Suggested prerequisites:

After you successfully complete this course, expect to be able to:

• Explain the integration Mobility Masters and Mobility controllers
• Describe redundancy giving the user seamless failover
• Setup secure guest access using Multizone
• Explain the uses and advantages of clustering
• Describe user mobility in the wireless spectrum
• Integrate voice over WiFi and give QOS
• Explain how roles are assigned to users wireless or wired
• Learn to setup remote access using RAPs or VIA
• Describe how to create a mesh cluster
• Learn the advantages given to AirGroup when leveraged on an Aruba network
• Integrating wire users into the security given to wireless users
• Learn how to use AirWave to monitor the health of the network
• Learn how to useAirWave to troubleshoot client
• Explain AirWave’s Virsual RF feature as well as alerts and triggers

Introduction

• Review topics from the IAW V8 course
• AP terminology
• GUI Hierarchy
• WLAN forwarding modes
• Explain the features of AOS 8

Mobility Master Redundancy

• Explain VRRP setup
• DB synchronization procedures
• Validating MM DB synchronization

Mobility Master and MC Operations

• Grow the network to multiple controllers
• Review the configuration hierarchy
• MC deployments methods
• Explain advanced license features

Multizone

• Describe Multizone
• Explain Multizone AP functional flow
• Describe the functions of primary and data zones
• Troubleshooting Multizone setup

Introduction to MC clusters

• Reviews advantages of a MC cluster
• The cluster leader election process
• Defines the MC cluster roles
• AP and user mapping into a cluster
• Requirements for hitless cluster failover
• AP and user load balancing within the cluster

Mobility

• Explain standard 802.11 roaming
• Describes single and multi-controller roaming
• Defines the advantages of cluster mobility

Role Derivation

• Review of policies and rules
• Explains role derivation using VSAs
• Description of user rules
• Description of authentication default roles
• Explains how to troubleshoot role derivation

Remote Access

• Review of all remote access methods RAP/ VIA / IAP-VPN / branch controller
• Explains RAP certification and setup methods
• Configuration of RAP WLAN
• Explores the options for RAP redundancy
• Explains how to troubleshoot RAP setup
• VIA configuration, downloading and installation
• Explains how to troubleshoot VIA setup

Voice Optimization

• Review of voice QOS
• Explanation of WMM
• Description of UCC Heuristic and SDN API mode
• Monitoring and troubleshooting voice connections

Mesh

• Explains mesh networks and technology
• Configuration of mesh clusters

Administration

• Explains management accounts and password reset
• Configuration of guest provisioning accounts
• The use of authentication using RADIUS or TACACS
• Describes how to disable console access

Operations

• Explains how to upgrade new images
• Describes AP preloading
• Explains cluster in service upgrade
• Auto roll backs of configuration
• Describes loadable in service modules

AirGroup

• Explains the Aruba AirGroup solution
• Configuration of AirGroup with limitations
• Explores the integration with ClearPass
• Monitoring AirGroup servers and users

Tunneled Node

• Explains port based tunneled node
• Explains user based tunneled node
• Describes the interaction between switches and Mobility controllers
• Explains how to troubleshoot tunnel connections

AirWave Introduction

• Explains the different features of AirWave
• The use of groups and folders
• AirWave features description
• Configuration of device credentials and adding devices

AirWave Network Health

• Explains diagnostic page indications
• Describe network health graphs to identify network issues
• Performance graphs to help in network planning
• The use of clarity to direct administrator to the source of the problem

AirWave Client and Device Troubleshooting

• Explains how to find a client and troubleshoot association issues
• Diagnosing associated client issues
• Investigating client SNR
• Describes AP, network and controller diagnosing
• Explains how to monitor a MC cluster within AirWave

AirWave VisualRF, Reports and Alerts

• Explains the different VirtualRF display options
• Describes the VisualRF application monitoring
• Configuration of triggers to create alerts
• Generation of 22 type of reports as well as custom report