Novell NDS Design and Implementation - Part 1

Audience

Network administrators and network designers or consultants. Participants should have taken the Novell NetWare 5 Administration series (courses 82301-05) and Novell NetWare 5 Advanced Administration series (courses 82311-15) prior to taking this course. This is an approved study guide that will help you prepare for certification exam 50-634 and is equivalent to Novell class 575.

Objective

• Identify Novell Directory Service (NDS) design theories.
• Identify the concepts associated with implementing the design of an NDS tree.
• Determine an NDS partition and replication strategy.
• Create a time synchronization strategy.
• Synchronize time for a network.

Topics Include

Unit 1: NDS Design Theory

• Identify why NDS design is important to the success of a network.
• Identify the tasks of personnel roles needed in NDS design.
• Identify the phases of the NDS design cycle.
• Identify the design implications of merging two companies.

Unit 2: Designing an NDS Tree

• Sequence the steps to design an NDS tree.
• Match the NDS concepts with their descriptions.
• Sequence the steps to create a naming standards document.
• Identify exceptions to using location-based design.
• Identify criteria that affect lower layer tree design.

Unit 3: NDS Partitions and Replicas

• Identify the characteristics of a partition.
• Identify the types of replicas.
• Indicate factors that affect partitions and replicas.
• Identify guidelines to determining partition boundaries.
• Identify benefits of a replica placement strategy.

Unit 4: Time Synchronization

• Identify the importance of time synchronization on a network.
• Match each IPX server type with its description.
• Identify the methods by which servers communicate.
• Identify NTP time source for IP and IPX servers.
• Identify conditions that affect planning a time synchronization strategy.
• Identify the advantages and considerations for implementing the single reference time synchronization method.
• Identify the benefits and considerations of time provider groups.
• Perform the steps to create time synchronization on the single reference and secondary servers.

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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