Unix Courses:
AIX TCPIP Communications - Condensed Training Course

This course is intended for Network Administrators or other personnel who are responsible for the configuration, use and support of TCP/IP and common network services such as DNS and NFS on an IBM RISC System/6000 system running AIX Version 5L. Delegates will learn how to implement and static routing, DNS, NFS and automounter.

For delegates studying towards IBM AIX certification, this course provides core knowledge for tests 181 (IBM Certified Specialist - AIX Administrator) and 189 (IBM Certified Specialist - AIX Support).

Topics covered on the 3 day AIX TCPIP Communications - Condensed course

TCP/IP Concepts

What is TCP/IP

History

Request for Comments (RFC)

Networks and the Internet

TCP/IP Layering for AIX

Network Interfaces

LAN Physical Address

IP Protocol

Internet Addressing

Address Classes

Subnetting and Supernetting

Physical/Logical Addressing

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

ICMP Protocol

Ports and Sockets

/etc/services

Connectionless and Connection Orientated Protocols

UDP and TCP Protocols

Window Principle

IP Multicasting

IPv6 Addressing and Features

Configuring TCP/IP

TCP/IP Software Support

Configuring Adapters

Defining and Configuring Network Interfaces

Minimum Configuration and Startup

ifconfig

Hostname and Host ID

/etc/hosts

Starting Daemons

/etc/inetd.conf

TCP/IP Startup

Commands: netstat, ping, host, arp, telnet and ftp

Using TCP/IP Commands

TCP/IP User Commands

ftp and the $HOME/.netrc and /etc/ftpusers files

Anonymous ftp

rexec command

ARPA Command Authentication

Commands: rcp, rsh, rlogin

Command and Login Authentication

TCP/IP Security

Showing User information

Talk with another user

Routing

Routing overview

Gateways for TCP/IP

Types of Routes

IP Routing Algorithm

Displaying Routes

Establishing Routes

Static Routing

Dynamic Routing

Autonomous Systems

Route Configuration with SMIT

The route Command

Routing Examples (Simple and Complex)

ICMP Redirects

Commands: ping and traceroute

Network File System (NFS) Concepts

Sharing Network Data

Network File System (NFS)

Networking Protocols

Exporting Server File Systems

Local Mounting

Remote Mounting

The mount Table

Virtual File Systems

NFS Daemons: portmap, mountd, biod and nfsd

Protecting NFS Shared Files

NFS and UNIX Authorisation

NFS ACL Support

NFS File Locking: statd and lockd

Configuring NFS

NFS Pre-requisites

NFS Implementation

Server Configuration

What to Export

The /etc/exports File

The exportfs Command

/etc/rc.nfs

/etc/inittab

Activating an NGS Server

Client Configuration

Mount Points

NFS Client Daemons

Manual and Pre-defined Mounts

/etc/filesystems

NFS options

Using the SRC to manage NFS Daemons

Stopping and Starting NFS

Unmounting Remote Mounts

Automounter and NFS Commands

Overview

Benefits

Automounter Indirect Map File

Automounter Direct Map File

The automount Command

Invoking the Remote Mount

Remote Mount Table Entries

Automounter Time-out

Stopping the Automounter

NFS Commands

The /etc/inetd.conf File

What a Server is Exporting

The rpcinfo Command

Domain Name System (DNS)

Name Resolution Issues

Domain Name Concepts

Internet Domain Name Structure

Types of Name Servers

Domain versus Flat Network

Default Name Resolution Hierarchy

Changing the Default Hierarchy

Planning a Domain Network

Setting up a Primary Name Server

Primary "named" Control File

Scripts to build Zone Files

Name Zone File

IP Zone File

Local IP Zone File

Cache File

Setting up a Secondary Name Server

Secondary "named" Control File

Local IP Zone File

Cache File

Caching-only Name Server

Configuring a Caching-only Name Server

Setting up a Client

The /etc/resolv.conf File

Controlling the named Daemon

Active Database Dump

Adding Hosts to the Domain

The nslookup Command

Non-interactive and Interactive Queries

Debugging with nslookup

   (excl.VAT)

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