Cisco-Solaris Certification courses offered at ODU

CISCO-Solaris Certification Courses

Career Certification Initiative

The world of networking and systems administration is a highly competitive arena that continues to grow in complexity as technology evolves. With this growth, the demand for highly trained experts increases daily.

The benefits of Certification are:

Certification provides a standard, tangible way of measuring technical skills. provide job advancement opportunities. Certification provides worldwide third party validation of your skills.

Targeted Audience

Who should take the certification exams

Experts(E): People who have sufficient experience in maintenance and administration of networks(3-5years) or people who have a thorough knowledge in all the prerequisites for the course.

Proficient(P): People who have basic knowledge of networks and system administration.

Novices(N): People with little or no programming and networking background.

Why offer courses at ODU

Vendor courses: On an average each course is 5 days long

(8 hrs./day). Corporations are reluctant to sponsor

their employees for the courses since the fee is astronomical.

ODU: Offer similar courses, at a much lower cost.

Courses are of longer duration

(1 - Semester) and hence students have the opportunity to gain more exposure and hands-on lab experience.

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How much do Certified Professionals Earn?

How much does it Pay ? With less than 3,000 graduates in Cisco

Certification program’s history, it is no wonder that CCIEs (Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer) command starting salaries of at around $80,000 to $90,000 pa.

Because of the high demand and high standards set by Sun Certification courses, sun certified Administrators demand starting salaries of around $90,000.

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Network And SystemsAdministration Certification Courses

Network AdministrationCertification Track

CS455/CS555 (Novice)Intro to Networks and communication

CS4XX/5XX (Proficient)Advanced Network Administration

(1.5 Credits)

CS454/CS554 (Proficient)Network Management (3 Credits)

Cisco Certification ExamsR&S: CCIE

WAN: CCDP, CCIE

Cisco Certification Exams

R&S: CCNA, CCDP, CCDAWAN:CCNA, CCNP

Networks Administration(CS 454/5543 Credits)

Course Objectives: This course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform

network administration. Prerequisites: To succeed fully in this course, students should have a basic internetworking knowledge,

an understanding of the OSI seven-layer model, and IP networking concepts. – Prerequisite courses-

CS 455/555 Certification Exams: that can be taken after taking this course- Routing and Switching – CCDA – DCN #640 – 441, CCNA - #640 – 507 CCDP – Routing, Switching and Remote Access #640 – 509, CID exam #640 – 025 WAN – CCNA Sw exam #640 - 410, CCNP – MSSC Exam #640 – 419,

BSSC Exam #640 – 425, MACC Exam #640 – 411, SVIO Exam #640 – 451 or

CSVP Exam #640 – 422

Course Outline: Overview of OSI model. LAN and WAN network design concepts. Network Protocols – TCP/IP suite and Novell Netware protocols. Internetworking - ATM to Frame Relay. Communications Architecture and Protocols.

Network protocol suites and multiprotocol internetworks. Multicasting –

Implement the necessary services at each layer of the network to all users toobtain membership to multicast groups.

Network traffic management in a working multilayer switched network. Network management protocols (SNMP), network management options available for

routers, switches, and hubs. Quality of service. Features, functions and benefits of routers, switches, hubs and CSU/DSU. Traffic management over LAN and WAN, route redistribution, route summarization,

dial-on-demand routing, dial backup, and the integration of bridging with a routednetwork.

Designing a network-layer addressing and naming model. Multiservice Switch and Services Configuration- multilayer

switching over Fast Ethernet. LAN switching. WAN and voice networks. Network design methodologies - switched WAN and voice

solutions. Building a remote access network. WAN Technologies: operation of some common WAN

technologies and protocols. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Frame Relay Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS) High-Speed Serial Interface (HSSI) Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC) X.25

WAN Managing tools.

Network security Firewalls, proxy server, access lists, encryption.

Management of- Selecting a network management strategy.

Configuration Performance Fault Jobs Accounting and security Network Alarms and Troubleshooting.

Term Projects:A. Design Project - Perform a needs analysis as part of a network design project. The analysis will identify key

technical, business, and administrative issues that drive the design. Exclude different technology options to meet identified needs including media, internetworking

equipment, topologies, and internetworking system software.

Implementation Project-A pre-designed network solution will be given to the students. Thestudents will be required to complete the following tasks- NT domain- Install NT server operating system(PDC and BDC), NT

workstation. Configure primary and secondary DNS, WINS, DHCP server

and client. Install mail program, web server. Peripherals- Install a printer in both domains as a dhcp client. Routing and Switching- Configure IP addresses, subnet masks on the routers. Configure routing protocols. Configure switches and hubs to connect VLAN segments. Network Security- Build a firewall.

Advanced Network Configuration (Proposed 1.5 Credits Course)

Course Objectives: This course provides students with advanced skills to design networks and perform

network administration.

Prerequisites: Network Management(CS 454/554).

Certification Exams: that can be taken after taking this course- Routing and Switching – CCIE WAN – CCDP - DSWVS exam #640 - 413 CCIE

Course Outline: WAN Design Processes and Methodology. Implementation of an ATM network (with CBR, ABR, and VBR traffic) and a Frame Relay network (using CIR and MIR traffic parameters). Troubleshooting a WAN switched network, manage traffic and voice technologies. Routed LAN, routed WAN, switched LAN and ATM LANE networks, and Dial Access services. Diagnosis and resolution of network faults. Use of packet/frame analysis and Cisco debugging tools.

Term Project:Propose a design solution for a company’s network .Use the Network Modeler Tool to generate a topology drawing and parts list.Produce an Excel network configuration spreadsheet to include the hardware, software andprices for each site.Prepare both a preliminary and final network design that meets a customer's requirements forcapacity, performance, functionality, and cost-effectiveness. The design will includea network architecture, the Excel network configuration spreadsheet, return-on-investmentinformation, and a network topology drawing.

Solaris Systems Administration Certification Courses

CS471Operating Systems

CS250Object oriented

programming in C++

Solaris Certification Level I & II Exams

CS4XX/5XX (Novice)

Solaris System Administration

(3 Credits)

Solaris System Administration Certification Track

Solaris Systems Administration (Proposed 3 Credits Course)

Course Objectives: This course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform

system administration.

Prerequisites: To succeed fully in this course, students should be familiar with the vi editor and shell

programming.

Certification Exams: that can be taken after taking this course- SUN Microsystems UNIX Systems Administration (I and II).

Solaris Systems Administration (Contd.)

Course contents: .System Concepts .Introduction to UNIX Systems Administration. .UNIX File Systems. .Mounting File Systems .Administering network services. .Printing Services. .Account management. .The Boot PROM .Software Package Administration .The Boot Process .System States .System Security .Administration of Initialization Files .Advanced File Permissions

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Process Control Disk Configuration and Naming Disks, Partitions, and Format Backup and Recovery The LP Print Service UNIX syslog and Auditing Utilities Device Administration The Service Access Facility Name the file used by the ttymon port monitor to initialize the speed and terminal settings Adding Terminals and Modems withAdmintool .Introduction to Disk Management Domain Name Services.Networks The NFS Environment CacheFS File Systems and WebNFS

Automount Naming Services Solstice AdminSuite Adding Network Clients JumpStart andAutomatic Installation.Principles of performance analysis and usage of performance measurement tools such as sar, vmstat, iostat, and proctool. Memory, input/output (I/O), and central processing unit (CPU) bottlenecks are described and solutions are recommended. An overview of the operating system's major kernel subsystems- multithread architecture, virtual memory system, process lifetime cycles and scheduling.SunSolve Database.Kernel Core Dump Analysis.Fault Analysis and Diagnostics.

Term Project:Configure a LAN with the following components – UNIX servers - primary DNS server, secondary DNS server, print server, samba server.Diskless clients.Workstations within the domain.Printer.