HARDWARE & NETWORKING

HARDWARE & NETWORKING

Computer Hardware & Networking course explores the jobs in IT industry. It is a job oriented course. Computer hardware comprises the equipment, wiring, and other physical components of a computer. Through a networking course you will learn how to setup a network, the difference between a personal network and a local area network from a metropolitan or wide area network. Today, all companies and organizations run on computer networks.

COMPTIA HARDWARE (A+)

• 
  Computer Components Identification
  • Assemble and Disassemble Computer Components
  • Components in Portable Computers
  • Devices Installation and Configuration
  • Characteristics of Cabling and their Connectors
  • Common IDE, SCSI and Peripheral Devices
  • Optimize PC Operations Optimization
  • Determine the Issues that must be considered when upgrading a PC
  • Popular CPU Chips
  • Types of Memory (RAM)
  • Types of Motherboards and their Components
  • Printer Technologies, Interfaces and Options/Upgrades
  • Troubleshoot Common Printer Problems
  • Operating System Fundamentals OS Installation
  • Common Error Codes Interpretation
  • Networking Capabilities of Windows
  • Basic Internet Protocols and Terminologies
  • Procedures for Establishing Internet Connectivity

COMPTIA NETWORKING (N+)

Logical or Physical Network Topologies
• Networking Standards
• Characteristics of Different Types of Cables
• Different media Connectors and Describe their uses
• Purposes, Features and Functions of Network Components
• General Characteristics of the Different wireless technologies
• Different Network Protocols
• Class-full IP and their subnet masks
• Sub-netting
• Private and Public network addressing schemes
• WAN Technologies
• Security protocols and authentication protocols
• Basic capabilities of different server operating systems
• Benefits and characteristics of using a firewall and proxy services
• Main characteristics and purpose of extranets and intranets
• Fault Tolerance
• Network utility to Troubleshoot networks
• Impact of modifying, adding or removing network services
• Network Troubleshooting with Physical Topology

CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE (CCNA) NETWORKING CONCEPTS

 Components of network – router, switch, hub, bridge etc
• Types of Network – LAN, MAN, WAN, VPN, PAN & Content Network
• Defining Network requirements – NIC- Ethernet (CSMA/CD)
• 10/100/1000 mbps DUPLEX (Half/Full/Auto) – Connecting Media – Coax.
• 10 base 2T – UTP/STP – CAT 1/2/3..
• Straight through/cross crimping (only details no practical)
• Fiber optics – Single/Multimedia
• 100 Base TX/FX etc – wireless communication.
• Ethernet cabling Standard.
• Connecting Devices
• Repeater – Hub – Switch – Bridge – Topology – Bus/Star/Ring
OSI – Model
• 7 Layers – Communication between the Layers (Encapsulation & De-encapsulation) –
• Layer 2 – MAC/LLC – 802.3/802.2 (SAP/SNAP) /Ethernet II – Frames
• Broadcast/Collision domain– point of -Hub/Switch/Router
• L4 – 3way handshake – windowing – and about – Connectionless
• Packet size [64B (mini) to 1518B (Max)]
TCP/IP Model & Ipv4 Addressing
• All Layers of TCP/IP Compound with – OS
• Application Layer – TFTP/FTP/SMTP/TELNET/SNMP/DNS
• Transport Layer – TCP/UDP – TCP Segment Format
• 3 way handshake/windowing – UDP segment Format
• Internet Layer
• IP datagram format – Protocol No. – TCP 6 – UDP 17
• ICMP – ARP – RARP
• Introduction to IP addressing – Class A/B/C/D/E
• Private IP address – First OCTET range etc.
Subnetting
• Default Subnet Mask
• Class C Subnetting & Practice no. given
• Class B Subnetting & problems
• Class A Subnetting & problems
Introduction to IPV6
• Introduction
• Host Address Assignment
• Unicast, Multicast and other Special ipV6 Addresses
• Configuring ipV6 Routing and Routing Protocols
• Translations between ipV4 and ipV6
• Summary
Basic of Router & Configuration
Selection of Router & Cabling a Route
• When Router used – LAN with WAN connect – to connect networks of different IP
• Different interface of Router – AUI /S0/S1/AUX – console / BRI etc.
• Cables used in different interfaces/purpose of interfaces
• WAN interface cable – EIA/TIA – 232/449/530 – 35 – X.21
• Different CISCO series – modular/fixed – 10mbps/100 etc
• Straight through between DTE & DCE
Different modes of operation & basic commands
Internal Components:
• ROM – POST – BSL – ROM-MONITOR PRG – MINIIOS
• Different interface of Router – AUI /S0/S1/AUX – console / BRI etc.
• DRAM -Running Config
• NVRAM – Startup Config
• Flash MEM – IOS
Different Modes:
• ROM Monitor – Reboot Mode – Setup – Exec Model
Exec Mode
• User -Privilege – Global – Sub-configuration mode
• Syntax/command to switch between modes
• Assigning IP address for -E0-S0-S1
• Enabling/disabling – console/privilege / vty password
• Mold – command
• Show Config / start / run / version / flash
Basic commands practice
• Changing between modes – (user-privilege- Global-etc)
• IP address configuration-E0-S0-S1
• Password – enabling – encrypting it
• Practice – motd – show commands – editing commands
• Assigning host name (for Router)
Advanced Commands
• Registervalue – X2102 – boot field value/purpose ROM monitor made – password breaking 8th/6th/13th bit of register value importance
• Boot system flash/network/ROM – config-register (Changing register value) – etc command purpose Booting sequence – Backup & Recovery – CDP
• Practice an above commands as well as following
• Telnet – [ctrl+shift+6]x – disconnect – sh users /Sessions
• Clear lines resume – [hostname resolving in telnet domain Enabling/disabling etc – no practical for this alone]
• Overview of Cisco SDM (Security Device Manager)
IP Routing
IP Routing, Static Routing & Default Routing
• IP routing – static routing – default- dynamic routing
• Providing clock rate to up the link after identifying DCE by “Sh controllers” command
• Commands/syntax – Static/default routing
Static Routing & Default Routing
• Practical-session for Static & default routing
Dynamic Routing and RIP
• Dynamic Routing – IGP & EGP.
• IGP – RIP-OSPF – EGRP – EIGRP
• Classes of Routing Protocol – Distance vector – Link State – Balanced hybrid
• Role of Routing Protocol – builds/updates/selects & Routes the packet
• Soluting for Routing loops – Max. loop count – split horizon – Route poison Reverse – Hold down Timer
• Features of RIP – distance vector algorithm – RIP V1/V2 – load sharing – metric (depends – loop count)
• Metric value depends – loop count – Ticks – delay – Reliability – cost – MTU – Bandwidth
• Command – Router RIP Network
• Sh IP route
• Timer value for RIP– Update/Invalid/ hold down/flush Timer
RIP
• Dynamic Routing – RIP Practical
Dynamic Routing EIGRP & OSPF
• Limitations of distance vector algorithm
• Features of EIGRP and its operations
• Configuring EIGRP – “Auto-redistribution”
• Verify and troubleshooting EIGRP
• Features of OSPF and its operation
• Configuring single area OSPF
• Verify and troubleshoot OSPF
Access List
• Purpose/advantage of Access-list
• IP [-for a host – for a network/sub network].
• Std IP access-list – wild card calculation
• Extd IP access list
• Switch port ACL,.
• Step involved in creating access list
• Applying access list at the interface – (inbound/outbound)
• Named access-list for IP
• Access-list in Telnet sessiont
IP standard Access List
• Practical on IP Std access-list
• IP Extended Access List
• IP Extd access-list, named access lists
NAT Implement, Verify & Troubleshoot NAT
• Explain the Basic Operation Of NAT
• Using (including CLI/SDM)
• Practicals on Static NAT, Dynamic NAT and PAT
• Troubleshoot NAT issues
WAN Technologies
WAN Technologies- Leased Line
• Leased line
• P to P communication
• HDLC & PPP protocol-features
• Enabling HDLC & PPP
PPP Link
• PPP layer & its explanation/role
• PAP/CHAP role
• Configuring PAP/CHAP using commands
VPN
• Describe VPN technology
• Importance Of VPN
• Benefits & Role
• Impact & Components
Frame-Relay
• Packet Switched Network
• Virtual circuit – DLCI – Access-link – CRI – FECN – BECN – LMI
• Enabling Frame-relay
• Inverse ARP
• Configuring frame-relay for
• Mesh Network
• Star Network
• Combination of above two
Switching
Switching Operation and Configuration
• Function –add-learning / Forward-filters the Frame / loop avoidance
• Redundant path and its problems
• Spanning Tree Protocol – purpose – its different state (blocking/listening/learning/forwarding)
• Modes of operation of switch/Bridge
• Port duplexing
• Switch & hub – half duplex
• Switch & Server – full duplex
• CISCO catalyst switch 1912 & 1924 interface details
• M/K/I modes
• Basic and advanced commands
• Enabling & configuring MAC address table
VLAN Configuration
• VLAN – ISL – Trunking
• Enabling Trunking
• Assigning VLAN No. & name
• Configuring ports to a specific VLAN
• VTP purpose
• VTP domain
• VTP modes of operation
• Switching Technologies (including VTP , RSTP , PVSTP, 802.1q)
• Implement Basic Switch Security (including Port Security, Trunk access .etc )
Wireless LAN
• Wireless Intro & Operation
• Standards associated with Wireless Media (including WI-FI Alliance, ITU/FCC)
• Ad-hoc mode, infrastructure mode
• SSID, BSS, ESS
• Basic Parameters to configure on a Wireless Network
• Wireless Security Feature’s (WEP, WPA 1 / 2 )
• Implementing Wireless Networks

WINDOWS SERVER ADMINISTARTION

Module 1: Windows Server Administration Overview
• Introducing Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server Core Overview
• Windows Server administration principles and tools overview

Module 2: Identity Services in Windows Server
• AD DS Overview
• Deploying Windows Server domain controllers
• Azure AD overview
• Implementing Group Policy
• Active Directory Certificate Services overview

Module 3: Network Infrastructure services in Windows Server
• Deploying and managing DHCP
• Deploying and managing DNS service
• Deploying and managing IPAM
• Remote Access Services in Windows Server

Module 4: File Servers and Storage management in Windows Server
• Volumes and File Systems in Windows Server
• Implementing sharing in Windows Server
• Implementing Storage Spaces in Windows Server
• Implementing Data Deduplication
• Implementing iSCSI
• Deploying Distributed File System

Module 5: Hyper-V virtualization and containers in Windows Server
• Hyper-V in Windows Server ? Configuring VMs
• Securing virtualization in Windows Server
• Containers in Windows Server ?
• Overview of Kubernetes

Module 6: High Availability in Windows Server
• Planning for failover clustering implementation
• Creating and configuring failover cluster
• Overview of stretch clusters
• High availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V VMs

Module 7: Disaster recovery in Windows Server
• Hyper-V Replica
• Backup and restore infrastructure in Windows Server

Module 8: Windows Server security
• Credentials and privileged access protection
• Hardening Windows Server
• JEA in Windows Server
• Securing and analyzing SMB traffic
• Windows Server update management

Module 9: RDS in Windows Server
• Overview of RDS
• Configuring a session-based desktop deployment
• Overview of personal and pooled virtual desktops

Module 10: Remote access and web services in Windows Server
• Implementing VPNs
• Implementing Always On VPN
• Implementing NPS
• Implementing Web Server in Windows Server

Module 11: Server and performance monitoring in Windows Server
• Overview of Windows Server monitoring tools
• Using Performance Monitor
• Monitoring event logs for troubleshooting

Module 12: Upgrade and migration in Windows Server
• AD DS migration
• Storage Migration Service
• Windows Server migration tools

CLOUD COMPUTING – ASSOCIATE SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT (AMAZON WEB SERVICE)

1. Introduction to Cloud Computing
   Learning Objectives – In this module, you will learn what Cloud Computing is and what are the different models of Cloud Computing along with the key differentiators of different models. We will also introduce you to virtual world of AWS along with AWS key vocabulary, services and concepts.

Topics – Introduction to Cloud Computing, AWS Architecture, AWS Management Console, Setting up of the AWS Account.

2. Amazon EC2 and Amazon EBS
   Learning Objectives – In this module, you will learn about the introduction to compute offering from AWS called EC2. We will cover different instance types and Amazon AMIs. A demo on launching an AWS EC2 instance, connect with an instance and hosting a website on AWS EC2 instance. We will also cover EBS storage Architecture (AWS persistent storage) and the concepts of AMI and snapshots.

Topics – Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Demo of AMI Creation, Backup, Restore, EC2 Services and EBS persistent storage.

3. Amazon Storage Services: S3, RRS, CloudWatch
   Learning Objectives – In this modules, you will learn how AWS provides various kind of scalable storage services. In this module, we will cover different storage services like S3, RRS and learn how to host a static website on AWS. This session also covers monitoring AWS resources and setting up alerts and notifications for AWS resources and AWS usage billing with AWS CloudWatch.

Topics – AWS Storage Services: S3, RRS & Glacier, Amazon Cloud Watch, Alerts, Notification.

4. Scaling and Load Distribution in AWS
   Learning Objectives – In this module, you will learn about ‘Scaling’ and ‘Load distribution techniques’ in AWS. This module also includes a demo of Load distribution & Scaling your resources horizontally based on time or activity.

Topics – Amazon Scaling Service: ELB and Auto Scaling.

5. AWS VPC & Route 53
   Learning Objectives – In this module, you will learn introduction to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud. We will cover how you can make public and private subnet with AWS VPC. A demo on creating VPC. We will also cover overview of AWS Route 53.

Topics – Amazon VPC with subnets , Gateways , Route tables and Amazon Route 53 overview.

6. Identity and Access Management Techniques (IAM) and Amazon Managed Relational Database (RDS)
   Learning Objectives – In this module, you will learn how to achieve distribution of access control with AWS using IAM. We will talk about the managed relational database service of AWS called RDS.

Topics – Amazon IAM Overview, Amazon RDS.

7. Multiple AWS Services and Managing the Resources’ Lifecycle
   Learning Objectives – In this module, you will get an overview of multiple AWS services. We will talk about how do you manage life cycle of AWS resources and follow the DevOps model in AWS. We will also talk about notification and email service of AWS along with Content Distribution Service in this module.

Topics – AWS CloudFront, AWS DynamoDB, AWS Import / Export , Overview of AWS Products such as Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud Formation, AWS OpsWorks, SES.

8. AWS Architecture and Design
   Learning Objectives – In this module, you will cover various architecture and design aspects of AWS. We will also cover the cost planning and optimization techniques along with AWS security best practices, High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) in AWS.

Topics – AWS Backup and DR Setup, AWS High availability Design, AWS Best Practices (Cost +Security), AWS Calculator & Consolidated Billing.

9. Migrating to Cloud & AWS Case Study
   Learning Objectives – In this module, you will learn how to migrate to cloud. Also we discuss a case study for AWS Implementation.

Topics – AWS Cloud Migration guidelines. AWS Case Study.

CLOUD COMPUTING – MICROSOFT AZURE ARCHITECT (AZURE)

Module 1: Managing Azure Subscriptions and Resources
Module 2: Implementing and Managing Storage
Module 3: Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines (VMs)
Module 4: Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
Module 5: Managing Identities

2. Implementing Workloads and Security

Module 1: Evaluating and Performing Server Migration to Azure
Module 2: Implementing and Managing Application Services
Module 3: Implementing Advanced Virtual Networking
Module 4: Securing Identities

3. Understanding Cloud Architect Technology Solutions

Module 1: Selecting Compute and Storage Solutions
Module 2: Hybrid Networking
Module 3: Measuring Throughput and Structure of Data Access

4. Creating and Deploying Apps

Module 1: Creating Web Applications using PaaS
Module 2: Creating Apps and Services Running on Service Fabric
Module 3: Using Azure Kubernetes Service

5. Developing for the Cloud

Module 1: Developing Long-Running Tasks and Distributed Transactions
Module 2: Configuring a Message-Based Integration Architecture
Module 3: Developing for Asynchronous Processing
Module 4: Developing for Autoscaling
Module 5: Developing Azure Cognitive Services Solutions

LINUX ADMINISTRATOR – RED HAT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Unit 1: Accessing the Command Line
• Recognize the BASH shell based on the default prompt.
• Use Linux efficiently by switching between virtual consoles.
• Display usage messages and be able to interpret a command’s syntax.
Unit 2: Managing Files from the Command Line
• Recognize and Find Familiarity in a File-system Tree,
• Learn Terms Like “root” Directory and Subdirectory.
• Introduction to Different types of Data in Separate System Directories.
Unit 3: Getting Help in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Learn “man” Terminology, Including Topics and Sections.
• Become Aware of The importance of less-noticed man sections.
Unit 4: Creating, Viewing and Editing Text Files
• Control Output to Files.
• Use Pipe to Control Output to Other Programs.
Unit 5: Manage Local Linux Users and Groups
• Explain the Role of Users and Groups on a Linux System and How They are understood by the Computer.
Unit 6: Controlling Access to Files with Linux File-system Permissions
• Explain How the Linux File Permissions Model Works.
Unit 7: Monitoring and Managing Linux Processes
• Learn the Processes Lifecycle, in Order to better Comprehend Process States.
Unit 8: Controlling Services and Daemons
• List System Daemons and Network Services Started by System services and Socket units.
Unit 9: Configuring And Securing Open-ssh Service
• Log into a Remote System Using ssh to Run Commands From a Shell Prompt.
Unit 10: Analyzing and Storing Logs
• Describe the Basic “syslog” Architecture in RHEL7
Unit 11: Managing RHEL Networking
• Explain Fundamental Concepts of Computer Networking.
Unit 12: Archiving and Copying Files between Systems To
• Create Backups and Transfer Files Over The Network.. Unit
13: Installing and Updating Software Packages
• Register System With Your Red Hat Account and Entitle Them to Software Updates for Installed Products.
Unit 14: Accessing Linux File-systems
• Determine which Directories in the File-system Hierarchy are Stored on Which Storage Devices.
Unit 15: Using Virtualized Systems
• Recognize the Consistent Use of KVM Architecture Throughout of Red Hat Product Line.
Unit 16: Accessing the Command Line

Paper2: RH134

Unit 1: Automating Installation with Kickstart
• Explain Kickstart Concepts and Architecture
• Install and configure Linux using Kickstart
Unit 2: Using Regular Expressions with “grep”
• Create a Regular Expressions that match desired data.
Unit 3: Creating and Editing Text files with vim
• Explain the three main modes of “vim”.
Unit 4: Scheduling Future Linux Tasks
• Scheduling tasks using at and cron.
Unit 5: Managing Priority of Linux Processes
• Explain about Linux Processes and nice values.
Unit 6: Controlling Access to Files with Access Control Lists (ACL)
• Describe ACL’s and file system mount options..
Unit 7:Managing SELinux Security
• Explain the Basics of Se-Linux permissions and Context Transitions.
• Display Current Se-Linux Modes.
• Correctly Interpret the Se-Linux Context of a File.
• Identify Current Se-Linux Boolean Settings.
Unit 8: Connecting to Network-Defined Users and Groups
• User authentication using centralized Identity Management Services.
Unit 9: Adding Disks, Partitions, and File Systems to a Linux System
• Create and Delete disk Partitions on disks with an MBR Partitioning Scheme Using “fdisk”.
• Create and Delete disk Partitions on disks with an GPT Partitioning Scheme Using “gdisk”.
• Format Devices Using “mkfs”
• Mount File System into the Directory Tree
Unit 10: Managing Logical Volume Management (LVM) Storage
• How to manage high performance LVM storage.
Unit 11: Accessing Network Attached Storage with Network File System (NFS)
• Access, Mount and unmount NFS Shares .
Unit 12: Accessing Network Storage with SMB
• How to mount and unmount smb file-system using the command line.
Unit 13: Controlling and Troubleshooting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Boot Process
• Describe and Influence the RHEL Boot Process..
Unit 14: Limiting Network Communication with Firewalled
• Configure the Basic Firewall Using “firewalld”, “firewalld-config”and “firewalld-cmd”.
Unit 15: Comprehensive Review
• Comprehensive Review of System Administration 2

Paper3: RH254

Unit 1: Controlling Services and Daemons
• Control System Daemons and Services Using System ctl.
Unit 2: Managing IPV6 Networking
• Configure and troubleshoot IPv6 address on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems
Unit 3: Configuring Link Aggregation and Bridging
• Configure and Troubleshoot Network Bonding and Teaming on RHEL
Unit 4: Network Port Security
• Implement a Secure Network Using Firewall
Unit 5: Managing DNS for Servers
• A Brief Study about DNS Records and how to Configure a Secure Caching DNS.
Unit 6: Configuring Email Transmission
• Configure RHEL Server to Transmit all E-mail through an Unauthenticated SMTP Gateway.
Unit 7: Providing Remote Block Storage
• How to Access Remote Storage Space Using ISCSI.
Unit 8: Providing File Based Storage
• Export File System to Client Systems Using NFS and Providing Security.
Unit 9: Configuring MariaDB Databases
• Install and Configure Mariadb Database.
Unit 10: Providing Apache HTTPD Web Service
• Configure a Secure Apache HTTPD Web-service..
Unit 11: Writing Bash Scripts
• Write simple shell scripts using Bash.
Unit 12: Bash Conditionals and Control Structures
• Bash Conditionals and Other Control Structure.
Unit 13: Configuring the Shell Environment
• Use Bash Startup Scripts to Define Environment Variables, Aliases and Functions.
Unit 14: Linux Containers and Docker
• Details about Linux Containers and Dockers..
Unit 15: Comprehensive Review
• Comprehensive Review of System Administration 3