Via a blend of instructor-led training and interactive eLearning, the participants will acquire the knowledge to manage and data-fill the SOLIDserverTM appliance.

Duration: 20 hours (spread over 3 or 4 days). Optional eLearning 3 hours

Knowledge of DNS, DHCP and IPAM fundamentals.

By the end of the course, the students will be able to:

• Provision IPAM

• Manage and provision the DNS/DHCP services

• Insert SOLIDserverTM in a multi-vendor environment

• Use Global DDI advanced capabilities

• Perform SOLIDserverTM system administration

OPTIONAL EfficientIP SOLIDserver: Product Presentation (eLearning)

• Identify supported product configurations and the hardware requirements for each model

• Lab Simulation: Global DDI in action

OPTIONAL Getting Started with SOLIDserver (eLearning)

• Install the hardware and virtual appliances

• Perform the intial setup of the SOLIDserver

• Connect via the CLI

• Use the Web GUI to configure the SOLIDserver

• Lab Simulations: SOLIDserver Quick Start, Timezone Configuration, License Activation, Enable and Configure NTP, Network Configuration, Add a New Virtual Interface (VIF)

Module 1: Discovering SOLIDserverTM

• SOLIDserver product description

• Guided Tour of the Web GUI and the CLI

Module 2: DNS Administration

• DNS server management

• DNS server features description and activation (Recursion, Forwarding, Access Control…)

• Zones and RRs handling (Zone type, Delegation, Zone Transfer, RRs type…)

Module 3: IPAM Provisioning

• IPAM description and provisioning (Space, Network, Pool, Address)

• Global DDI introduction

• Enabling IPAM-DNS replication

• VLAN Manager

Module 4: DHCP Administration

• DHCP server management

• Dynamic address allocation handling

• Static address allocation handling

• Access Control (General ACL)

• DHCP features description activation (Options, …)

Module 5: Advanced Features Handling

• SMART architectures description

• SMART architecture for DNS

• SMART architecture for DHCP

• Global DDI: the full picture (DNS-DHCP-IPAM replication)

• Analyzing DNS/DHCP traffic

• Report feature description

• Import feature description

Module 6: System Administration

• User accounts and delegation

• DNS/TFTP/NTP services High-Availability

• Backup/Restore

• Centralized Management

• Management High-Availability

• Software Upgrade

• SDS post-installation checks

OPTIONAL NetChange Part 1: Overview and Configuration (eLearning)

• Overview of NetChange-IPL and NetChange

• Use NetChange-IPL to discover network devices

• Lab Simulations: Managing a Network Device, Managing Ports,

OPTIONAL NetChange Part 2: Managing Discovered Items (eLearning)

• Use NetChange-IPL and NetChange to manage discovered devices

• Lab Simulation: Managing Discovered Devices