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Configuring Aruba Location Services Rev. 19.41

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Configuring Aruba Location Services Rev. 19.41

Course Code: 1098153

Duration: 3 Days

Course Description:

This course teaches you about the Meridian Bluetooth beacons as well as the Analytics and Location Engine (ALE) platform. Participants learn in-depth technical features and have an opportunity to tackle hands-on labs in this 3 day course. This course teaches participants about topics such as Meridian Appmaker and SDK, maps and app content creation. Students are provided with a technical overview of beacon deployment and troubleshooting, with hands-on labs. In this course, participants learn about the ALE platform and integration with Third-party analytics providers. The course covers ClearPass integration with Aruba Location Services and Meridian powered Applications.

Course Objectives: 

•    Understand Aruba location services, BLE, and ALE
•    Demonstrate creating an App with Maps, Placemarks, Pages and Events
•    Identify BLE Beacon Positioning and Notification
•    Understand Campaigns and Notifications
•    Demonstrate Beacon Management and Operations
•    Troubleshooting Beacon deployments and campaigns
•    Integrate ClearPass with Aruba location Services. 

Intended Audience:

This course is designed for individuals responsible for the design and creation of a Meridian powered App and deployment of a Beacon infrastructure. Additionally, it is also beneficial for individuals evaluating the ALE product and integration with Third Party Analytics.

Course Outlines:

•    Meridian AppMaker, BLE, and ALE Introduction
o    Aruba Location Services and Meridian Product line
o    Key Features of the Meridian Platform
o    ALE and Analytics
o    Deployment models/ Customer Use cases
o    Licensing
o    AppMaker vs SDK App
o    Downloading/Navigating an App

•    Maps and Placemarks
o    App Creation Process
o    Building an App
o    Maps
o    Placemarks
o    Routes
o    Downloading App Viewer
o    Viewing App in App Viewer
o    Self-guided Wayfinding in an App

•    Pages and Events
o    Creating Pages in AppMaker
o    Types of Pages
o    Creating Lists
o    Events
o    App Theme
o    Language Localization

•    Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacon Positioning and Notification
o    Basics 
o    Beacon Location vs Proximity Beacon 
o    Beacons App
o    Deploying Beacons
o    Beacons in Meridian Editor
o    Beacons Monitoring and Troubleshooting

•    Campaigns and Notifications
o    Deploying a Proximity Beacon
o    Creating Campaigns
o    Associating a Beacon to a campaign
o    Testing and resetting campaigns

•    Beacon Deployment and Installation
o    RF Design review
o    Beacon Deployment Models
o    Antenna Patterns
o    Beacon Installation

•    Remote Beacon Management
o    Product Options
o    Architecture
o    Supported Controllers/AP models
o    Battery Powered vs USB beacons
o    Configuration and Features
o    Deploying an Aruba Sensor

•    Operations and maintenance
o    Beacons walk-through mode
o    Beacons Maintenance 
o    Replacing Beacons
o    Deleting Beacons
o    Moving Beacons
o    Updating Apps in the App Store
o    License Renewals
o    Reports

•    ALE and Analytics
o    Why analytics
o    ALE architecture
o    ALE interface
o    Third party analytics
o    ALE scaling and licensing

•    Integration with ClearPass
o    Integration components
o    ClearPass integration
o    OAuth2
o    Configure ClearPass for OAuth2/Meridian