ACEX Outline - Aruba Certified Edge Expert Exam

Detailed Course Outline

Gather and analyze data, and document customer requirements.
Given an outline of a customer's needs for a complex multi-site, multi-vendor environment, determine the information required to create a solution.
20% Evaluate the requirements, and select the wired and wireless networking technologies for the design.
Given a scenario, evaluate the customer requirements for a complex multi-site, multi-vendor environment to identify gaps per a gap analysis and select components based on the analysis results.
Given a scenario, translate the business needs of a complex multi-site, multi-vendor environment into technical customer requirements.

33%

Plan and design an Aruba solution per the customer requirements.
Given a scenario, select the appropriate products based on the customer's technical requirements for a complex multi-site, multi-vendor environment (complex integration).
Given the customer requirements for a complex multi-site multi-vendor environment, design the high-level architecture.
Given a customer scenario, explain how a specific technology or solution would meet the customer's requirements.

30%

Produce a detailed design specification document. (Network design, Visio diagram, RF plan)
Given a customer scenario for a complex multi-site, multi-vendor environment, choose the appropriate components that should be included in the BOM.
Given the customer requirements for a complex multi-site multi-vendor environment, determine the component details and document the high-level design.
Given a customer scenario for a complex multi-site multi-vendor environment, determine and document the detailed network management design.
Given a customer scenario for a complex multi-site, multi-vendor environment, design and document a detailed network security solution.
Given a customer scenario, design and document the branch access solution.
Given a customer scenario of a complex multi-site, multi-vendor environment, design and document the logical and physical network solutions.
Given the customer scenario and service level agreements, document the licensing and maintenance requirements. (Note: These will be line items in BOM [Service packs, subscriptions, uptime scenarios].)

Recommend the solution to the customer.
Given the customer's requirements, explain and justify the recommended solution.

24%

Analyze functional requirements to create a solution design and implementation plan.
Analyze a complex multisite highly available network to determine the physical infrastructure connectivity requirements.
Analyze an entire WLAN infrastructure to determine the licensing requirements.
Analyze an entire WLAN infrastructure to determine the architectural requirements.
Analyze a complex highly available multi-controller environment to determine redundancy requirements.
Analyze a complex highly available multi-controller environment to determine mobility requirements.
Analyze a scenario to determine remote access requirements.
Analyze a scenario to determine AirWave scalability requirements.
Analyze customer requirements to determine the need for QoS.
Analyze customer requirements to determine roles, firewall policies, and rule requirements.
Analyze customer requirements to determine the need for a multizone deployment.

21%

Configure and validate Aruba WLAN solutions.
Configure and validate a WLAN to support voice and video optimization.
Configure a secure WLAN and integrate it with an existing infrastructure.
Validate client connectivity to a secure WLAN.
Configure and validate a complex multisite high availability mobility environment.
Configure a guest WLAN and validate client connectivity.
Configure and validate remote connectivity using RAP or a branch office solution.

20%

17%

18%

Perform advanced troubleshooting.
Troubleshoot controller licensing.
Troubleshoot controller and AP communication in a Mobility Master-Mobility Controller-Virtual Mobility Controller environment.
Troubleshoot client connectivity and network access.
Troubleshoot UCC issues.
Troubleshoot multizone.

20%

Deployment and Cluster
Cluster Layout positioning of Publisher and Subscribers, Use of Policy Manager Zones
High Availability and Redundancy Design, including Virtual IP addressing and Standby Publisher
Licenses
EAP and HTTPS server Certificates
The Roles of Data and Management Port related to AAA traffic and HTTP Guest Traffic
Authentication Sources Including Active Directory

24%

Guest Access Design and Implementation
Guest Account Management
Self-Registration both with and without sponsorship
Implimentation of both Server and Controller Initiated Captive Portal Authentication
Implimenting Guest Access on both wired and wireless infrastructure. Mainly focused on Aruba Networks Access layer devices. Cisco Gear will also be covered on the ACCX exam
Guest Access with MAC caching

24%

Secure Access Design and Implementation
Secure Access Services and Enforcement, Role Mapping
Understand Service Selection Rules
Radius CoA and Dynamic Authorization
Integration of Authorization Sources and External Context Servers into Enforcement
Integration of Endpoint Profiling into Enforcement

12%

12%