Introduction to AOS-10 (IAOS10)

When offices, branches, and field sites are spread across a large country, sending an engineer to every location for each change is slow and costly. Teams need a way to configure, monitor, and upgrade the network centrally while keeping each site secure and reliable.

AOS-10 training in Tanzania introduces engineers to a platform built for that challenge. HPE Aruba Networking AOS-10 runs on access points and gateways managed through HPE Aruba Networking Central. Introduction to AOS-10 (IAOS10) is a two-day course with instruction and labs, covering wireless fundamentals, AOS-10 architecture, access points, user roles and firewall policies, gateways and clustering, tunnel forwarding, microbranch for small remote sites, and cloud services such as live upgrades and central licensing. Teams that also secure wider systems can review our cybersecurity training courses.

Course Structure and Key Details

The programme runs for two days and is offered as instructor-led classroom or online training, with labs supporting its nine modules.

The opening modules cover WLAN fundamentals and RF basics, including bands, channels, 802.11 standards, antennas, radio technologies, transmit power and mobility, then edge networking challenges, HPE Aruba Networking Central, AOS-10 architecture, the product line and supported hardware.

Next, learners configure AOS-10 access points, compare them with Instant APs, and work with AirMatch, ClientMatch, Central groups, AP-only WLANs and monitoring. They build user roles with the firewall, policies and rules, role derivation, identity-based firewall, access control, application rules, aliases, and global and WLAN policies. The gateway module explains when to use gateways, gateway modes, AP and switch connections, tunnel orchestration, gateway-to-gateway tunnels, and cluster configuration and monitoring.

The course finishes with tunnel forwarding mode, including the tunnel orchestrator, tunnel-mode SSIDs and mixed forwarding; microbranch, including configuration and policy-based routing; and cloud services, including changes from AOS-8 to AOS-10, WAN bandwidth requirements, live upgrades, key management and central licensing.

To enrol, learners should understand networking fundamentals, IP addressing, and IP routing. No certification exam is included.

Course Objectives

• Identify the features of AOS-10 and how it is managed.
• Create groups and users to organise multi-site management.
• Configure access points for branch and campus Wi-Fi.
• Configure gateways and choose suitable gateway modes.
• Configure tunnel forwarding modes.
• Deploy microbranch for small remote offices.
• Use cloud services to upgrade and license devices centrally.