Course ILT Identifying network operating system features Unit objectives Discuss the features of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, and Server 2003 Discuss the features of Novell NetWare Discuss the features of UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X Server Discuss the features of AppleShare IP

Course ILT Topic A Microsoft Windows Novell NetWare UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X Server AppleShare IP

Course ILT Windows NT Is no longer available for sale Comes in four distinct editions: –Windows NT Workstation –Windows NT Server –Windows NT Server – Enterprise Edition –Windows NT Server – Terminal Server Edition

Course ILT Features of Windows NT 32-bit operating system Hardware platform support Preemptive multitasking Application support Network support Internet/intranet support Microsoft Exchange Client

Course ILT Features of Windows NT (cont) Security –The book says NT “…meets C2 security specs.” I’ve found that this is nonsense. Network World reports on trying to meet C2 specs with an “out of the box” NT installation: –Should Windows NT detect that you are connected to a network during the C2 test, you will get the following error message: "C2 compliance requires that no networking software be installed on your system. One or more network services have been detected on your system. Select OK to use the Network Control Panel Applet to remove these services.“ –In other words, your copy of NT better not be located on a network!!

Course ILT Other Features & Components Other Components: –A proxy server –IIS (Internet Information Server) –A Site Server and a Management Server Other Features: –NetWare support –RAID –DNS server –MS Front Page –The “super user” is “Administrator” –On the fly compession –Supports NTFS and FAT

Course ILT Features of Windows NT Server products Microsoft networking NetWare support Advanced fault tolerance Internet and TCP/IP support

Course ILT Facts about Windows NT: Windows NT servers frequently fulfill the role of domain controllers The Administrator account has complete control over the NOS Windows NT supports the New Technology File System

Course ILT Activity A-1 Discussing Windows NT - page 14-4

Course ILT Windows 2000 Several editions are available –Windows 2000 Professional –Windows 2000 Server –Windows 2000 Advanced Server –Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

Course ILT Improvements over Windows NT Supports more RAM (4, 8 or 32 GB for Server, Advanced and Datacenter) Supports many processors ( 4, 8 or 32 CPUs for Server, Advanced and Datacenter) Supports clustering Includes Active Directory Updated and added protocols and security Centralized administration tools ( like MMC and “Computer Management ”) Updated user interface Integrated Internet services Increased hardware and peripheral support

Course ILT Activity A-2 Discussing Windows 2000 page 14-5

Course ILT Windows Server 2003 Four editions are available –Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition –Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (8 CPUs and 32GB RAM) –Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition –Windows Server 2003 Web Edition (32 or 64-bit)

Course ILT Improvements over Windows 2000 Incorporates.NET software technologies Improved clustering and load balancing Improved security features Increased performance and scalability of Active Directory New services to automate manageme nt –like SUS (Software Update Services) and the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)

Course ILT Activity A-3 Discussing Windows Server Page 14-6

Course ILT Topic B Microsoft Windows Novell NetWare UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X Server AppleShare IP

Course ILT Introducing NetWare Provides straightforward installation Provides multiprotocol support Connectivity to several other platforms readily available The Admin account has complete control over the NOS (Admin is the Novell “super user”, formerly the “Supervisor” – versions 3.x and earlier)

Course ILT Features of NetWare Application sharing Data file storage and retrieval Network printing Security Communications Data backup and archiving Multiprotocol routing Novell Directory Services NDS (old system) eDirectory (new system) Failure recovery continued

Course ILT Features of NetWare –Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) support –File Server Installation and Server Migration Utilities –File services and storage management services –Connectivity services –Print services NDPS – “Netware Distributed Print Services” –Security services (C2 again, but not like NT) –Improved connectivity to the Internet and other TCP/IP-based networks NetWare used IPX/SPX until version 5.x; now it uses TCP/IP

Course ILT Additional features of NetWare –Included Web server –File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server –IPX/IP gateway (for conversion) –Dynamic Host Config Protocol (DHCP) server –Domain Name System (DNS) server and client –UNIX-to-NetWare and NetWare-to-UNIX printing services –iFolder: Clustering, using Novell Clustering Services (NCS), and file Synchronization – iPrint – Printing, of course –iManager – network and resource management

Course ILT Activity B-1 Discussing the features of NetWare: page 14-9

Course ILT Topic C Microsoft Windows Novell NetWare UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X Server AppleShare IP

Course ILT UNIX The operating system with the most staying power on a LAN or WAN –That just means it’s the oldest NOS The first standard operating system –as in industry standard? –or does this refer to an interface and user experience that is the same over different hardware and application environments?

Course ILT Features of UNIX Available on a wide range of hardware platforms Presents nearly the same interface to users and programmers Relatively straightforward to migrate an application from one UNIX system to another, even if the underlying hardware is radically different Applications can be written to run on a variety of hardware, freeing users from being tied to specific systems due to application availability. continued

Course ILT Features of UNIX The standard utility commands are flexible Provides the ability to combine utilities into highly sophisticated, custom-built utilities. –Yes, and you could more easily learn to speak an Aboriginal dialect than to build a UNIX command. Designed to support software development There are several specialized software development utilities Several facilities are available for communicating with other systems,.oth UNIX and non-UNIX

Course ILT Downfalls of UNIX It is a complex operating system to learn Its commands are case-sensitive and cryptic

Course ILT Facts about UNIX The root account has complete control over the OS –This is another example of the “super user”. Major vendors of UNIX server systems include: –Pyramid (DC/OSx) –SNI (Synix, SCO) –HP (HP/UX) –IBM (AIX) –Sequent (Dynix/PTX) –ICL (NTX) continued

Course ILT Facts about UNIX Major vendors of UNIX workstation systems include: –Sun (SunOS, Solaris) –HP (HP/UX) – also supports the server –IBM (AIX) – also supports the server –Silicon Graphics (IRIX) Major types of PC UNIX include: –SCO UNIX –Solaris

Course ILT Activity C-1 Discussing UNIX page 14-11

Course ILT Linux Attempts to provide the PC with a free or low-cost operating system comparable to high-priced UNIX system software Conforms to the POSIX standard user and programming interfaces The power point should mention that it was developed by Linus Torvalds, a grad student from Finland in The system's utilities and libraries usually come from the GNU operating system, announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman.

Course ILT Linux Linux is an open-source OS; this means that the source code is freely available. The different versions of Linux, such as Red Hat, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, etc., are called Distributions.

Course ILT OS Time Line

Course ILT Activity C-2 Discussing Linux - page 14-12

Course ILT Mac OS X Server Is Apple Corporation’s UNIX-based network operating system offering Geared at small to medium-sized business Includes “Open Directory 2”

Course ILT Features of Mac OS X Server File and Print services Open Directory 2 Mail services Web hosting Networking and VPN Media streaming Workstation cloning Remote Desktop

Course ILT Activity C-3 page Discussing Mac OS X Server

Course ILT Topic D Microsoft Windows Novell NetWare UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X Server AppleShare IP

Course ILT AppleShare IP Apple Corporation’s network operating system that can run over either TCP/IP or AppleTalk Supports Macintosh (Mac OS), AppleTalk, and Windows clients Directory services are provided by Open Directory 2, the same as with Mac OS X –Notice that the move to IP is so pronounced now that Apple put the “IP” right into the name of their OS!

Course ILT Features of AppleShare IP Multiple Client support File transfer capabilities User support Indexing capabilities FTP support Web hosting Distributed printing Mail services Centralized user management Security features i.e., the usual suspects

Course ILT Activity D-1 Discussing AppleShare IP – page 14-15

Course ILT Unit summary Learned about the features of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, and Server 2003 Learned about the features of Novell NetWare Learned about the features of UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X Server Learned about the features of AppleShare IP