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Course 999 : Solaris[tm] 8 TCP/IP Network Administration

The Solaris[tm] Operating Environment 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 network planning, configuration, and troubleshooting, as well as Internet Protocol (IP) routing, Domain Name Service (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and IP version 6 (IPv6).

.Who Can Benefit

Experienced system administrators who are or will be responsible for administering Sun systems in a Solaris networked operating environment, which includes LANs and Solaris systems.

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

  • Install, configure, and maintain a Solaris product line server
  • Change system run levels
  • Configure and maintain Network Information Service (NIS) and NFS environments

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, you 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
  • Describe available network management tools
  • Configure DNS
  • Describe network time protocol (NTP) components
  • Configure an NTP client
  • Configure a Solaris 8 system as an IPv6 host or router
  • Plan a TCP/IP LAN

Course Content

Module 1: Network Models

  • Describe the ISO/OSI model, including the: Physical layer, data link layer, network layer, transport layer, session layer, presentation layer, application layer
  • Describe the TCP/IP model, including the: Physical layer, data link layer, network layer, transport layer, application layer
  • Describe how applications use the TCP/IP suite to exchange data through Ethernet networks
  • Describe the following protocols: TCP, User Datagram Protocol (UDP), IP, and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
  • Explain peer-to-peer communications

Module 2: Introduction to Local Area Networks

  • Review the benefits of a LAN
  • Review the components of a LAN
  • Define these networking terms: topology, backbone, segment, repeater, bridge, router, and gateway
  • Identify various LAN topologies
  • List available Sun communications controllers
  • Describe LAN access methods such as IEEE 802.3, ATM, Token Ring, and FDDI
  • Discriminate between network media types such as 10BASE-T, 1000BASE-CX, and 1000BASE-T.

Module 3: Ethernet Interface

  • Define the terms: Ethernet, packet, frame, and MTU
  • List the different Ethernet Standards
  • Describe Ethernet addresses
  • Describe the components of an Ethernet frame
  • Explain encapsulation
  • Describe the purpose of Carrier Sense, Multiple Access/Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)
  • Define an Ethernet broadcast address
  • Describe the features of Fast Ethernet
  • Use the netstat and snoop commands
  • Introduction to using the ndd utility

Module 4: ARP and RARP

  • Define address resolution
  • Obtain a destination Ethernet address
  • Describe the network configuration process used in system startup
  • Describe the network configuration files and scripts that are used to configure the network interface
  • Manage Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache

Module 5: Internet Layer

  • Define the terms: IP, datagrams, and fragmentation
  • List the four IPv4 address classes
  • Define the three standard netmasks
  • Define the network number
  • Describe the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
  • Complete the IP configuration exercise
  • Discriminate between an Ethernet address, an IP address, and a broadcast address
  • Define subnetting
  • Determine when to implement subnets
  • Use a subnet mask
  • Use variable length subnet masks (VLSM)
  • Use Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)
  • List the steps associated with implementing a subnet
  • Discuss trunking (interface aggregation)
  • Configure logical (virtual) interfaces
  • Configure interface groups
  • Use the ifconfig command to configure network interface(s)
  • Verify and troubleshoot a network interface

Module 6: Routing

  • Describe the routing algorithm
  • Define routing terms including: table-driven routing, static routing, and dynamic routing
  • Use the in.routed and in.rdisc processes
  • Use the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and Router Discovery (RDISC) Protocol
  • Describe the /etc/init.d/inetinit routing startup script
  • Use the /etc/defaultrouter,/etc/inet/networks, and /etc/gateways files
  • Use the route and netstat commands
  • Configure an IPv4 router
  • Describe ICMP redirects
  • Describe IP multicasting

Module 7: Transport Layer

  • Describe the function of the Transport layer
  • List the features of the UDP and TCP
  • Define the terms: connection-oriented, connectionless, stateful, and stateless
  • Define a port and a port number
  • Explain network services and UDP and TCP ports
  • Define TCP flow control

Module 8: Client-Server Model

  • Define the terms: client, server, and service
  • Describe the client-server interaction
  • Describe ONCtm; distributed services
  • Identify the files used in the client-server model
  • Add and remove Internet services
  • Add and remove RPC services
  • Monitor application performance using the netstat and rpcinfo commands

Module 9: DHCP

  • Determine the benefits of DHCP
  • Define DHCP client functions
  • Define DHCP server functions
  • Customize DHCP datastore files
  • Discuss address lease policies
  • Configure DHCP network services
  • Using the DHCP manager graphical user interface (GUI)
  • Troubleshoot common DHCP problems

Module 10: Introduction to Network Management Tools

  • Introduction to network management tools
  • Introduction to the simple network management protocol (SNMP)
  • Introduction to management information bases (MIB)

Module 11: Domain Name System

  • Describe the purpose of DNS
  • List the differences between the DNS namespace, a domain, and a zone of authority
  • Understand the concept of a nameserver
  • Explain what a resolver is and how address resolution and reverse address resolution are handled
  • Describe the syntax of the server-side DNS setup files, including the /etc/named.boot file, the
  • cache file, and zone files
  • Use resource records
  • Explain the syntax of the client side DNS setup file/etc/resolv.conf
  • Describe DNS debugging and troubleshooting methods
  • Identify DNS security issues

Module 12: Network Time Protocol

  • What is the NTP?
  • Define an NTP environment
  • Configure NTP servers and clients
  • Monitor systems running the xntp and ntpd daemons
  • Query NTP servers

Module 13: IPv6

  • What is IPv6?
  • Why IPv6?
  • Features of IPv6
  • Differences at the Internet Layer
  • Describe the Neighbor Discovery Protocol
  • Describe IPv6 autoconfiguration
  • Describe IPv6 addressing
  • Configure IPv6 in a dual stack environment
  • Use the netstat, ifconfig, and ping network utilities in an IPv6 environment
  • Describe tunneling IPv6

Module 14: Network Troubleshooting

  • List the most common network problems
  • Isolate key components
  • Troubleshoot using ping, arp, ndd, and traceroute utilities
  • Troubleshoot various scenarios

Appendix A: Point-to-Point Protocol

  • Describe the function of PPP
  • Configure a PPP environment
  • Set up synchronous PPP
  • Test a PPP connection

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