1. CISCO-Solaris Certification Courses

2. 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: Y Certification provides a standard, tangible way of measuring technical skills. Y provide job advancement opportunities.  Certification provides worldwide third party validation of your skills.

3. Targeted Audience Who should take the certification exams Ê 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. Ë Proficient(P): People who have basic knowledge of networks and system administration.  Novices(N): People with little or no programming and networking background.

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

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

6. Network Administration Certification Courses

7. CS455/CS555 (Novice) Intro to Networks and communication CS471 Operating Systems CS250 (Novice) Object oriented programming in C++ Cisco Certification Level I Exam CCNA, CCDP, CCNA Solaris Certification Level I Exam Cisco Certification Level II Exam CCDP, CCNA(WAN) Enterprise Networks (Expert) Advanced Network Configuration CS454/CS554 (Proficient) Networks and System management Path to Certification Courses Solaris Certification Level II Exam Solaris System Administration Cisco Certification Level III Exam CCIE, CCNP(WAN), CCDP(WAN)

8. Introduction To Networks And Data Communications (CS 455/555 3 Credits) Course Emphasis: Introduction to various elements of a network. Course Outline: Y Introduction --- OSI, TCP/IP, and other models. Y Physical Layer --- hardware survey, signals, switching, multiplexing, errors, etc. Y Data Link Layer --- DL control Y Media Access --- IEEE 802 series LAN standards, FDDI, etc. Y Network Layer --- routing, WAN's, Internetworking, IP Y Transport Protocols --- transport layer services, TCP Y Frame Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode Y Security --- encryption, firewalls  Other Topics as time permits --- data compression, Application Layer, ISDN, etc.

9. Network And Systems Management (CS 454/5543 Credits) Course Emphasis: Design, Configuration and Management of various networks. Course Outline: Y Introduction to Internetwork design through case studies of campus designs. Y 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. Y Use the available Cisco hardware and software products to develop a complete internetwork design solutions. Y Gain complete understanding of IP addresses, subnet masks, VLSMs. Y Install and configure a Solaris OS Server and an NT Server. Y Configure DNS, network servers, sendmail and samba. Y Identify security pitfalls and configure a secure environment. Y Design WAN components and SNMP agents. Y Topics on ATM LAN Emulation

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

11. Advanced Network Configuration (Proposed 3 Credits Course) Course Emphasis: Specialization in the following areas. Course outline: Y Security- Cisco security solutions. Y Voice Access - Data-Voice integration solutions. Y Network Management - net-work management solutions for multilayer networks. Y SNA/IP Network Management.  LAN ATM.

12. Solaris Systems Administration Certification Courses

13. Pre-requisite Courses ( 3 Credits ) CS250 - Object Oriented Programming in C++ Course Outline : Y Introduction to problem solving techniques in C++ Y Introduction to Unix operating system CS471 - Operating Systems Course Outline : Y Nachos operating system Y Threads and Synchronization Y Implementation of system calls Y Implementation of multiprogramming

14. 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. Y Manage Patches. Y The Boot PROM Y Device Administration. Y Introduction to File Systems, Disk Management Y Cache FS File Systems and Web NFS Y Administration and Configuration of CDE Y Virtual Volume Management. Y Auto-installation.

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