CISCO-Solaris Certification Courses

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CISCO-Solaris Certification Courses

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Career Certification Initiative

• The world of networking and systems
  administration is a highly competitive arena that
  continues to grow in complexity as technology
  evolves. With this growth, the demand for highly
  trained experts increases daily.
• The benefits of Certification are
• Certification provides a standard, tangible way
  of measuring technical skills.
• provide job advancement opportunities.
• Certification provides worldwide third party
  validation of your skills.

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Targeted Audience

• Who should take the certification exams
• Experts(E) People who have sufficient experience
  in maintenance and administration of
  networks(3-5years) or people who have a thorough
  knowledge in all the prerequisites for the
  course.
• Proficient(P) People who have basic knowledge of
  networks and system administration.
• Novices(N) People with little or no programming
  and networking background.

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Why offer courses at ODU

• Vendor courses On an average each course is 5
  days long
• (8 hrs./day).
• Corporations are reluctant to sponsor their
  employees for the courses since the fee is
  astronomical.
• ODU Offer similar courses, at a much lower cost.
• Courses are of longer duration
• (1 - Semester) and hence students have the
  opportunity to gain more exposure and hands-on
  lab experience.

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How much do Certified Professionals Earn?

• How much does it Pay ?
• With less than 3,000 graduates in Cisco
  Certification programs history, it is no wonder
  that CCIEs (Cisco Certified Internetwork
  Engineer) command starting salaries of at around
  80,000 to 90,000 pa.
• Because of the high demand and high standards set
  by Sun Certification courses, sun certified
  Administrators demand starting salaries of around
  90,000.

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Network Administration Certification Courses
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Path to Certification Courses
CS250 (Novice) Object oriented programming in C
CS455/CS555 (Novice) Intro to Networks and
communication
CS471 Operating Systems
CS454/CS554 (Proficient) Networks and System
management
Cisco Certification Level I Exam CCNA, CCDP, CCNA
Solaris Certification Level I Exam
Enterprise Networks (Expert)
Cisco Certification Level II Exam CCDP, CCNA(WAN)
Advanced Network Configuration
Solaris System Administration
Cisco Certification Level III Exam CCIE,
CCNP(WAN), CCDP(WAN)
Solaris Certification Level II Exam
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Introduction To Networks And Data
Communications(CS 455/555 3 Credits)

• Course Emphasis
• Introduction to various elements of a network.
• Course Outline
• Introduction --- OSI, TCP/IP, and other models.
• Physical Layer --- hardware survey, signals,
  switching, multiplexing, errors, etc.
• Data Link Layer --- DL control
• Media Access --- IEEE 802 series LAN standards,
  FDDI, etc.
• Network Layer --- routing, WAN's,
  Internetworking, IP
• Transport Protocols --- transport layer services,
  TCP
• Frame Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• Security --- encryption, firewalls
• Other Topics as time permits --- data
  compression, Application Layer, ISDN, etc.

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Network And Systems Management(CS 454/554 3
Credits)

• Course Emphasis
• Design, Configuration and Management of various
  networks.
• Course Outline
• Introduction to Internetwork design through case
  studies of campus designs.
• Perform a needs analysis as part of a network
  design project, identifying key technical,
  business, and administrative issues that form the
  foundation of the design.
• Use the available Cisco hardware and software
  products to develop a complete internetwork
  design solutions.
• Gain complete understanding of IP addresses,
  subnet masks, VLSMs.
• Install and configure a Solaris OS Server and an
  NT Server.
• Configure DNS, network servers, sendmail and
  samba.
• Identify security pitfalls and configure a secure
  environment.
• Design WAN components and SNMP agents.
• Topics on ATM LAN Emulation

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Enterprise Networks (Proposed 3 Credits Course)

• Course Emphasis Design and management of a WAN
  switched Network.
• Course Outline
• Design, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot
  Cisco ISDN and remote access products.
• Design, configure, operate, and troubleshoot
  complex routed LAN WAN,
• Switched LAN and ATM LANE networks, and Dial
  Access services.
• Use packet/frame analysis and Cisco debugging
  tools.
• Serial, T1/E1/J1-Y1, DS3, E3, and OC-3c
  transmission.
• Digital, voice, Frame Relay, ATM technical
  concepts, WAN and voice networks.
• Design Configure, upgrade, and replace Cisco
  StrataCom BPX, IGX, and AXIS products.
• Configuration of the switches and services
  available in a BPX network running system
  software release 8.5 and MGX running Release 4.0
  firmware.
• Design, configure, operate, manage, and verify
  Cisco WAN switches using StrataView Plus (SV)
  application software.

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Advanced Network Configuration (Proposed 3
Credits Course)

• Course Emphasis
• Specialization in the following areas.
• Course outline
• Security- Cisco security solutions.
• Voice Access - Data-Voice integration solutions.
• Network Management - net-work management
  solutions for multilayer networks.
• SNA/IP Network Management.
• LAN ATM.

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Solaris Systems Administration Certification
Courses
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Pre-requisite Courses( 3 Credits )

• CS250 - Object Oriented Programming in C
• Course Outline
• Introduction to problem solving techniques in C
  
• Introduction to Unix operating system
• CS471 - Operating Systems
• Course Outline
• Nachos operating system
• Threads and Synchronization
• Implementation of system calls
• Implementation of multiprogramming

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Solaris Systems Administration (Proposed 3
Credits Course)

• Course Emphasis
• Management and troubleshooting of Sun stations in
  a networked environment.
• Course Description The Solaris 7 Network
  Environment, network devices.
• Manage Patches.
• The Boot PROM
• Device Administration.
• Introduction to File Systems, Disk Management
• Cache FS File Systems and Web NFS
• Administration and Configuration of CDE
• Virtual Volume Management.
• Auto-installation.

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Time Line for ODU course offerings