Advanced Campus Access for Switching (AACAS)

This course covers the highest level of expertise for HPE Aruba Networking wired and wireless solutions, including the ability to implement and optimize enterprise-level HPE Aruba Networking campus access solutions. Attending this training will enable you to interpret complex network architectures and customer requirements to implement, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize multi-vendor network solutions. The course focuses on switching (80%) and mobility (20%) through approximately 30% of lectures and 70% of hands-on lab scenario-based exercises.

Retail Price: $4,000.00

Next Date: 07/07/2025

Course Days: 5

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Course Content

Troubleshooting overview

Troubleshooting methodologies
Debug commands
Packet capture
IP SLA
NAE

VSX & L2 Technologies

VSX
MC-LAG
VSX-MAD
VSX Advanced features
VSX Troubleshooting

L3 Routing - OSPF

Static routing
OSPF Single-Area
OSPF Multi-Area
OSPF Advanced features
OSPF Troubleshooting

BGP

BGP Concepts
BGP Advertisements
BGP Metrics and tuning
Route Control
BGP Troubleshooting

IP Multicast

IGMP
PIM-SM
PIM-DM (only theory)
Troubleshooting

QoS

Traffic Classification
Marking
Traffic Scheduling
Remarking

Gateway Deployment

ZTP
OTP
Manual Activate
Forwarding modes
- Tunneled mixed
- Local VLANs
- VLAN decision rules for local forwarding

Wired & Wireless Access Control

802.1X review
Describe options for Wired user role configuration
MAC authentication
Dot1x authentication
Concurrent authentication / priority
Special Roles
Special Cases
Troubleshooting

UBT

Wired Authentication with the Gateway
Wired zones (gws)
UBT modes 1.0 / 2.0

Security

Authentication caching / survivability
Securing and hardening network devices
Admin authentication

Building a VXLAN tunnel and use GBP

Introduction
Static VXLAN (no EVPN)
GBP principle
Aruba Role configuration with GBP
Integration with Aruba Gateway
Orchestration with NetConductor

Mini-mock & Trouble Tickets

Who should attend

Typical candidates for this course have 5+ years of experience with complex networks, mastery of configuration, and troubleshooting. They are very familiar with HPE Aruba Networking wired and wireless solutions, including the ability to implement and optimize enterprise-level HPE Aruba Networking campus access solutions.

Certifications

This course is part of the following Certifications:

HPE Aruba Networking Certified Expert - Campus Access Switching

Prerequisites

The suggested prerequisites for this course are to attend the Implementing Campus Access (IACA) course or pass the Aruba Certified Professional - Campus Access (ACP - Campus Access) certification exam.

Outline: Advanced Campus Access for Switching (AACAS)