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HPE Aruba ClearPass HPE6-A88 certification preparation
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HPE Aruba ClearPass HPE6-A88 certification preparation

HPE Networking ClearPass Exam Prep Exam HPE6-A88
Created byNafith Salama
Last updated 9/2025
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What you'll learn

  • Implement Aruba ClearPass Network Access (NAC) Solution
  • Design and implement effective services and enforcement in ClearPass
  • Effectively troubleshoot a ClearPass solution
  • Identify Network Access Control and Security Features
  • Identify ClearPass Modules and System Components
  • Define Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and how they work
  • Identify Service Configuration and Selection in HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass
  • Define Guest Access Management and Captive Portal
  • Identify Dynamic User Roles and Segmentation
  • Define Onboard Provisioning and Posture Attribute Enforcement
  • Define ClearPass Server Management and Administration
  • Prepare for HPE ClearPass Exam HPE6-A88

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Course content

1 section • 29 lectures • 6h 27m total length

  • Introduction to ClearPass1:34

    Introduction to the content of the entire course

  • ClearPass NAC Solution5:21

    Discover how ClearPass NAC delivers complete network access control by integrating RADIUS, identity providers, and policy enforcement to authenticate devices, apply access policies, and provide monitoring and reports.

  • What is AAA ?8:39
  • Lab 113:39

    In this lab we will perform the following tasks

    •Explore the ClearPass Interface

    •View Public Signed HTTPS certificate on ClearPass

    •Enable Insight

    •Join ClearPass to Active Directory Domain

    •Add Active Directory as authentication source

    •Test your Active Directory Authentication Source

  • Roles and Enforcement Overview0:26

    In this lecture we will discuss roles and enforcement concepts in ClearPass.

    That includes Role mapping and what/how actions can be managed in ClearPass

  • Roles and Role Mapping Policy6:46

    Learn to use roles or tags with enforcement policy and enforcement profiles. Map roles via road mapping policy to device context and conditions for automatic enforcement actions.

  • Enforcement Profile(s) and Enforcement Policy(s)2:32

    Explain how enforcement profiles define actions and how enforcement policies apply them through rules, including first-match or all-matches logic and device-specific attributes like Aruba user role or smartphone role.

  • Lab 2 Enforcement Profiles and Enforcement Policies17:17

    This lab shows you the following

    • Add roles, and add users in local user DB

    • Create ClearPass Roles

    • Build Role Mapping Rules

    • Configure Enforcement Profiles

    • Configure Enforcement Policies

  • ClearPass 802.1X Authentication Services14:33

    Learn how 802.1x authentication works in clearpass by creating services from scratch, templates, or wizard, covering supplicants, radius, EAP methods, certificates, and enforcement policy.

  • Lab 3 ClearPass Services13:55

    Configure and test a wireless service with ClearPass and Aruba Central, including tunnel mode, dynamic authorization, radius authentication, CoA, local and Active Directory identities, and device profiling.

  • ClearPass endpoint profiling11:13

    Profile devices with ClearPass endpoint profiling to fingerprint endpoints, collect data, and enforce policy. Use dictionaries and collectors like DHCP and HTTP user agent to prevent spoofing and improve visibility.

  • Lab 4 Endpoint Profiling11:10

    In this lab we will cover the following

    • View Current Endpoint

    • Examine Endpoint Profile Data

    • Create New Update Fingerprint Rule

  • ClearPass Guest Solution - Part 112:23

    Explore how ClearPass enforces a captive portal for guests, detailing the guest service, web login, self-registration, and pre-authentication checks, plus certificate trust and NAT device configurations.

  • ClearPass Guest Solution - Part 211:13

    learn how to configure ClearPass guest services using the wizard, customize guest portals with skins, enable Mac caching, and implement captive portal with Aruba Central for guest access.

  • Lab 5 ClearPass Guest19:21
  • ClearPass Wired Authentication7:18

    Explore wired access security with ClearPass, implementing 802.1x authentication, port profiling, and radius-based actions such as dynamic VLANs and ACLs, plus SNMP integration with switches.

  • ClearPass Wired Authentication Part 29:37

    Learn how ClearPass pushes local or downloadable user roles to Aruba switches to enable centralized tunneling, VLAN assignments, and per-port tunnels to mobility controllers with redundancy.

  • Lab 6 Wired Authentication23:15

    Configure wired authentication using 802.1x on the switch and connect to ClearPass policy manager. Define VLANs 11, 10, and 12 based on engineer attributes and local users.

  • ClearPass Onguard16:59

    Discover how ClearPass OnGuard uses posture policies and endpoint health checks to generate tokens from agents (persistent, native, dissolvable) and enforce access through 802.1x, with quarantine or full access outcomes.

  • Lab 7 ClearPass OnGuard39:35

    Learn to configure ClearPass OnGuard posture policies, token generation, and enforcement profiles, then deploy a health check service and agent to categorize devices as healthy or unhealthy and enforce redirects.

  • ClearPass Onboard15:01

    Learn how to onboard BYOD using ClearPass Onboard, configure certificate authority, PKI, and EAP-TLS for certificate-based access, and manage network settings, configuration profiles, provisioning, and OCSP checks.

  • Lab 8 ClearPass Onboard19:17

    Configure clearpass onboard lab 8 to enable BYOD with lab CA root, configure network, provisioning, and onboard service; test by authenticating via EAP-TLS and redirect to the login page.

  • Admin Operation and TACACS+ Authentication Part 111:55

    Explore admin access control, licensing models, and certificate management in ClearPass, including on guard and on board licenses, PKI with root/intermediate/issuing CAs, and certificate signing workflows.

  • Admin Operation and TACACS+ Authentication Part 211:25

    Centralize admin authentication with TACACS+ and Clearpass for NAT devices, access points, and controllers via Active Directory, while using enforcement policies and translation rules for privileged access.

  • Lab 9 ClearPass TACACS" Admin Access18:58

    In lab 9, explore Clearpass TACACS+ admin access by connecting Clearpass to Active Directory, creating admin role mappings and privileges, and enforcing access through Policy Manager and monitoring tools.

  • ClearPass Insight7:24
  • Lab 10 ClearPass Insight20:18

    Enable ClearPass insight in the admin section, explore the inside dashboard, and create customized reports and watch list alerts for authentication events.

  • Lab 11 ClearPass Troubleshooting20:23

    Master ClearPass troubleshooting by using Access Tracker, System Monitor, Audit Viewer, and Event Viewer to analyze authentication failures, log details, and policy evaluations with configurable filters.

  • Lab 12 ClearPass Clustering and Redundancy15:39

    Learn to form a ClearPass cluster with a publisher and subscriber, configure a virtual IP, and implement redundancy, load sharing, and failover through service replication.

Requirements

  • Network components, models
  • Basic AAA, 802.1X, roles, rules
  • Basic WiFi concepts, WLANs
  • Access Switch Configuration, Aruba Instant AP, Mobility Controller

Description

This course is about HPE Aruba ClearPass NAC solution and prepares candidates to pass HPE6-A88 ClearPass Exam

It is meant for those who are interested in learning about NAC and specifically how Aruba ClearPass is configured to perform its tasks

Exam preparation should not only be based on this training but it does give a good helping hand to pass the exam

This course is a combination of lectures to explain the concept and labs to demo the details of the configuration


Those who needs to know more about the exam visit HPE Networking ClearPass Exam | Certification and Learning to help them further understand more details about the exam

in summary this course covers

  • AAA Authentication, Authorization and accounting

  • Roles and Enforcements

  • Integrating ClearPass with mail gateway

  • ClearPass Wireless Service Components and how to configure them

  • using templates and wizards

  • Endpoint profiling

  • ClearPass Guest solutions including sponsor and guest self-registration

  • Wired Authentication

  • ClearPass OnGuard for compliance

  • ClearPass OnGuard agent types

  • ClearPass Onboard which is BYOD

  • The concept of the digital certificate and its components

  • How to create a Certificate Authority and use Onboard to push certificate to the client machine

  • ClearPass Admin Access and TACACS+

  • ClearPass Insight reporting

  • Using ClearPass to troubleshoot client authentication issues

  • ClearPass redundancy and failover

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for IT networking professionals who would like to have a solid understanding about HPE Aruba ClearPass

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