Standard

 

CIS 2145 - NetWare 5.x Novell Directory Service (NDS) Design & Implementation

Course Description:

Provides a study of the skills needed to create an NDS design and implementation strategy. Students will complete an NDS design strategy and implementation schedule using templates that they can re-use to create a design for their workplaces. Students will then use these strategies and schedules to complete a NetWare implementation in a hands-on environment. Topics include: preparing for NDS design, designing an NDS tree, partition and replica strategy, planning a time synchronization strategy, planning the user environment, and implementing an NDS design.

 

Competency Areas:

Hours

 

Identify critical factors and expectations for designing a NetWare network.

Class

4

Document current network configurations.

D. Lab

4

Determine pre-optimization and clean-up strategies for implementation.

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Determine the Directory tree structure and object placement.

Credit

6

Create a time synchronization strategy.

 

 

Determine a strategy for login scripts, groups, and security needs

 

 

Create an implementation strategy.

 

 

Using schedules and plans, implement a NetWare network.

 

 

Document current network configurations

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisite:

CIS 2145

Corequisite:

 

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.

IDENTIFY CRITICAL FACTORS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR DESIGNING A NETWARE NETWORK.

6

0

0

 

Describe why careful NDS design is important to the success of a network.

 

 

 

 

Explain the roles needed to complete an NDS design.

 

 

 

 

Explain the major tasks and functions involved in an NDS design cycle.

 

 

 

DOCUMENT CURRENT NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS

5

4

0

DETERMINE PRE-OPTIMIZATION AND CLEAN-UP STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION

2

2

0

 

Identify the importance of creating an effective naming standards document

 

 

 

DETERMINE THE DIRECTORY TREE STRUCTURE AND OBJECT PLACEMENT

6

4

0

 

Identify design rules when designing the upper layers of an NDS tree.

 

 

 

 

Identify key issues when drafting the lower layers of an NDS tree.

 

 

 

 

Finalize the design of the lower layers of an NDS tree.

 

 

 

 

Explain NDS partitioning and replication.

 

 

 

 

Determine a partition and replica strategy.

 

 

 

CREATE A TIME SYNCHRONIZATION STRATEGY

4

2

0

 

Explain time synchronization.

 

 

 

 

Explain how NetWare communicates time across the network.

 

 

 

 

Plan a time synchronization strategy for a network.

 

 

 

DETERMINE A STRATEGY FOR LOGIN SCRIPTS, GROUPS, AND SECURITY NEEDS

6

6

0

 

Completing a users' accessibility needs analysis document.

 

 

 

 

Completing an accessibility guidelines document.

 

 

 

 

Completing an administrative strategies document.

 

 

 

CREATE AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

5

4

0

USING SCHEDULES AND PLANS, IMPLEMENT A NETWARE NETWORK

6

18

0

 

Merge NDS trees.

 

 

 

 

Create, modify, and manage partitions and replicas.

 

 

 

 

Create or modify upper and lower levels of the NDS tree.

 

 

 

 

Implement a user environment plan.

 

 

 

 


 

Suggested Resources

 

Books:

 

Moncur (Editor), NetWare 5 CNA(SM)/CNE Administration and Design Study Guide, Sybex , 1/1999, 0782123872

Johnson, Meadors, & Michell, Exam Cram for NDS Design and Implementation CNE, The Coriolis Group , 7/1999, 1576103536

Kearns, Mastering™ Novell® Directory Services®, Sybex, 2/2000,  0-7821-2632-4

Kuo , Novell's NDS Essentials, Hungry Minds, Inc, 7/2000,   0-7645-4726-7