HP-UX system and network administration II

Course overview

This course is the second of two courses that prepare system administrators to successfully administer HP-UX servers in a networked environment. Successful completion of HP-UX System and Network Administration I and II will help students prepare for the HP-UX Certified System Administrator (CSA) technical certification exam. The 5-day course is 50 percent lecture and 50 percent lab.

Prerequisites

• HP-UX System and network administration I (H3064S) or equivalent experience

Audience

• System and network administrators who maintain and configure system resources, control access to resources, and establish procedures

Ways to save

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:

• Configure HP-UX TCP/IP connectivity
• Configure HP-UX static and default routes
• Configure custom HP-UX startup and shutdown scripts
• Configure NFS and AutoFS servers and clients
• Configure DNS servers and resolver clients
• Configure telnet, ftp, remsh, rlogin, bootp, tftp, and other inetd services
• Configure NTP servers and clients
• Configure SSH servers and clients
• Configure LDAP servers and clients
• Configure an SD-UX depot server

Next Steps

After completing this course, expand your HP-UX administration skills by attending the classes in our hardware and partitioning curriculum path, or proceed directly to one of our advanced HP-UX administration classes.

HP-UX System and Network Administration 2, in conjunction with UNIX Fundamentals and HP-UX System and Network Administration 1, also prepare you to take the HP-UX Certified System Administrator (CSA) certification exam! See our certification page for more information.

Benefits to you

• Learn how to optimize your system and network so users experience smooth functioning IT operations
• Prepare to take the HP-UX Certified System Administrator certification exam

Course outline

LAN concepts

• Media Access Control (MAC) addresses
• IP addresses and network classes
• Host names
• Converting IP addresses to Media Access Control (MAC) addresses
• Populating the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache
• Managing packet flow with Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Sending data to applications via ports
• Managing ports with sockets

LAN Hardware Concepts

• LAN hardware components
• LAN cable and connector types
• LAN interface card types
• LAN transceivers
• Single- and multi-port Network interface cards, and Auto-Port Aggregation (APA)
• Repeaters and hubs
• Bridges and switches
• Routers, gateways, and firewalls

Configuring IP Connectivity

• Installing and verifying LAN software
• Installing and verifying LAN interface cards
• Configuring link layer connectivity
• Configuring IP connectivity
• Configuring IP multiplexing
• Configuring the system hostname and /etc/hosts
• Configuring network tunable parameters

Configuring IP routing

• Routing concepts and tables
• Viewing routing tables
• Configuring static and default routes
• Configuring the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf file

Configuring Subnetting

• IP addresses and netmasks in a subnetted network
• Host IP addresses on a subnet
• Routers in a subnetted network

Troubleshooting Network Connectivity

• Network troubleshooting tools overview
• Troubleshooting network connectivity via nwmgr, lanscan, linkloop, and lanadmin
• Troubleshooting network connectivity via arp, ping, netstat, and nslookup

Starting Network Services

• Configuring network services via /etc/rc.config.d/ files
• Controlling network services via /sbin/rc*.d/directories and scripts
• Starting and stopping network services via /sbin/init.d/ scripts
• Creating custom startup/shutdown scripts

Configuring Network File Systems (NFS)

• NFS concepts
• NFS versions
• NFS servers and clients
• NFS RPCs, program numbers, and rpcbind
• NFS stateless operation concepts
• NFS security concepts
• NFS authentication and encryption concepts
• Planning an NFS configuration
• Selecting an NFS protocol
• Maintaining UID, GID, and time consistency
• Configuring and starting NFS server daemons
• Temporarily and permanently sharing file systems
• Verifying NFS server configuration
• Configuring and starting NFS client daemons
• Temporarily and permanently mounting NFS file systems
• Verifying NFS client configuration
• Troubleshooting NFS
• NFS vs CIFS features and benefits

Configuring AutoFS

• AutoFS concepts and maps
• AutoFS commands and daemons
• Configuring the AutoFS master and hosts maps
• Configuring the AutoFS direct and indirect maps
• Mounting home directories with AutoFS
• Configuring AutoFS to access replicated servers
• Troubleshooting AutoFS

Configuring Domain Name Service (DNS)

• DNS concepts and hierarchial name space
• DNS name servers and name server zones
• Configuring DNS master, slave, and cache-only servers
• Testing name servers with dig
• Configuring DNS clients and the /etc/nsswitch.conf file
• Testing resolver clients with nsquery
• /etc/named.data and /etc/named.conf
• Updating DNS master and slave servers

Configuring the ARPA/Berkeley Services

• Internet service clients and servers
• Configuring /etc/rc.config.d/netdaemons
• Configuring /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services
• Configuring /var/adm/inetd.sec
• Configuring /etc/hosts.equiv and ~/.rhosts
• FTP configuration issues

Configuring Secure Shell (SSH)

• Network service vulnerabilities
• SSH encryption, server, and client/user authentication
• Configuring SSH encryption, server, and client/user authentication
• SSH single sign-on
• Configuring SSH single sign-on
• Using UNIX and PuTTY SSH clients

Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP)

• Introduction to the Network Time Protocol (NTP)
• NTP time sources, stratum levels, and roles
• How NTP adjusts the system clock
• Configuring NTP servers and clients and verifying NTP functionality

Managing depots with SD-UX

• SD-UX depot server concepts and advantages
• Planning for depots
• Adding software and patches to a depot
• Removing software from a depot
• Registering or unregistering a depot
• Pulling and pushing software from a depot

Configuring LDAP-UX

• LDAP concepts
• Schema, object classes, attributes, and directory entries
• Directory Information Trees, DNs, RDNs, and LDIF files
• Servers, replicas, and LDAP clients
• Referrals and security
• Installing and verifying an HP Directory Server
• Installing and using a basic LDAP-UX client
• Configuring /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/pam.conf
• Managing passwords and directory entries