Solaris 8 Operating System - TCP/IP Network Administration

Sun Microsystems - Russia
Moscow, Russia

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' 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).

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

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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