ArubaNetworks - Course and Lab Tips

Welcome to this week's class navigate to https://rubbernecks-arubanetworks.blogspot.com Be sure you have downloaded the course learner guide as per the instructions you received in an email from HPE last week.  Check your email history, spam folder, etc... for the keyword "OnSecure" if you cannot find the email.  You only have 10 days to print this learner guide (PDF or paper) , and one year of access to the online document. Click here for this week's lab access spreadsheet ask me for the password Lab Notes webgate: how to copy and paste while doing the labs in this spreadsheet, you will find the links for: Lab guide (Scenario - Lab 1) Lab guide (full guide, use after you complete Lab 1) Lab worksheet (within, record your answers for most lab questions)      Class Preparation Notes Although there is a remote lab, you may not need to use it for this class, you can set up the required software on your own computer.  You will need: IRIS : as a partner or empl...

Copy/Paste Text from local to remote  Copy/Paste from local to remote  You need to copy the text between local and remote devices as follows: Copy the text from your local machine as usual Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift to get the menu (don't do this on the network diagram, only on telnet / RDP sessions) on macOS, type Co ntrol+Option+Shift Paste the text in the box that shows on the menu (this copies the text to the remote server) Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift to close the menu (or do this after the next step) Right-click on the device to paste in telnet or paste normally in the remote RDP session Copy/Paste from remote to local To copy to your local machine from the remote switch reverse this: Select the text like you would with Putty Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift to get the menu (don't do this on the network diagram, only on telnet / RDP sessions) Copy text from box on menu Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift to close the menu (or do this after the next step) Paste as usual on your local PC Copy/Paste an Archive of ...

How to manipulate shapes out of borders of your PPTX Slides If your like me, you find the out of bounds unnecessary shapes in your PPTX distracting when working with pptx files. here is a script that will: detect how many slide masters you have in a pptx then loop through each layout in each slide master it then detects all shapes, determines if they are groups if the group is out of bounds and is the exact size of the color selector group: it shows you the group for final validation and asks you if you want to delete it Option Explicit Sub ColorGroupCheck()     Dim shp As Shape     Dim sld As Slide     Dim oMaster As Design     Dim oLayout As CustomLayout     Dim sldHeight As Long     Dim userResponse As Integer     'Debug.Print ActivePresentation.PageSetup.SlideHeight     'Debug.Print ActivePresentation.Designs.Count     sldHeight = ActivePresentation.SlideMaster.Height       ...

How to change textbox language to English If your like me, you find the red squiggly lines in PPTX TextFrames distracting when working with pptx files that have a mismatched language issue. Here is a script that will: detect how many slides in your presentation for each slide, loop through each shape determining if it has a TextFrame, then... sets the language to EnglishUS while deleting empty TextFrames if  the shape has a table: it sets each table cell to EnglishUS Sub format_all_textboxes()     Dim oSld As Slide     Dim oSh As Shape          For Each oSld In ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange         For x = oSld.Shapes.Count To 1 Step -1             Set oSh = oSld.Shapes(x)             If oSh.HasTextFrame = True Then                 If oSh.Name Like "Titl*" Or _                ...

Dealing with PowerPoint slide deck "Title" Insanity Here is a script that will: loop through each slide you have selected in your presentation detects all shapes with TextFrames it attempts to characterize them for the probability one is actually the intended title it uses font size, frame width, height and proximity to the top of the slide sometimes a slides will not have a textFrame with the name "title" or worse... will have multiple TextFrames with the name "title" but are not a title but an integral part of your slides presented data, and cannot be moved once a probable title has been detected, the script will relocate and apply consistent formatting across all selected slides Sub positionTitleTxtBoxallslide()     Dim oSld As Slide     Dim oShp As Shape          For Each oSld In ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange         Dim x As Long         For x = oSld.Shapes.Count To 1 Step -1     ...

Animation of all Labs (high level of detail) press play to watch an animation of the SDBranch labs enlarge to full screen for view-ability or better yet, change to cinema mode to enlarge the video in your browser press the gear icon the the bottom and slow down the playback speed pause the video to follow along while you do your labs If you found this blog helpful, consider expressing you patronage, see various (free of cost) ways listed  here

This is not an official list, it is just a list of sources of information that I used to study in preparation for the ACDX 6.4 exam.  I did well on the exam, but there was more sources of information I used than just this, this is just want I happen to remember reviewing prior to the exam.  I hope this helps your study effort, feel free to let me know your take on the best study approach for this exam in the comment section below. The first place to start is to review the official exam datacard from HPE https://certification-learning.hpe.com/TR/datacard/Exam/HPE0-A118P There seems to be 2 datacards for this exam, so take a close look at this one as well https://certification-learning.hpe.com/TR/datacard/Certification/Aruba-ACDXV64R It is quite important you sign up for and do the online WBT course listed in this datacard, the Mobile First Network Design, it seems to be specifically designed to help you prepare for the ACDX 6.4 exam.  There are a few gems tau...