ProCurve Training, Americas

This course is designed to prepare systems engineers to install configure, and troubleshoot ProCurve switching routing and mobility products.

"The instructor provided excellent knowledge, patience and understanding towards the class. Extremely well versed and made it easier to comprehend. The equipment used satisfied the demands of the course. Overall, this course provided me with a better understanding in regards to networks than did the Cisco CCNA course I previously attended.
---- Recent AEF student, Harrisburg, PA

• 4-day , instructor-led class
• 50% lecture, 50% hands-on labs

• Define basic networking technologies for both local and wide area networking and their use in contemporary networks
• Describe the features and appropriate deployments for the switch families in the ProCurve product line
• Use the Command-Line Interface (CLI) to configure and monitor ProCurve switches, routers and access points
• Perform initial configuration tasks for ProCurve switches, routers and access points including the assignment of IP addresses
• Configure and monitor VLANs on ProCurve switches
• Enable high-availability and high-capacity features such as Spanning Tree and link aggregation on ProCurve switches
• Configure a ProCurve Access Point for wireless client connectivity
• Enable traffic prioritization features on ProCurve switches
• Use ProCurve Manager (PCM) and ProCurve Manager Plus (PCM+) to manage a ProCurve network
• Design a network based on ProCurve devices
• Troubleshoot ProCurve devices

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Cost

Prerequisite

15768

$500/day US. Cost may vary by region.

ProCurve Networking by HP Primer

Topics

• Module 1: Introduction to Switch Management demonstrates initial configuration procedures for ProCurve switches. After performing the associated lab activities, students will be able to perform basic configuration and monitoring. The second part of this module covers the ProCurve Product Overview which describes the ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Architecture^TM and introduces the ProCurve product line.
• Module 2: Configuring VLANs describes the steps necessary to plan and configure VLANs on ProCurve switches. It includes configuring multiple VLAN per device and their Layer 2 & 3 characteristics. Topics such as directly connect routes and DHCP helper addresses are also addressed.
• Module 3: Introduction to ProCurve Manager (PCM) and ProCurve Manager Plus (PCM+) describes how these tools simplify management of a ProCurve network. Topics include installation, configuration, device discovery and performing network monitoring and maintenance using PCM+.
• Module 4: Increasing Capacity and Improving Availability describes ProCurve support for link aggregation, Rapid Spanning Tree and Multiple Spanning Tree, and HP Switch Meshing.
• Module 5: Introduction to Wide Area Networks provides students with a basic overview of wide area networking technologies including a hands-on lab installing and configuring ProCurve Secure WAN routers. IP static routing is also covered, demonstrating how to interconnect networks using directly connected, static and default routes.
• Module 6: Introduction to Dynamic Routing provides the students with basic understanding of how to dynamically distribute routes across a network using the RIP protocol.
• Module 7: Enabling Convergence discusses technologies implemented by ProCurve Networking network products to enable traffic prioritization for converged data, voice and video networks. A hands-on lab provides students the opportunity to configure these technologies on their classroom network. Other topics in this module include 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) and guaranteed minimum bandwidth settings.
• Module 8: Introduction to Wireless Access describes the ProCurve mobility infrastructure solution including basic access point installation and configuration and access control with the Secure Access 700wl series.
• Module 9: Basic Network Troubleshooting describes basic troubleshooting techniques and tips for ProCurve switches, routers and access points.
• Module 10: Network Design and Deployment provides a high-level overview of the Layer 2 design process and gives students an opportunity to practice a design methodology.
  

After completing this course and its accompanying hands-on activities, students will be able to:

• Describe basic Ethernet technologies and their relationship to technologies used in contemporary enterprise networks
• Describe IP addresses and IP addressing schemes
• Describe how switches and routers interconnect networks in larger topologies
• Describe VLANs and their basic usage in contemporary networks
• Describe how the ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Architecture^TM enables the network to meet an increasing need for bandwidth and functionality
• Specify appropriate solutions for several network connectivity scenarios
• Enable remote management for a ProCurve switch
• Describe the characteristics of the four privilege levels available at the CLI, and how to navigate between them
• Upgrade the firmware on a ProCurve switch
• Describe how VLANs are used in the design of a contemporary IP network
• Configure and implement VLANs
• Describe the features and architecture of ProCurve Manager (PCM) and ProCurve Manager Plus (PCM+)
• Describe teh differences between PCM and PCM+
• Describe how ProCurve switches balance traffic over aggregated links and enable port trunking on ProCurve switches
• List the differences between the IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree, IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree, and IEEE 802.1s Multi-instance Spanning Tree protocols and configure the appropriate versions on ProCurve switches
• Describe how HP Switch Meshing can be used to improve availability while increasing capacity within a Layer 2 switched network and how it functions within routed networks
• Describe basic Wide Area Networking technologies and their relationship to technologies used in the contemporary enterprise networks
• Configure and troubleshoot a T1 or E1 physical connection and its data-link layer PPP protocol
• Identify the standards and technologies used to prioritize IP traffic
• Identify the technologies and implementations of 802.3af Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)
• Describe the standards and technologies used to manage multicasting
• Describe how ProCurve switches support prioritization, PoE, and multicasting
• Describe the ProCurve family of wireless products
• Descrie 802.11a/b/g fundamentals
• Configure, monitor and manage a ProCurve wireless access point
• Describe how the ProCurve Networking Secure Access 700wl series meets the data privacy and authentication requirements of wireless networks
• Describe how custom access policies, profiles and traffic filters meet the needs of specific organizations and users
• List the factors to consider when designing a switched network
• Design an adaptive switched network that supports high performance, high availability, and convergence, based on a set of customer requirements
• Describe a framework for basic network troubleshooting
• Identify tools that can be used to resolve problems with the network
• Interpret the output from the event log and system status displays

The content trained in this course will prepare the participant for the AIS – ProCurve Networking certification within the HP Certified Professional program. As of July 1, 2006 the new exam number is HP0-207. (NOTE: The exam number for the previous version of AEF, v4.11 is HP0-648 and will be available until September, 2006).  For more information on ProCurve Training and Certification go to www.procurvetraining.com/certification.html

The certification test is offered at the Prometric testing centers. Refer to your local person at HP for information on how to register to take a test or go to www.prometric.com