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Aruba Advanced OS-CX Switching & Troubleshooting Solutions, Rev. 20.41
This course is structured to help the candidate gain this highest level of expertise, with Aruba wired switching solutions, including the ability to implement and optimize enterprise level Aruba...
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$3,200 USD
GSA
$2,901.76
Course Code
Aruba-AOCSTS-20-41
Duration
5 days
Available Formats
Classroom, Virtual
This course is structured to help the candidate gain this highest level of expertise, with Aruba wired switching solutions, including the ability to implement and optimize enterprise level Aruba Switching campus LAN solutions. The course focuses on interpreting complex network architectures and customer requirements to implement, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize multi-vendor network solutions. This course is approximately 30% lecture and 70% hands-on lab scenario-based exercises. The candidate is encouraged to use critical thinking skills to resolve complex issues in the environments that are beyond the expertise of the professional level integrator. During the performance of his/her primary tasks, the candidate is encouraged to also demonstrate the highest level of strategic thinking and problem solving. This will include defining operational plans for desired outcomes for the purpose of satisfying immediate requirements as well as anticipated future growth opportunities.
Skills Gained
After you successfully complete this course, expect to be able to:
- Describe diagnostic principles
- Use a proven problem-solving methodology
- Describe REST API, NAE, IP SLA, SNMPv3 and NetEdit troubleshooting tools
- Configure, validate and troubleshoot Network Virtualization features
- Configure and validate PBR
- Deploy and troubleshoot multi-area OSPF
- Deploy and troubleshoot BGP
- Deploy and troubleshoot Route Redistribution
- Deploy and troubleshoot VRF and Route Leaking
- Deploy and troubleshoot Multicast
- Deploy and troubleshoot QoS
- Deploy and troubleshoot Dynamic Segmentation
- Deploy and troubleshoot Network Security
- Deploy and troubleshoot IPv6
Who Can Benefit
The ideal candidate for this course is very familiar with Aruba wired switching solutions, including the ability to implement and optimize enterprise level Aruba Switching campus LAN solutions. Typical candidates in the ASTS course are preparing for the ACSX written and/or ACSX practical exams.
Prerequisites
The suggested prerequisites for this course are to attend the Implementing ArubaOS-CX Solutions course or pass the Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) certification exam.
Course Details
Plan The Wired Network Solutions
- Gather customer requirements and network design
- Information gathering steps and questionnaire
- Create and use a Proof-of-Concept (POC) plan
- Creating and using a golden configuration
Troubleshooting
Diagnostic Principles
- Troubleshooting Principles
- Troubleshooting Zones
- Troubleshooting Components
Problem-solving methodology
- Identification and Analysis
- Hypothesis and Validation
- Implement and Verify
Log files and debugging
- Assess and set desired debugging states
- Remote logging and log rotation
- Event and Account logging
- Password reset
Diagnostic Commands
- Resource utilization
- Capacities and Environment
- Diagnostic tools and diag on-demand
- Support Files
Traffic Analysis
- Mirroring concepts and configuration
- Mirroring validation
- Wireshark setup and usage
- Wireshark display filters
Monitoring and Automation Tools
REST API
- Network Automation and REST API
- REST methods
- Using the REST interface
Sending REST API Requests
- Swagger resource reference and interface
- cURL CLI tool and library
- Postman
Network Analytic Engine
- Overview
- Scripts and agents
- Script types and sources
- NAE maximums
- Script components
- Agent functions
- Troubleshooting
Other Monitoring
- IP SLA use and configuration
- SNMPv3 use and configuration
- NetEdit topology and logs
VSX, VSF, and Layer 2 Technologies
VSF
- Overview
- Stack requirements
- Member roles and links
- Link failure and split detection
- Split stack link and member failures
VSF Troubleshooting
- Status and members
- Links and topology
- Removing a VSF member
VSX
- Overview
- Components
- Aggregation: Single routing model
- Aggegation: Multiplle VRF routing
- Virtual and System MAC guidance
VSX Best Practices
- Nodes, bandwidth, and ISL
- Roles and synchronization
- Configuration sync
- LAG and MSTP configuration
- SVI configuration
VSX Troubleshooting
- Status and LAG interfaces
- Configuration and VSX sync
- Debugging
- Configuration consistency
- Link/interface status
- MAC/peer consistency
- LACP interfaces
- Configuration parser
VSX Split Brain
- Analyze down conditions and results
- Analyze failure scenarios
Layer 3 Routing and OSPF
Static Routing
- Overview
- Default route
- Floating static routes
- Static Routes with BFD
- Routes with Tags
Policy Based Routing
- Overview
- Configuration
- Validation
- VRF
OSPF Single Area
- Review
- Adjacencies
- Route table vs. diagram
- Neighbor table vs. diagram
- LSDB vs diagram
- LSDB vs network types
OSPF Multi-area
- OSPF review
- LSA types and usage
- ABRs
- Route aggregation and filtering
- Interface costs
- Passive interfaces
- Authentication
- BFD
- Best practice and troubleshooting review
BGP
BGP Concepts and Peers
- Use case and features
- Configure BGP peers
- Sessions and states
- eBGP multihop
- iBGP full-mesh
- Validate BGP peers
BGP Advertisement
- Three key points about BGP advertisements
- iBGP and next-hop-self
- BGP reachability requirement
- The network command
- Aggregate-address command
BGP Metrics and Tuning
- Path selection criteria
- Prefix lists and route maps
- Weight
- Local Preference
- AS path length
- MED
Route Control
- Reasons to control eBGP routes
- Route control implementation
- Route control validation
- Inbound route control
- Peer groups
- Route reflectors
Route Redistribution
Intro to Redistribution
- Overview
- Redistribute static to OSPF
- Static to OSPF configuration and validation
- OSPF Type 1 vs Type 2 routes
- Using and tuning the default metric
- Compare tuning techniques
- Prefix list tuning and validation
Redistribute OSPF to BGP
- Scenario
- Configuration
- Network statements and route maps
Advanced Route Redistribution
- Scenario
- AS-path list
- Improve BGP convergence times
- Route tags
VRF and Route Leaking
VRF Overview and Configuration
- Overview
- Configuration
- Verification
VRF Route Leaking
- Methods
- Restrictions and limitations
- Static route leaking configuration and validation
- Dynamic route leaking configuration and validation
Multicast
Multicast
- Introduction
- IP address assignments
Network Access and L2 Multicast
- Switching multicast frames
- MAC address mapping
- IGMP – v1, v2, v3
- IGMPv3 messages – membership report, querier election,
- IGMPv3 Snooping
- IGMPv3 Configuration and verification
- VSX and IGMPv3
IP Multicast at Layer 3
- Overview
- Tree types Shared/RP, source/SPF trees
- Group states
- RPF
PIM
- Versions
- Messages
PIM-SIM
- Designated Routers
- Rendezvous Point
- Build-up process
- Wireshark analysis
RP Configuration
- Static RP
- Dynamic RP
- BSR mechanism
- Wireshark analysis
- VSX and PIM
Multicast Deployment
- Overview
- PIM Configuration
- Multicast Troubleshooting
QoS
Quality of Service
- Overview
- Traffic characterization
- Differentiated Services model
- AOS-CX QoS processing
Ingress Stage
- Rate Limiting
- Configuration
- Verification
Prioritization Stage
- Classifier and Class of service
- Marking and Trust
- Configuration and Verification
- Queuing Stage
- Configuration and verification
