Course Description

This course is designed for computer professionals who need to understand and administer the TCP/IP environment in OpenVMS. This course provides information and experience to function in a networked environment that is focused on TCP/IP protocols. This course covers the concepts, administration and usage of TCP/IP networks. It does not cover network internals.

Who Should Attend

OpenVMS System Managers and Network Administrators who need to understand and administer the TCP/IP environment within OpenVMS.

Prerequisites

The students should have system management experience with OpenVMS including the ability to use the environment, edit text files and manage user accounts. This experience may be obtained through the following courses.

• Completion of OpenVMS Academy Utilities and Commands - course code VM100
• Completion of OpenVMS Academy System Administration - course code VM210

Benefits of Attending this Class

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Describe TCP/IP as implemented on OpenVMS
• Understand IP addresses and masks
• Use TCP/IP for OpenVMS user and management commands
• Install and configure TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
• Manage NFS on an OpenVMS system
• Configure and troubleshoot static and dynamic routing
• Configure failSAFE IP for IP Address failover in the event of NIC failure
• Manage BIND on an OpenVMS system
• Configure SSH, manage SSH service and customize the SSH run-time environment
• Understand BOOTP, DHCP, NTP, SNMP and SMTP
• Configure remote printing
• Troubleshoot TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
• Present IPv6 concepts

Course Contents

TCP/IP Overview

• TCP/IP Services for HP OpenVMS
• Network Concepts
• IPv4 Addresses
• IPv6
• Configuration Options
• TCP/IP Management Utility
• DCL Commands
• UNIX Style Commands

Installation and Configuration

• Installing TCP/IP Services
• Configuring TCP/IP Services
• Startup and Shutdown
• Installation Verification Procedures
• Serial Lines
• Network Reconfiguration

Protocols

• Network Stack
• Ethernet
• Protocols

Troubleshooting

• Overview
• Connectivity Issues
• Routing Issues
• Delayed Disconnects
• Service Troubleshooting
• General Troubleshooting
• Packet Analysis
• Performance

Routing

• Overview of Routing
• Routing Tables
• Static Routing
• Dynamic Routing
• Configuring a Host as a Router
• Troubleshooting

DNS and Bind

• Domain Name Service
• DNS Servers
• BIND Resolver
• Server Configuration
• Zone Files
• Round-Robin DNS
• Access Control Lists
• Zone Transfers
• Dynamic Updates
• Views
• Example Configurations
• Migrating an Existing Master Server
• DNS Security
• Utilities
• Troubleshooting

File Transfer Protocol

• File Transfer Protocol Concepts
• Server Configuration
• Anonymous FTP
• FTP Anonymous Light
• FTP Over SSL
• Client Usage
• Trivial File Transfer Protocol
• Firewall Considerations
• Troubleshooting
• Configuring a Public FTP Repository
• Configuring a FTP Dropbox

Bootstrap Protocol

• Bootstrap Protocol Concepts
• Server Configuration
• Client Configuration on the Server
• Client Configuration on the Client
• Example
• Troubleshooting

DHCP

• Overview of DHCP
• DHCP Protocol
• Configuration a DHCP Server
• Address Assignment
• Server Configuration Options
• Multiple DHCP Servers
• DHCP Utilities
• Relay Server
• DHCP Client Configuration
• Troubleshooting

Virtual LAN

• Virtual LANs
• VLAN Configuration
• Troubleshooting

Network Redundancy

• LAN Failover
• Round-Robin DNS
• Load Broker and Metric Server
• failSAFE IP
• Router Redundancy
• Summary Comparison of OpenVMS Features
• Example Configuration

Remote Commands

• Overview
• Proxies
• Command Usage
• rcp
• finger
• Troubleshooting

Remote Printing

• Remote Printing Options
• Files
• LPR / LPD
• Telnet / Raw TCP
• PC-NFS
• Troubleshooting

Network File System

• Network File System Concepts
• Protocols
• Security
• Server Configuration
• Container File System
• Client Usage
• Examples
• Troubleshooting

Secure Shell

• Overview of Secure Shell
• Configuration
• Key Files
• Usage
• SSH Authentication
• Secure File Transfers
• SSH Port Forwarding
• Troubleshooting

Network Time Protocol

• Network Time Protocol
• Configuration
• Authentication
• Utilities
• Troubleshooting

E-Mail

• Overview
• Simple Mail Transport Protocol
• Fighting Spam
• Post Office Protocol
• Internet Message Access Protocol

Simple Network Management Protocol

• Overview
• Management Information Base
• SNMP Security
• Configuration
• Troubleshooting