Part I
Novell Network Management for NetWare 6
Welcome back!
In the first leg of our exciting NetWare 6 CNE journey together, we explored Novell’s CNA certification objectives—also known as Novell Course 3001: Foundations of Novell Networking. In the first course, we used CNA Study Guide for NetWare 6 as our road map. Wasn’t that fun?
We learned about ACME (A Cure for Mother Earth), its mission to save the Net, and how NetWare 6 expands local- and wide-area networking to the Internet via Novell eDirectory. By now you should be a full-fledged Certified Novell Administrator (CNA). Congratulations. But, this is only the beginning.
In this study guide, CNE for NetWare 6 Study Guide, we’ll continue our CNE journey beyond mere administration tasks, into the realm of engineer stuff—such as pure IP, network troubleshooting, advanced security, optimization, and eDirectory design. We’ll even launch you into Novell’s 6 step Troubleshooting Model.
This exhaustive CNE journey covers three required certification courses in three parts. In Part I, we’ll tackle all the testing objectives for Novell Course 3004: Novell Network Management. Here is a brief peek of what’s in store:
Chapter 1: “NetWare 6 Installation”—The NetWare 6 installation process consists of 21 steps over 5 phases. It includes a number of new improvements, including enhanced GUI server screens, better hardware auto-detection, and a network-based licensing model. Here you’ll learn everything you need to know about NetWare 6 installation and get a chance to install an ACME server of your very own. Exciting!
Chapter 2: “NetWare 6 Upgrade and Migration”—If you’re already running NetWare 4 or 5, NetWare 6 includes two cool options for you. You can install NetWare 6 on the same machine without losing any existing files. This type of upgrade is called an in-place upgrade. You can upgrade to NetWare 6 from either NetWare 5.x or NetWare 4.x. NetWare 6 also includes an elaborate migration utility, not surprisingly called the NetWare Migration Wizard. This GUI migration tool enables you to upgrade NetWare 4, 5, or 6 servers across the wire to NetWare 6. So, which NetWare 6 upgrade option is best for you? Chapter 2 will help you decide.
Chapter 3: “NetWare 6 Server Management”—As a network engineer, it’s your responsibility to focus on the NetWare 6 server to ensure that it stays fine-tuned and in peak condition. To help you supercharge the server, we’ll examine such advanced management components as NetWare’s Remote Manager, iMonitor, and iManager. Also, you’ll learn how to configure, manage, and maintain Novell’s newest file storage technologies with Novell Storage Services (NSS) and Storage Management Services (SMS).
Chapter 4: “NetWare 6 Client Management”—Because both the Novell Client for Windows 95/98 and the Novell Client for Windows NT/2000/XP were designed to be closely integrated with their respective workstation environments, you must be intimately familiar with both the Novell Client and the Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/2000/XP interfaces. This chapter will guide you through identifying the needs of your NetWare 6 client, installing the Client, and accessing the network from native Clients. Finally, we’ll delve into the world of iFolder, NetStorage, and NetDrive.
Chapter 5: “NetWare 6 eDirectory Management”—After you’ve installed NetWare 6 and migrated any legacy servers, it’s time to build, prune, and maintain your new eDirectory tree. In Chapter 5, you’ll discover how to partition, upgrade, and troubleshoot eDirectory version 8.6.
Chapter 6: “NetWare 6 IP Services”—In this chapter, you’ll discover pure IP! TCP/IP is the pavement of NetWare 6’s information superhighway. NetWare 6 supports native access to TCP/IP networks with the help of DNS/DHCP Services, IPX compatibility, network address translation (NAT), and the Service Location Protocol (SLP).
Chapter 7: “NetWare 6 Internet Infrastructure”—In this chapter, you’ll learn how to hang ten on the information superhighway with your very own NetWare 6 surfboard. You’ll learn how to deliver Internet services with Novell’s Enterprise Web and FTP servers.
Chapter 8: “NetWare 6 Optimization”—In this chapter, you’ll learn how to fine-tune the server and network for peak performance. This is required in order to handle the demands of NetWare 6 users. NetWare 6 performance optimization involves properly managing your system’s memory, optimizing the server, optimizing the network, and taking advantage of NetWare’s high-performance multitasking, multithreading, and multiprocessing features.
Chapter 9: “NetWare 6 Advanced Security”—Next, we’ll explore advanced security management using public key cryptography and the NetWare 6 Novell Certificate Server. This server process natively integrates public key authentication and encryption mechanisms into eDirectory and enables you to mint, issue, and manage both user and server certificates. In this chapter, we’ll study the basic fundamentals of public key cryptography and learn how the Novell Certificate Server can help you extend communication security within NetWare 6. Extreme networking demands extreme security!
Chapter 10: “NetWare 6 Troubleshooting Fundamentals”—In the final chapter of Part I, we’ll explore troubleshooting fundamentals. The purpose of troubleshooting is to determine the cause of specific problems and implement timely solutions. In this chapter, we’ll discover how to troubleshoot hardware and/or software problems for NetWare networks using both the NetWare Troubleshooting Model and some great diagnostic software.
As you can see, there’s a lot of information to cover, so there’s no time to waste. Let’s start at the beginning: “NetWare 6 Installation.” Good luck and enjoy the show!