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:
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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
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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.
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Proficient(P): People who have basic knowledge of networks and system
administration.
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Novices(N): People with little or no programming and networking background.
Why offer courses at ODU
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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
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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 Thousands of
Dollars
$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.
Cisco
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Network And Systems
Administration Certification Courses
Network Administration
Certification Track
CS455/CS555 (Novice)
Intro to Networks and communication
CS454/CS554 (Proficient)
Network Management (3 Credits)
Cisco Certification
Exams
R&S: CCNA, CCDP, CCDA
WAN:CCNA, CCNP
Cisco Certification Exams
R&S: CCIE
WAN: CCDP, CCIE
CS4XX/5XX (Proficient)
Advanced Network Administration
(1.5 Credits)
Networks Administration
(CS 454/5543 Credits)
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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 coursesCS 455/555
Certification Exams: that can be taken after taking this courseRouting 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 to
obtain 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 routed
network.
 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 P rojects:
A. Design P roject  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 P rojectA pre-designed network solution will be given to the students. The
students 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)
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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 courseRouting 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 P roject:
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 and
prices for each site.
Prepare both a preliminary and final network design that meets a customer's requirements for
capacity, performance, functionality, and cost-effectiveness. The design will include
a network architecture, the Excel network configuration spreadsheet, return-on-investment
information, and a network topology drawing.
Solaris Systems Administration
Certification Courses
Solaris System Administration
Certification Track
CS250
Object oriented
programming in C++
CS471
Operating Systems
CS4XX/5XX
(Novice)
Solaris System
Administration
(3 Credits)
Solaris Certification
Level I & II Exams
Solaris Systems Administration
(Proposed 3 Credits Course)
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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 courseSUN Microsystems UNIX Systems Administration (I and II).
Solaris Systems Administration
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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
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 with
Admintool .
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.