AIX Network Administration
AIX Training Overview
This course teaches the skills necessary to configure and manage TCP/IP, NFS, NIS and DNS.
AIX Training Audience
System and network administrators who require skills in configuring and managing local and wide area networks that include AIX systems.
AIX Training Prerequisites
Basic AIX system administration skills.
AIX Training Course duration
3 Days
AIX Training Topics
AIX Training Course outline
- What Is TCP/IP?
- OSIRM
- TCP/IP and OSIRM
- TCP/IP, OSIRM, and IEEE 802
- Topologies
- Hardware Address
- Internet Protocol
- IP Address
- Default IP Address Classes
- Subnet Masking
- Off-byte Boundary Subnet Mask
- Fragmentation and Reassembly
- IP Routing
- IP Header
- ICMP
- ARP
- TCP Vs. UDP
- UDP Header
- TCP Header
- TCP Handshake
- TCP Sliding Window
- Application Layer Protocols
- Network Terminology
- Summary
- Objectives
- Required Software
- Configuration of Adapters
- Interface Configuration
- SMIT Minimum Configuration
- Dead Gateway Detection
- SMIT Further Configuration
- ifconfig Command
- hostname Command
- /etc/hosts
- route Command
- netstat -rn
- /etc/resolv.conf
- ping Command
- netstat -in
- System Resource Controller
- SRC Commands
- TCP/IP Daemons
- inetd Daemon
- /etc/inetd.conf
- /etc/rc.tcpip
- Bootup Process for TCP/IP
- Review
- Objectives
- PPP Environment
- PPP Protocols
- PPP Server Configuration Steps
- Configure Server Serial Port
- Configure Server LCP
- Configure Interfaces
- Create user and password
- Start pppcontrold
- Check Interface
- Client Configuartion
- Create Client Serial Port
- Create Client LCP Configuration
- Create chatfile
- Start pppcontrold
- Execute pppattachd
- Check configuration
- Use Connection
- The Whole Picture
- Summary
- Objectives
- Name Resolution
- Domain Name Service
- Internet Structure
- Zone of Authority
- in-addr.arpa Domain
- DNS Server Types
- DNS or not DNS
- Default Name Resolution Hierarchy
- Change Default Hierarchy
- DNS Implementation Scenario
- Configure Master Steps
- Create /etc/named.conf
- Database creation shell scripts
- /var/named/dal.ibm.com
- /var/named/revip9.1.2
- /var/named/revip127.0.0
- /var/named/cache
- Create /etc/resolv.conf
- Start the named daemon
- Configured Master Server
- Configuring Slave Server
- Create /etc/named.conf
- Create local IP zone file
- Create /etc/resolv.conf
- Start named
- Configured Slave Server
- Configuring a Caching-only Server
- Forwarders
- Configuring Clients
- Maintaining the databases
- nslookup Troubleshooting Tool
- nslookup batch examples
- nslookup Interactive Example
- Summary
- bootp Overview
- bootp Header
- dhcp - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- dhcp Overview
- Some dhcp Additional parameters
- Configuration Example
- Configure dhcp Server
- Turn off bootp
- Edit /etc/dhcpsd.cnf
- Start the dhcpsd daemon
- Client Configuration Steps
- Turn off bootp
- Edit /etc/dhcpcd.ini
- Start dhcpcd daemon
- Configure Relay Agent
- dhcp and DNS
- Summary
- Objectives
- Purpose of NFS
- NFS and the OSIRM
- How is NFS Heterogeneous
- How is NFS Transparent
- Statelessness
- Mounting Review
- Filesystem
- Remote Mounting Example
- Security
- Unix Authentication
- root Authentication
- NFS Daemons
- portmap
- mountd
- biod
- nfsd
- lock and statd
- Summary
- Review
- Objectives
- NFS Prerequisites
- Steps for Configuring Server
- Add a Path to the Exports List 1
- Add a Path to the Exports List 2
- exportfs Command
- /etc/rc.nfs Shell Script
- Add /etc/rc.nfs to /etc/inittab
- Steps for Configuring the Client
- Execute the Mount Command
- Create Predefined Mountpoints 1
- Create Predefined Mountpoints 2
- Mounting Options for NFS
- Mount using type option
- Controlling NFS Daemons
- Umounting Remote Mounts
- Summary
- Review
