Solaris 8 TCP/IP Network Admin (SA-389)
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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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.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
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
Related Courses
Before:
After:
- Solaris System Performance Management (SA-400)
- Administering Security on the Solaris Operating System (SC-300)
- Network Security Using SunScreen 3.x (SC-315)
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
- 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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