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CXF-Lab01

Lab 1 focuses on testing connectivity within the HPE Aruba Networking Remote Training Lab, providing students with necessary access information and equipment details. The lab includes tasks for verifying remote lab access and testing connectivity to various devices, including switches and PCs. Students will learn to log in and connect to the remote lab environment to complete practical activities.

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CXF-Lab01

Lab 1 focuses on testing connectivity within the HPE Aruba Networking Remote Training Lab, providing students with necessary access information and equipment details. The lab includes tasks for verifying remote lab access and testing connectivity to various devices, including switches and PCs. Students will learn to log in and connect to the remote lab environment to complete practical activities.

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Lab 1: Testing lab connectivity

Lab 1: Testing lab connectivity


The HPE Aruba Networking Remote Training Lab provides you with the equipment you need for com-
pleting several lab activities. You should know the purpose of and access procedures to this equipment.
Objectives
After completing this lab, you will have all the information needed to support the hands-on labs in this
course.
Lab information
Your class has been assigned a pod and table numbers.
Your instructor will give you the information to access the specific remote lab. All students will have dif-
ferent logins. You will write down the information on your access to the remote lab in this section.
n Record your username and password login to the remote lab:
l Username: ___________
l Password: ___________
n Record your table number:
l Pod: ____________
l Table: ________________
Lab topology
The following lab topology will be used for your practical activities:

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Lab equipment
The equipment needed to perform the labs successfully is as follows:
n PC1: This client is used for traffic analysis, connectivity testing, accessing the Web UI of your
switches, and accessing the CLI over the SSH of core switches and routers.
n PC3: This client is used for connectivity testing.
n PC4: This client is used for connectivity testing.
n Access-1 switch: This is a CX 6300 Series switch, one of your access switches.
n Access-2 switch: This is a CX 6300 Series switch, one of your access switches.
n Core-1 switch: This is a CX 8325 Series switch, one of your core switches.
n Core-2 switch: This is a CX 8325 Series switch, one of your core switches.
n OOBM switch: You have NO access to this switch.
n Router A: This is a router between the campus and internet.
n Router B: This is a router providing redundant and secondary access to the internet.
n Data center switch: This is a shared resource, and you will access it over an SSH session.

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n Windows server: You have NO access to this server, but you will access its webpage and down-
load files running TFTP from PC1.
n HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass (CPPM): You have NO access to this sever, but you will use it
as an AAA server for your switches.

Task 1-1: Aruba Training Lab access


Objectives
In this task, you will verify your connectivity to the remote lab and ensure successful login, confirming
access to your remote lab equipment.
Steps
1. On your local computer, launch a web browser and enter the Aruba Training Lab web portal at
the URL: https://arubatraininglab.computerdata.com.
2. Enter your username and password (if you do not have one, ask your instructor for the cre-
dentials), and click the Sign in button.

Lab 1: Testing lab connectivity


3. Once logged in, you will be placed in the Remote Lab dashboard.

Task 1-1: Aruba Training Lab access 3


Task 1-2: Testing connectivity
Objectives
Test the connectivity and authentication credentials for each device. Working from the Aruba Training
Lab diagram, you will connect to and log into the access switches and your client PCs.
You will start learning to connect to the switch console using the Remote Lab dashboard.
Steps
1. At the remote lab topology, right-click the Access-1 switch icon and select Open Console.

2. A new browser tab should open with a blank, black screen.


3. Press Enter a couple of times, and you will see a user prompt.
4. Log in using admin and <no password – just press Enter>.
6300 login: admin
Password:
Last login: 2024-03-26 18:33:04 from the console
User "admin" has logged in 4 times in the past 30 days
6300#

5. Repeat steps 2 to 5 and connect to Access-2, Core-1, and Core-2.

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TIP: You can keep each device connection in a separate browser tab and switch
between them instead of visiting the topology each time you want to open a new con-
nection.

Connecting to remote VMs


You will now learn to connect to the remote desktops.

Lab 1: Testing lab connectivity


6. Right-click the PC1 desktop icon and select Open desktop.

A new browser tab will open with the remote desktop.

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It may take a few minutes for the PC desktop to come up. Also, if your Aruba Training
Lab has been idle for a while after you log in, you may need to log out of the lab inter-
face and log back in and then relaunch the desktop.

7. Repeat step 7 to connect to PC3 and PC4.

If you cannot connect to one of those devices, let your instructor know or open a Lab
support ticket.

You have completed Lab 1!

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