Network Administration (T4-CHOICE)

This course provides experienced system administrators the fundamental knowledge and skills to successfully network their workstation within an IRIS 4D environment. This course will concentrate on six major aspects of networking: strategy, installation, configuration, troubleshooting, security, and performance monitoring.

Topics

This course covers these topics:

Networking Fundamentals
Network Setup and Configuration
Network Troubleshooting
Resource Management with Network Information Services
Name space management with Domain Name System
Network Performance Tuning
Electronic Mail with Sendmail
Remote File Sharing with Network File System and Automounter
Network Performance Monitoring
Network Security
Case studies for integrating network tools

Self-paced topics

SGI Diskless Environment
UUCP
SLIP

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to...

Describe the basic concepts and functionality of SGI networks
Integrate their workstation node onto an existing network
Troubleshoot installation and configuration problems
Secure their system within a network
Tune basic network performance
Configure electronic mail
Provide remote disk access through NFS
Centralize maintenance of key configuration files through NIS

Prerequisites

This course is intended for...

Experienced system administrators or
Non-UNIX network administrators who are familiar with IRIX system administration, and data-communications/networking concepts

And have attended...

Introduction to IRIX (T4-CHOICE) or have 12 months of IRIX experience.
System Administration (T4-CHOICE)

Note: It is recommended that the student have experience with shell programming and other tools.

Note: The student is over-qualified if he/she has managed company-wide networks including UNIX workstations.

Course Details

Duration: 4.5 days

Format: Instructor-Led (Lecture/Lab)

Platforms Covered: Silicon Graphics 4D Series

Tuition : Contact the Silicon Graphics Sales Office nearest you.