Format

Classroom

Duration

7.0 Day(s)

Description

The purpose of this course is to teach TCP/IP network configuration and administration. This includes the skills necessary to begin implementing and using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), static and dynamic routing, Domain Name System (DNS), Network File System (NFS), and Network Information System (NIS) on AIX version 5.

Audience

Network Administrators or other personnel responsible for the configuration, use, and support of TCP/IP and common network services such as Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Network File System (NFS), and Network Information System (NIS) on AIX V5.

Prerequisites

- Have a working knowledge of the AIX environment and commands
- Be able to work with SMIT in configuring your system
- Be able to edit files with vi (visual editor)
- Understand file systems, directories, files, and their security
- Understand the concept of mounting file systems
- Have a basic knowledge of general networking concepts

Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Discuss the basic concepts of TCP/IP protocols and addressing
- Describe TCP/IP broadcasting and multicasting functions
- Configure TCP/IP in AIX
- Use networking commands for remote login, remote execution, and file transfer
- Configure PPP connections in AIX
- Describe Domain Name System (DNS) function
- Configure DNS in AIX
- Connect multiple TCP/IP networks using static and dynamic routing
- Configure network options
- Perform basic troubleshooting of network problems
- Describe Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) function
- Configure DHCP server in AIX
- Describe Network File System (NFS) function
- Configure NFS in AIX
- Describe Network Information System (NIS) function
- Configure NIS in AIX

Contents

- TCP/IP protocols and addressing
- TCP/IP broadcasting and multicasting
- TCP/IP subnet masking
- Configuring TCP/IP on AIX
- TCP/IP commands
- Configure PPP connections on AIX
- Static and dynamic routing
- Network Control
- Domain Name System (DNS) configuration on AIX
- Introduction to troubleshooting network problems
- Configuring DHCP on AIX
- NFS Concepts
- Configure NFS on AIX
- NIS Concepts
- Configure NIS on AIX