AIX TCPIP Communications - Condensed Course
Course Description
This course is no longer scheduled to run. Please refer to schedule for current course titles. 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. |
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3 day course
Scheduled Dates:
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Course pre-requisites:
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
Course Classification:
Course Fee = £ (excl.VAT)
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