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policy-maker), and present the Aruba ClearPass Essentials (CPE) course in a manner understandable to lay audiences.
AUDIENCE/TARGET GROUP

The target audience for this Aruba ClearPass Essentials (CPE) course:

  • Ideal candidates include network professionals who are looking to build their foundational knowledge of the ClearPass product portfolio.
CLASS PREREQUISITES

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this Aruba ClearPass Essentials (CPE) course are:

  • Understanding of computer hardware and operating systems
  • Basic knowledge of SCADA systems

COURSE SYLLABUS

INTRO TO CLEARPASS
  • BYOD
  • High-Level Overview
  • Posture and Profiling
  • Guest and Onboard
CLEARPASS FOR AAA
  • Policy Service Rules
  • Authentication Authorization and Roles
  • Enforcement Policy and Profiles
AUTHENTICATION AND SECURITY CONCEPTS
  • Authentication Types
  • Servers
  • Radius COA
  • Active Directory
  • Certificates
Aruba ClearPass Essentials Training (CPE) – INTRO TO NAD
  • NAD Devices
  • Adding NAD to ClearPass
  • Network Device Groups
  • Network Device Attributes
  • Aruba Controller as NAD
  • Aruba Switch
  • Aruba Instant
MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING
  • Monitoring
  • Troubleshooting
  • Logging
  • Policy Simulation
CLEARPASS INSIGHT
  • Insight Dashboard
  • Insight Reports
  • Insight Alerts
  • Insight Search
  • Insight Administration
  • Insight Replication
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
  • Adding AD as Auth Source
  • Joining AD domain
  • Using AD services
EXTERNAL AUTHENTICATION
  • Multiple AD domains
  • LDAP
  • Static Host Lists
  • SQL Database
  • External Radius Server
Aruba ClearPass Essentials Training (CPE) – GUEST
  • Guest Account Creation
  • Web Login pages
  • Guest Service configuration
  • Self-registration pages
  • Configuring NADS for Guest
  • Guest Manager Deep Dive
  • Web Login Deep Dive
  • Sponsor Approval
  • MAC Caching
ONBOARD
  • Intro to Onboard
  • Basic Onboard Setup
  • Onboard Deep-dive
  • Single SSID Onboarding
  • Dual SSID Onboarding
PROFILING
  • Intro to Profiling
  • Endpoint Analysis Deep Dive
POSTURE
  • Intro to Posture
  • Posture Deployment Options
  • OnGuard Agent Health Collection
  • OnGuard workflow
  • 802.1x with Posture using Persistent/dissolvable agent
  • OnGuard Web Login
  • Monitoring and Updates
OPERATION AND ADMIN USERS
  • Operations
  • Admin Users
CLUSTERING AND REDUNDANCY
  • Clustering
  • Redundancy
  • LAB
Aruba ClearPass Essentials Training (CPE) – LICENSING
  • ClearPass Licensing
  • Base License
  • Applications
SINGLE SIGN-ON
  • Deployment Options
  • ClearPass Admin Login SSO
  • Access Network SSO
  • ASO-Auto-Sign On
  • Configuration and Demo
CLEARPASS EXCHANGE
  • Intro
  • Examples
  • General HTTP Palo Alto Firewall
  • Configuration
CASE STUDY
  • Objectives
  • Discussion
  • Advanced Labs Overview
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