Solaris 8 TCP/IP Network Admin (SA-389)

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The Solaris 8 Operating System - TCP/IP Network Administration course teaches students the advanced administration skills required to plan, create, administer, and troubleshoot a local area network (LAN).

This course provides hands-on experience with configuration and troubleshooting, as well as Internet Protocol (IP) routing, Domain Name Service (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and IP version 6 (IPv6).

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SA-389 5 days $3,000.00

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Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are experienced system administrators who are or will be responsible for administering Sun systems in a networked environment that includes LANs and the Solaris Operating System.

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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
  • Install, configure, and maintain a server running the Solaris Operating System
  • Change system run levels
  • Read and edit system resource files

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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
  • List the International Organization for Standardization/Open Systems Interconnection (ISO/OSI) and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) layers
  • Describe major TCP/IP protocols
  • Configure routing and routing tables
  • Configure subnet masks including variable length masks
  • Add Internet and Remote Procedure Call (RPC) services
  • Configure DHCP clients and servers
  • Configure DNS
  • Describe Network Time Protocol (NTP) components
  • Configure an NTP server and client
  • Configure a system running the Solaris 8 Operating System as an IPv6 host or router
  • Use network troubleshooting tools to maintain the network

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Course Content

Module 1 - Network Models

  • Describe the ISO/OSI network model
  • Describe the TCP/IP network model
  • Identify the similarities and differences between the ISO/OSI and TCP/IP models
  • Describe how applications use TCP/IP to exchange data through Ethernet networks
  • Describe the networking protocols including: TCP, User Datagram Protocol (UDP), IP, Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP), and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
  • Describe peer-to-peer communications
Module 2 - Introduction to Local Area Networks
  • Describe the benefits of a LAN
  • Identify various LAN topologies
  • List the components of a LAN
  • Define the following networking terms: topology, backbone, segment, repeater, bridge, switch, router, and gateway

Module 2 - Introduction to Local Area Networks

  • Describe the benefits of a LAN
  • Identify various LAN topologies
  • List the components of a LAN
  • Define the following networking terms: topology, backbone, segment, repeater, bridge, switch, router, and gateway

Module 3 - Ethernet Interface

  • Define the following terms: Ethernet, frame, and maximum transfer unit
  • Describe the types of Ethernet addresses
  • List the components of an Ethernet frame
  • Define encapsulation
  • Describe the purpose of CSMA/CD
  • Use the netstat, snoop, and ndd utilities

Module 4 - ARP and RARP

  • Define address resolution
  • Describe the process used to map a destination IP address to a destination Ethernet address
  • Describe the process used to map a system's Ethernet address to its IP address

Module 5 - Internet Layer

  • Define the terms: IP, datagrams, and fragmentation
  • Describe the four IP version 4 (IPv4) address classes
  • Define the three standard netmasks
  • Define the network number
  • Determine the benefits of variable length subnet masks (VLSMs)
  • Configure files for automatic start-up of network interfaces
  • Use the ifconfig utility to configure the network interfaces
  • Verify the network interface configuration
  • Configure a virtual interface
  • Describe the term trunking

Module 6 - Routing

  • Describe the routing algorithm
  • Define the following routing terms: indirect routing, direct routing, table-driven routing, static routing, dynamic routing, and default routing
  • Describe the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and Network Router Discovery (RDISC) protocols
  • Describe the in.routed and in.rdisc processes
  • Describe the /etc/init.d/inetinit routing startup script
  • Describe the /etc/defaultrouter, /etc/inet/networks, /etc/gateways, and /etc/notrouter files
  • Use the route and netstat commands
  • Configure a Sun system as a router

Module 7 - Transport Layer

  • Describe the function of the Transport layer
  • Describe the features of UDP and TCP
  • Define the terms: connection-oriented, connectionless, stateful, stateless, reliable, and unreliable

Module 8 - Client-Server Model

  • Define the terms client, server, and service
  • Describe Open Network Computing Plus (ONC+[TM]) technologies
  • Define a port and a port number
  • Describe the client-server interaction
  • Describe Internet and RPC services
  • Identify the files used in the client-server model
  • Add and remove Internet services
  • Add and remove RPC services
  • Use the commands netstat and rpcinfo to monitor services

Module 9 - DHCP

  • List the benefits of DHCP
  • Define DHCP client functions
  • Define DHCP server functions
  • Choose the appropriate DHCP datastore for your network environment
  • Customize the DHCP datastore files, dhcptab and dhcp_network, by using the dhtadm, pntadm, and dhcpmgr utilities
  • Identify different address lease policies
  • Configure DHCP network services using the dhcpconfig and dhcpmgr utilities
  • Use system utilities to troubleshoot DHCP

Module 10 - Introduction to Network Management Tools

  • Describe network management concepts
  • Describe features of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) protocol
  • Describe the purpose of a Management Information Base (MIB)
  • List some SNMP-based management applications

Module 11 - Domain Name System

  • Describe the purpose of DNS
  • Describe the differences between the DNS namespace, a domain, and a zone of authority
  • Describe the concept of a nameserver, including the different types of nameservers, such as a primary nameserver, a secondary nameserver, and a caching only nameserver
  • Describe what a resolver is and understand the processes of address resolution and reverse address resolution
  • Describe the syntax of the server-side DNS setup files, including the /etc/named.conf file, the cache file, and zone files
  • Describe the information included in the Start Of Authority (SOA), Name Server (NS), Address (A), and Pointer (PTR) resource records
  • Describe the syntax of the client-side DNS setup file, /etc/resolv.conf
  • Describe the various DNS debugging and troubleshooting methods available to the administrator

Module 12 - Network Time Protocol (NTP)

  • Describe NTP in general terms
  • Explain NTP terms, such as accuracy and stratum
  • Configure an NTP server
  • Configure an NTP client
  • Use available utilities to query the NTP daemon

Module 13 - Network Troubleshooting

  • Describe general methods of troubleshooting networking problems
  • Identify network troubleshooting commands
  • Determine which layer of the TCP/IP layer model is causing the problem
  • Repair common networking problems

Module 14 - IPv6

  • Configure IPv6 on a system using the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
  • Configure IPv6 routing on a system using the Solaris 8 Operating System
  • Use the snoop, netstat, and ifconfig utilities to work specifically with IPv6

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