Aruba OS CX Switching Fundamentals Training (CXSF)

Commitment 5 Days, 7-8 hours a day.
Language English
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Delivery Options Instructor-Led Onsite, Online, and Classroom Live

COURSE OVERVIEW

This Aruba OS CX Switching Fundamentals Training (CXSF) course prepares you for the updated AOS-CX switching-based ACA – Switching certification exam (HPE6-A86). Attending this course will teach you the fundamental skills to configure and manage modern, open standard-based networking solutions using HPE Aruba Networking’s AOS-CX routing and switching technologies. This 5-day Aruba OS CX Switching Fundamentals Training (CXSF) course consists of approximately 60% lecture and 40% hands-on lab exercises to help you understand how to implement and validate small to medium enterprise network solutions. In this course, you will learn AOS-CX switch technologies such as:

  • Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
  • Redundancy technologies such as Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
  • Link aggregation techniques, including Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
  • Switch virtualization with HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Framework (VSF).

You also learn about IP Routing, including static and dynamic routing with Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).

WHAT'S INCLUDED?
  • 5 Days of Aruba OS CX Switching Fundamentals Training (CXSF) with an Authorized Aruba Instructor
  • Aruba OS CX Switching Fundamentals (CXSF) Courseware
  • 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

COURSE DESCRIPTION
COURSE OBJECTIVES

After you successfully complete this Aruba OS CX Switching Fundamentals Training (CXSF) course, expect to be able to:

  • Identify the best HPE Aruba Networking switching portfolio products for various network types and sizes
  • Install devices running the HPE Aruba networking AOS-CX network operating system
  • Configure network segmentation using Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs)
  • Demonstrate creating network efficiency with stacking, virtualization, and routing such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
  • Deploy secure management and maintenance methodologies

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CUSTOMIZE IT
CUSTOMIZE IT
  • We can adapt this Aruba OS CX Switching Fundamentals Training (CXSF) 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 OS CX Switching Fundamentals (CXSF) course, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
  • We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the Aruba OS CX Switching Fundamentals (CXSF) 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 OS CX Switching Fundamentals (CXSF) course in a manner understandable to lay audiences.
AUDIENCE/TARGET GROUP
AUDIENCE/TARGET GROUP

The target audience for this Aruba OS CX Switching Fundamentals (CXSF) course:

  • The ideal candidate is someone starting a career as a networking IT professional. They have six months of experience in the field. Supporting or operating limited-scope wired network used in SMB, edge, and simple core environments. They are the junior member of the IT Operations team.
CLASS PREREQUISITES
CLASS PREREQUISITES

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this Aruba OS CX Switching Fundamentals (CXSF) course are:

  • It is highly recommended that candidates already have basic knowledge of networking (knowing the OSI model, IP addressing, basic routing, etc.). The Aruba Certified Network Technician (ACNT) course and certification is the perfect primer for this course. The ACNT certification validates that you understand the different aspects of campus access both wireless and wired methodologies.

COURSE SYLLABUS

AOS-CX Switching Portfolio
  • Network designs
  • Switching Portfolio
Switching Fundamentals
  • Switching contexts
  • Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • Basic configuration
VLANs
  • Domains – Collision and broadcast
  • LANs and VLANs
  • 802.1Q
  • Forwarding Tables
Spanning Tree
  • Purpose
  • Redundant networks
  • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
  • Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
  • Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
Link Aggregation
  • Overview and interface requirements
  • Static and dynamic LAGs
  • Load sharing
Switch Stacking and Extension
  • Operational planes
  • Virtual Switching Framework (VSF)
Layer 3 Routing
  • Intro to routing
  • IP routes and default gateways
  • Inter-VLAN routing
  • Packet delivery
IP Routing Fundamentals
  • Principles of routing
  • Routing tables
  • Routing protocols
Dynamic IP Routing
  • Intro to OSPFv2
  • Neighbor relationships
  • OSPF network types
Quality of Service
  • Intro to Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Packet classification and marking
  • Queuing
  • Rate Limiting
Network Security Fundamentals
  • Security fundamentals
  • Port access
  • Captive Portal
Secure Management and Maintenance
  • Secure management
  • Maintenance
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