Course Overview
This curriculum will teach learners how to install and configure servers. This course will cover the common IT tasks and services, operating systems, installation strategies, and configuring systems such as Windows 2000 and Linux.
Includes:
CIW Server Administrator Part 1: Configuring
CIW Server Administrator Part 2: User Management
CIW Server Administrator Part 3: Services
CIW Server Administrator Part 4: Servers
CIW Server Administrator Part 5: Integrity
CIW Server Administrator Part 1: Configuring
This is the first course in a five part series that will teach students how to install and configure servers. This course will cover the common IT tasks and services, operating systems, installation strategies, and configuring systems such as Windows 2000 and Linux. Additionally, the students will learn about common Web servers, access methods and remote administration in IIS, and creating virtual servers and virtual directories.
Learn To
• Identify common IT tasks.
• Match system elements with their functions.
• Match bandwidth options with their features.
• Identify considerations for Uniform Resource Locator (URL) request processing.
• Identify features of common Web servers.
• Identify how to install Internet Information server (IIS).
CIW Server Administrator Part 2: User Management
This is the second course in a five part series that will teach students how to manage users. The essentials of user management are presented, as well as the techniques for managing users in Windows 2000 and managing users in Linux. Students will learn how to deal with the SAM, user rights, policies, and shared folders. In addition, they will learn how to deal with manually and automatically adding users in Linux, linuxconf, password files, and policies.
Learn To
• Identify authentication methods.
• Identify features of the peer-to-peer network security model.
• Identify features of shares in peer-to-peer settings.
• Identify features of the Security Accounts Manager (SAM).
• Add a user account.
• Modify user rights.
• Match files for manually adding Unix users with their purposes.
• Identify features of automated account creation.
• Add a user by using the linuxconf program.
CIW Server Administrator Part 3: Services
This is the third course in a five part series that will teach students about services. This course will cover name resolution with Windows 2000 and Linux, name resolution with WINS and Samba, and implementing Internet services. The learner is taught how to install a DNS service in Windows 2000, and how to configure DNS servers and clients. This course also introduces NetBIOS, how to configure WINS servers and Samba and SWAT.The final section in the course, Implementing Internet Services, deals with FTP servers and controlling access in FTP.
Learn To
• Install a Windows 2000 primary Domain Name System (DNS) server.
• Identify functions of the Dynamic Domain Name Server (DDNS).
• Sequence the steps to create a DNS server zone.
• Identify features of the network basic input/output system (NetBIOS).
• Identify features of the nbtstat command.
• Sequence the steps performed by Windows 2000 servers to resolve NetBIOS names.
• Identify characteristics of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
• Identify considerations when planning a FTP site for use with the Web.
• Identify FTP management features in Internet Information Server (IIS).
CIW Server Administrator Part 4: Servers
This is the fourth course in a five part series that will teach students about various servers. This course will cover Web applications, Perl, gateways, and streaming Web servers. Additionally, students will learn about the installation and configuration of both E-Mail and News.
Learn To
• Match features of HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) messages with their functions.
• Edit a HTTP error message.
• Identify features of Web applications.
• Identify features of the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) Service.
• Create an expiration policy for a news server.
• Enable user-based access to a news server.
CIW Server Administrator Part 5: Server Integrity
This is the final course in a five part series that deals with optimizing server performance and services and protecting the integrity of servers. The course will also cover server optimization, security, and fault tolerance.
Learn To
• Identify services that are critical for a Web-based organization.
• Match network security services with their features.
• Identify functions of log files in system logging.
• Identify areas of vulnerability for servers.
• Identify methods for enhancing server security.
• Match types of firewalls with their descriptions.
• Identify functions of Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID).
• Identify data protection options.
• Identify the considerations for planning a backup strategy |
