This course prepares participants with foundational skills in Network Access Control using the ClearPass product portfolio. This course includes both instructional modules and labs to teach participants about the major features of the ClearPass portfolio. Participants will learn how to set up ClearPass as an 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. The student will gain insight into configuring authentication with ClearPass on both wired and wireless networks.
PLEASE NOTE: It may take 2-3 business days for your course access to be activated. You will receive an email from us with all necessary details.
Please also note that we need your HPE Learner ID for your booking. We will request this from you after your booking.
Who should attend
- Network Security Experts
- Individuals who implement network access control solutions.
- Network managers with Aruba access device experience (wired & wireless).
- Network administrators who already own a ClearPass solution and are looking to deploy advanced features.
Course Prerequisites
- Any current Aruba ClearPass certification.
- Aruba ClearPass Configuration course
What you will learn
After you successfully complete this course, expect to be able to:
- Design a ClearPass cluster
- Design a High availability solution with Virtual IP address following the best practices
- Describe Public Key Infrastructure and certificate format types
- Plan the certificates used by ClearPass
- Explain how Enrollment over Secure Transport can automate the certificate generation process
- Leverage RADIUS services to handle corporate wireless connections
- Deploy WEBAUTH services to handle health checks
- Describe the proposed RADIUS services that handles guest wireless connections
- Explain general guest considerations
- Design guest RADIUS services
- Describe the proposed Onboard services
- Describe the MPSK feature
- Leverage these features in your deployment
- Plan a successful wired access deployment
- Provide administrative access control to ClearPass modules and NADs
- Generate custom reports and alerts
What’s included
Students will have ongoing access to the course modules via their profile on the Aruba registration site (no end date). However, students will receive 180 days only to complete the applicable lab portion of the course.