Network Administration for the Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System

The Network Administration for the Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform network administration tasks, such as configuration and troubleshooting of a local area network (LAN). This course also provides hands-on experience with topics, such as Internet Protocol (IP) routing, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), IP version 6 (IPv6) and the Solaris IP Filter firewall.

Learn To:

• Configure and manage network applications
• Configure the Data Link layer
• Configure the Internet and Transport layers

Audience

• System Administrator
• Network Administrator
• Administrator

Course Topics Introduction

• Overview
• Course Goals
• Course Agenda
• Introduction
• Your Learning Center

Introducing the TCP/IP Model

• Introducing Network Model Fundamentals
• Introducing the Layers of the TCP/IP Model
• Describing Basic Peer-to-Peer Communication
• TCP/IP Protocols

Introducing LANs and Their Components

• Introducing Network Topologies
• Introducing LAN Media
• Introducing Network Devices

Describing Ethernet Interfaces

• Introducing Ethernet Concepts
• Using Network Utilities

Describing ARP and RARP

• Introducing ARP
• Introducing RARP

Configuring Internet Protocol

• Introducing Internet Layer Protocols
• Introducing the IP Datagram
• Introducing the IP Address Types
• Introducing Subnetting and VLSM
• Exploring Interface Configuration Files
• Administering Logical Interfaces

Configuring IP Network Multipathing

• Increasing Network Availability
• Configuring IP Network Multipathing

Configuring Routing

• Identifying the Fundamentals of Routing
• Introducing the Routing Table
• Introducing Routing Protocol Types
• Working With the Routing Table
• Configuring Static Routes
• Configuring Dynamic Routing
• Introducing Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
• Configuring Routing at Boot Time

Configuring IPv6

• Describing IPv6
• Describing IPv6 Addressing
• Describing IPv6 Autoconfiguration
• Describing the IPv6 Unicast Address Types
• Describing IPv6 Multicast Address Types
• Enabling IPv6
• Configuring IPv6 6to4 Router
• Managing IPv6

Describing the Transport Layer

• Introducing Transport Layer Fundamentals
• Introducing UDP
• Introducing SCTP
• Introducing TCP
• Introducing TCP Flow Control
• Introducing Secure by Default

Configuring DNS

• Introducing DNS Basics
• Configuring a DNS Server
• Troubleshooting a DNS Server by Using Basic Utilities

Configuring DHCP

• Fundamentals of DHCP
• Configuring a DHCP Server
• Configuring and Managing DHCP Clients
• Troubleshooting a DHCP Server
• Troubleshooting a DHCP Client

Configuring NTP

• Identifying the Fundamentals of NTP
• Configuring an NTP Server
• Configuring an NTP Client
• Troubleshooting NTP

Configuring the Solaris IP Filter Firewall

• Identifying the Solaris IP Filter Firewall Basics
• Configuring the Behavior of the Solaris IP Filter Firewall

Course Objectives

• Configure the Network Interface layer
• Configure the network (Internet and Transport layers)
• Configure and manage network applications