Novell NetWare 5 Advanced Administration - Part 2

Audience

Network administrators or other networking professionals that provide service and support for the NetWare 5 environment. This course is intended for experienced networking professionals. Students should have completed the NetWare 5 Administration series (82301-05) prior to taking this course and the first part of this series (course 82311). Participants should also have a basic understanding of personal computers operating systems and network technology as well as experience with DOS and a working knowledge of Windows 95 or Windows NT. This course series is an approved study guide that will help certification candidates prepare for exam 50-640 and is equivalent to Novell class 570.

Objective

• Set up network printing by defining Novell Directory Services (NDS) printing objects.
• Bring up a print server.
• Connect a printer to a network.
• Design and set up both Novell's traditional filing system and a volume using Novell Storage Services (NSS).
• Modify parameters to optimize network performance.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Queue-Based Network Printing

• Identify the tasks to set up queue-based printing.
• Perform the steps to create a print queue object.
• Perform the steps to create a printer object.
• Perform the steps to create a print server object.
• Perform the steps to set up print services objects using the Quick Setup option.
• Identify the console command used to activate the print server.
• Perform the step to connect a printer attached to a NetWare server other than the print server.
• Identify the ways to control print queue work flow.
• Identify ways print jobs in the print queue can be managed.
• Perform the steps to add a user to the printer object's Notify list.
• Perform the steps to make a user a print server operator.
• Identify the printing capabilities granted to different types of users.

Unit 2: Network File Systems

• Identify the guidelines that should be followed when planning NetWare volumes.
• Match the system-created directories with their purposes.
• Identify directory types that can be used to organize individual files in the directory structure.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of a one-volume directory structure.
• Identify the advantages of Novell Storage Services (NSS).
• Match these NSS concepts with their own functions: provider consumer and storage.
• Perform the steps to scan hard drives for free space.
• Perform the steps to assign a consumer to free space on hard drives.
• Perform the steps to create a NSS volume.

Unit 3: Optimizing the Network and Server

• Identify the task performed by the memory allocation function used by the NetWare memory management architecture.
• Identify issues to be considered when utilizing virtual memory and swap files.
• Perform the steps to create and configure a server to use virtual memory utilizing swap files.
• Perform the steps to create and remove protected memory blocks.
• Match the parameters listed in the Monitor General Information Screen with their functions.
• Identify the usage of threads and applications in the NetWare system.
• Perform the steps to create an application.
• Perform the steps to configure an application.
• Identify the benefits of caching in improving system performance.
• Perform the steps to set a file cache parameter.
• Perform the steps to set a directory cache parameter.
• Identify key issues which affect system performance with regard to hardware utilization.
• Identify packets and buffers and how they are used to transmit data.
• Perform the steps to set and view packet parameters.
• Match key parameters listed in the Network Board Statistics screen with their functions.
• Perform the steps to activate and modify packet burst protocol.
• Identify Large Internet Packets and how they are configured.
• Identify the function of disk drives and controllers within the NetWare environment.
• Identify the benefits of using block suballocation.
• Perform the steps to configure file compression parameters.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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