HPE3-U01 Exam Information and Outline
Aruba Certified Network Technician (ACNT)
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 11, 2026
HPE3-U01 Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
HPE.
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- Exam Format
- Web-based; 60 questions; 90 minutes; passing score 73%
- WLAN Fundamentals (23%)
- 802.11 standards, RF propagation and channels
- Interference, antennas, transmit power
- Roaming and 802.11 frames
- Network Communications Model (20%)
- OSI layers, encapsulation and TCP handshake
- DHCP, DNS, HTTP, SSH, FTP, LLDP, ICMP
- Networking Devices (18%)
- Switches, routers, multilayer switches and APs
- AOS-CX CLI and basic configuration
- L2 Switching (12%)
- Collision and broadcast domains
- MAC/ARP tables, VLANs and loop prevention
- Network Fundamentals (9%)
- LAN/WAN, media types, unicast/multicast/broadcast
- Number conversion
- Internetwork Communication (9%)
- IP addressing, default gateways and routing
- Inter-VLAN routing and IPv6
- Deploying WLANs with Aruba Central (9%)
- Device planes, local vs. cloud management
- WLAN deployment wizard