1. Chapters 1-3 Concepts NT Server Capabilities
Alternative Server Systems
Web
Windows Functions
Configurations
Protocols
Topology
Server Hardware

2. NT Server Capabilities
Scalable
MS window interface
Different OS in workstations
, sharing resources, network communication
Microsoft backoffice products
Microsoft Mail Server, Internet Information Server, System Management Server, SQL Server
Secure
Reliable (fault tolerance)

3. Alternative Server Systems
Novell - NetWare
DEC - PATHWORKS

4. Web Internet - Intranet (Internet Information Server)
Index Server for intranet access
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) - Microsoft’s FrontPage

5. Windows Functions Folder Mapped drive Menu bar
Microsoft Exchange -
My Computer
Network Neighborhood (logged on computers)
Windows Explorer

6. Configurations - LANs Severs and workstations Network operating system
Cabling
Coaxial (10BASE2)
Twisted-pair
Shield twisted-pair
Unshield twisted-pair (10BASET)
Network interface card (NIC)
Punch down

7. Protocols - I
Packet
Ethernet (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection - CSMA/CD)
Token Ring (Token-pass)
Multistation access unit (MAU - hub)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Session, addressing, routing
NetBEUI - NetBIOS Extended User Interface
No routing
Use TCP/IP

8. Protocols - II
IPX - Internet Packet Exchange protocol
Xerox
Novell

9. Topology Bus Ring Star For Ethernet or token ring
Hub or concentrator for line management
UTP wire

10. Hardware for NT Server Compatibility CPU sizing
Bus speed and expansion slots
Disk storage
SCSI-2 adapters
Memory requirements
Network interface card
CD-ROM drive
Tape drive

11. Types of Computers 80486 computers with 25 MHz
Pentium computers -32 bits
Multithreading (one program)
Multitasking (more than one program)
Single-processor computers
Multiprocessor computers
Reduced instruction set computer (RISC) computers - 64-bits

12. Compatibility Processor (CPU) Bus SCSI adapters and drivers
Video adapters
Network adapters
Audio adapters
Modems
Printers
UPS (uninterrupted power supplies)

13. CPU Sizing and Bus Speed
CPU speed - Hz (25MHz or higher)
BUS speed - 32-bit to 64-bit
Internal (instruction) and external bus (data)
Bus mastering (I/O processing activities)
Types
Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) 32-bit
Microchannel Architecture (MCA) 32-bit
Peripheral Computer Interface (PCI) 32-bit or 64-bit

14. Disk Controllers Interface between disk drives and computer
Data transfer rate
Types
Integrated Device Electronics (IDE)
Enhanced Small Device Interface (ESDI)
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
SCSI-1, SCSI-2 narrow, SCSI-2 wide, SCSI-3 wide

15. Disk Storage Disk capacity Disk contention Disk redundancy
Speed of individual disks
Speed of disk controllers
Speed of data pathway (bus) to the disks
Number of disk pathway
Disk caching
Disk redundancy
Redundant array of inexpensive drives (RAID)

16. Memory Requirement Memory
Server OS - 16 MB
Number of simultaneously access
Amount of memory required by each access
Calculation error
Error checking and correcting (ECC) memory chips
reserved memory for problems
Auto correction for parity error

17. Network Interface Card
Well-known vendor
IBM, Intel, HP
Ethernet (10 Mbps) or fast Ethernet (100 Mbps)
Auto-configuring cards
No jumpers or dip switches
Hardware interrupts and memory location to use

18. CD-ROM SCSI CD-ROM Speed 2X to 8X
SCSI-based CD-ROM “jukebox” (hold multiple CD-ROM)
Speed 2X to 8X
6X or 8X CD-ROM drive
X=150Mbps

19. Tape Drive For back up Types Quarter-inch cartridge cassette (QIC)
2-4 GB
Digital audio tape (DAT)
4-25 GB
Digital linear tape (DLT)
10-40 GB, damage resistance, longer shelf life, faster

20. Assignment
Review chapters 1-3
Read chapters 4-8