Advanced Network Technologies

For users of Linux (or UNIX) who want to start building skills in systems administration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to a level where they can attach and configure a workstation on an existing network. This course does not include the RH202 RHCT Certification Lab Exam. To take the exam, you must take RH202 in addition to this class. Red Hat training and certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not just valuable for those professionals who will be working with it immediately. It is also valuable to professionals working on earlier releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. While Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 does introduce new capabilities and technologies, the core system administration tasks one must learn and master as system administrator are far more similar to previous releases than different. Consequently, those who train on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 should adjust easily to earlier releases, while also having an understanding of the potential and opportunity that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 presents. Goal: Linux or UNIX users, who understand the basics of Red Hat Linux, that desire further technical training to begin the process of becoming a system administrator.

Unit 1 -
Administrative Access Configure and access various consoles directly, remotely with ssh, and with virt-manager. Configure privilege escalation with sudo.
Unit 2 -
Package Management Manage software on system using yum, Red Hat Network, and rpm.
Unit 3 -
System Services and Security Configure and manage system logging, time synchronization, printers, and task automation. Troubleshoot SELinux.
Unit 4 -
System Initialization Define boot process, recover system, and manage service startup.
Unit 5 -
Kernel Monitoring and Configuration Explore kernel modules and variants, tune kernel parameters, manage devices, and monitor processes and resources.
Unit 6 -
Network Configuration Configure dynamic and static network settings for IPv4 and filter packets.
Unit 7 -
Filesystem Administration Review filesystem management concepts, removable media and configure NFS shares with autofs.
Unit 8 -
Additional Storage Expand storage by adding new filesystems and swap space.
Unit 9 -
User Administration Create, modify and delete users, groups, and policy. Protect users and groups with quotas.
Unit 10 -
Filesystems for Group Collaboration Establish collaborative group directories. Protect users and groups with ACLs.
Unit 11 -
Centralized User Administration Revisit user administration by connecting to network directory services like NIS and LDAP.
Unit 12 -
Software RAID Manage filesystems using Software RAID and recover an array.
Unit 13 -
Logical Volume Management Manage filesystems using Logical Volume Management. Resize filesystems and protect them with LVM Snapshots.
Unit 14 -
Virtualization and Automated Installation Perform automated installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Create para-virtualized user domains in Xen.
Unit 15 -
Troubleshooting with Rescue Mode Explore troubleshooting methodologies. Utilize the rescue environment of anaconda.