Course Description:

PLANNING NT SERVER

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Plan the disk drive configuration for various requirements

Requirements include

Choosing a file system

Choosing a fault-tolerance method

Choose a protocol for various situations

Protocols include

TCP/IP

NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport

NetBEUI

INSTALLATION OF NT SERVER

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18

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Install Windows NT Server on Intel-based platforms.

Install Windows NT Server to perform various server roles.

Server roles include

Primary domain controller

Backup domain controller

 Member server

Install Windows NT Server by using various methods.

Installation methods include

CD-ROM

Over-the-network

Network Client Administrator

 Express versus custom

Configure protocols and protocol bindings.

Protocols include

TCP/IP

NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport

NetBEUI

Configure network adapters.

Considerations include

Changing IRQ, IObase, and memory addresses

Configuring multiple adapters

Configure Windows NT Server core services.

Services include

Directory Replicator

License Manager

Other services

Configure peripherals and devices.

Peripherals and devices include

Communication devices

SCSI devices

Tape device drivers

UPS devices and UPS service

Mouse drivers, display drivers, and keyboard drivers

Configure hard disks to meet various requirements.

Requirements include

Allocating disk space capacity

Providing redundancy

Improving performance

Providing security

Formatting

Tasks include

Configure printers.

Adding and configuring a printer

Implementing a printer pool

Setting print priorities

Configure a Windows NT Server computer for various types of client computers.

Client computer types include

Windows NT Workstation

Microsoft Windows(r)  95

Microsoft MS-DOS(r) -based

MANAGING RESOURCES OF NT SERVER

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8

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Manage user and group accounts.:

Considerations include

Managing Windows NT groups

Managing Windows NT user rights

Managing Windows NT groups

Administering account policies

Auditing changes to the user account database

Create and manage policies and profiles for various situations.

Policies and profiles include:

Local user profiles

Roaming user profiles

System policies

Administer remote servers from various types of client computers

. Client computer types include

Windows 95

Windows NT Workstation

Manage disk resources.

Tasks include

Copying and moving files between file systems

Creating and sharing resources

Implementing permissions and security

Establishing file auditing

CONNECTIVITY OF NT SERVER

3

3

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Configure Windows NT Server for interoperability with NetWare servers by using various tools.

 Tools include

Gateway Service for NetWare

Migration Tool for NetWare

Install and configure Remote Access Service (RAS).

Configuration options include:

Configuring RAS communications

Configuring RAS protocols

Configuring RAS security

Configuring Dial-Up Networking clients

MONITORING AND OPTIMIZATION OF NT SERVER

3

3

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Monitor performance of various functions by using Performance Monitor.

Functions include:

Processor

Memory

Disk

Network

Identify performance bottlenecks.

TROUBLESHOOTING NT SERVER

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5

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Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve installation failures.

Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve boot failures.

Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve configuration errors.

Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve printer problems.

Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve RAS problems.

Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve connectivity problems.

Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve resource access problems and permission problems.

Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve fault-tolerance failures.

Fault-tolerance methods include

Tape backup

Mirroring

Stripe set with parity

Disk duplexing