Network engineers with 2-3 years of experience that need to design, manage and troubleshoot data center networks.
Suggested prerequisites
Aruba highly recommends learners have a networking knowledge equivalent to the Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) certification. Additionally, knowledge of VXLAN and MP-BGP technologies and configuration are recommended.
Aruba Fabric Composer Introduction
Data Center Network introduction
Data Center design
Aruba Fabric Composer (AFC) fabrics
AFC integration with multiple platforms
Installing Aruba Fabric Composer
Install options
Hardware requirements
AFC install using OVA
AFC install using ISO
Licenses
Operation and Administration
Graphical user interface
User creation
LDAP integration
Logs and troubleshooting
Switch Management
Discovery
Configuration
Management
Monitoring
Upgrades
AOS-CX Virtualization and Stacking
Virtualization technologies
VSX
VSF
Leaf-Spine Introduction
L2 Leaf-Spine
L3 Leaf-Spine
EVPN
Underlay and overlay concepts
Configure a data fabric with EVPN overlay
Integration with HPE Aruba
Integrating AFC with HPE products
Key advantages of watch integration
VMware Integration
Integration with VMware products and solutions
AFC integration benefits to VMware vSphere, SDDC and NSX-T
Nutanix Prism Integration
Integrate AFC and Nutanix Prism and its benefits
Rest API
Rest API operations and methods
AFC API Explorer
External resources for AFC automation
After you successfully complete this course, expect to be able to:
Describe Aruba Fabric Composer features and functions
Install, operate and manage Aruba Fabric Composer
Manage Switches with Aruba Fabric Composer
Create AOS-CX VSX pairs and VSF stacks
Create a layer 2 data center fabric
Create a layer 3 / leaf-spine fabric with a VXLAN overlay and an EVPN control plane
Integrate with Aruba NetEdit, HPE Servers using ILO Amplifier, and VMware vSphere