ProCurve Core Competencies v8.41 prepares participants for ASE (Accredited Systems Engineer) certification within the HP Certified Professional program. The exam number is HP0-Y21

For more information, contact your HP representative or visit the ProCurve technical certifications page. The test is offered at Prometric testing centers. For registration instructions, consult your local ProCurve representative or visit the Prometric HP training site.

For specific details on module content, view the complete datasheet.

• Module 1: Introduction to Switch Management
• Module 2: Configuring VLANs
• Module 3: Introduction to ProCurve Manager and ProCurve Manager Plus
• Module 4: Increasing Capacity and Improving Availability
• Module 5: Introduction to Wide Area Networks
• Module 6: Introduction to Dynamic Routing
• Module 7: Enabling Convergence
• Module 8: Introduction to Wireless Access
• Module 9: Basic Network Troubleshooting
• Module 10: Network Design and Deployment

For network engineers with a solid foundation with Ethernet networking including bridging and spanning tree, IP and Multicast routing, VLANs, ACLs, and Convergence including QoS, and prioritization, WAN technologies, LAN and WAN security, network management, RADIUS including configuration of Server 20003 IAS, AD, IIS, DHCP, DNS, and Certificate Services

• 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 ProCurve WAN routers to allow previously separate LAN networks to communicate using both static and dynamic routing protocols
• 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 Networking devices

After completing ProCurve Core Competencies v8.41, students will be able to:

• Describe the characteristics of the privilege levels available in the CLI and how to navigate between them
• Perform initial configuration steps on a ProCurve switch
• Upgrade the software on a ProCurve switch
• Configure, view and save multiple configurations on a ProCurve switch
• Enable time services and syslog on a ProCurve switch
• Observe and interpret interface statistics and configure friendly port names
• Configure Port-based and Protocol-based VLANs on a ProCurve switch
• Install and complete the initial configuration of ProCurve Manager Plus
• Enable secure switch management using SNMPv3, SSH, and SSL
• Enable ProCurve switch security features such as DHCP Snooping and ARP Protection
• Use the ProCurve Instrumentation Monitor
• Enable and configure Connection Rate Filtering and a Connection Rate Filter ACL
• Configure ProCurve switches for link aggregation to improve availability and increase bandwidth
• Configure RADIUS Authentication for switch management
• Enable and configure Multi-instance Spanning Tree on ProCurve switches
• Configure Default Gateway redundancy using Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Configure and monitor OSPF on ProVision ASIC switches
• Design an OSPF routing solution to meet enterprise needs
• Redistribute, summarize, and modify the metrics for external (non-OSPF) route information with the goal of administratively defining the most efficient paths to remote networks
• Compare and contrast the characteristics of and requirements for data traffic and real-time traffic
• Describe layer 2 and Layer 3 priorization standards and their appropriate implementations in contemporary enterprise networks
• Describe the LLDP-MED standard and its relevance to QoS for VoIP and other applications
• Given a set of customer requirements, design, deploy, and configure a QoS solution using ProVision ASIC switches
• Design, configure, and monitor a multicast solution using ProCurve ProVision ASIC switches
• Define and implement 802.1X user authentication, Web authentication, and MAC authentication
• Describe and implement ProCurve IDM to provide per-user access control
• Define and implement a unified wired solution including provisions for guest access