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.

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Duration: 7 hours Training Presented in: English

Audience

The audience for this course includes LAN/WAN administrators system administrators systems managers intranet administrators network engineers and internetworking engineers. The prerequisite for this course is that students must have CIW Foundations certification or equivalent experience. CIW accepts CompTIA's i-Net+ certification in place of the CIW Foundations course. This course covers exam number 1D0-450.

Objective

• 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).

Topics Include

Unit 1: System Installation and Configuration

• Identify common IT tasks.
• Match system elements with their functions.
• Match bandwidth options with their features.
• Identify factors that affect throughput.
• Match members of the Microsoft Windows family with their features.
• Identify characteristics of Unix.
• Identify features of Novell NetWare.
• Identify considerations for choosing an operating system.
• Identify considerations for installing an operating system.
• Identify considerations for adding a network interface card (NIC).
• Configure TCP/IP properties in Windows 2000.
• Match TCP/IP troubleshooting utilities with their features.
• Sequence the steps in the dynamic addressing process.
• Match Internet Protocol (IP) address configuration tools with their features.
• Configure a static IP address in Linux by using linuxconf.
• Identify features of the Domain Name System (DNS).
• Identify the DNS server types.
• Match DNS records with their features.
• Identify the reverse lookup domains for IP addresses.
• Identify considerations for troubleshooting the DNS.
• Identify features of nslookup.
• Identify nslookup record types.

Unit 2: Web Server Configuration

• Identify considerations for URL request processing.
• Identify features of common Web servers.
• Identify how to install IIS.
• Identify characteristics of IIS configuration.
• Identify how IIS can be administered through a Web browser.
• Modify the document root in IIS.
• Add a new default document name to a Web server.
• Edit the default root directory to redirect to another URL.
• Enable directory browsing in IIS.
• Match the access methods in IIS with their descriptions.
• Enable user-based access in IIS.
• Enable directory access for only two users.
• Control access to Web server files by using an IP address.
• Identify the types of virtual servers.
• Identify access permissions in the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard.
• Identify the features of Apache server.
• Identify considerations for administering Apache server.
• Identify functions of the text files used to configure Apache server.
• Create an alias in Apache server.
• Edit the httpd.conf file to redirect a URL in Apache Server.
• Identify the syntax used to create a virtual server in Apache server on Unix.

Duration

7

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).

Media

• CIW Server Administrator Part 2: User Management
• CIW Server Administrator Part 3: Services
• CIW Server Administrator Part 4: Servers
• CIW Server Administrator Part 5: Server Integrity