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2401 Test 1 Review

2401 Test 1 Review © R. Craig Collins, 2004

Background
  • Peer to Peer vs. Client Server
  • Connecting computers
        Hardware
          hubs, routers, gateways
        Topology
          bus, ring, star

    Chapter 1
    Evolution
  • Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (Peer to Peer, using FAT)
  • Windows NT (Client Server, using NTFS)
  • Key concepts
        Domains
        Active Directory
        Micorosoft Management Consoles (MMC)
        NO DOS, NO PnP

    Windows Server 2003
    Supports Plug 'n Play, and Semetrical MultiProcessing

    Versions:
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
  • DataCenter
  • Web

    Reasons to Upgrade:
  • Faster
  • More Reliable
  • Easier to Use
  • More secure

    Minimum Requirements
  • CPU speed....133 HMz
  • RAM.............128 MB
  • HDD..............1.5 GB

    Chapter 2 Installation
  • Upgrade Advisor
  • Hardware Compatibility List
  • Windows Server Catelog

  • Inventory

    Installation types
  • Attended
  • Unattended after generating answer file
  • Network, using mapped drive
  • Image, but requires unique Security ID

    Questions:
  • upgrade exisiting server or clean install?
  • FAT32 or NTFS, for additional security?
  • License by server, or by user for large network?
  • Serve older OSs?

    Items to note during installation:
  • Unique domain name
  • Memorable Administrative Password
  • Test by rebooting; will require reason to down server
  • Will need to be activated

    Troubleshooting common issues:
  • can't read software from media
  • may be able to resume a failed install

    Chapter 3
    Net Services
  • TCP/IP
  • 32 bit IP addresses
  • Can be converted to 4 octets in dotted decimal form
         28+28+28+28= 232
         xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx dotted decimal layout
         123.456.456.456 dotted decimal example
         255.  0  .  0 .  0  subnet to identify octets as pointing to network or workstation
    28=256 maximum possibilities
    28+28~65,000 maximum possibilities
    28+28+28~16.7 million maximum possibilities

    Class A networks use one octet to point to network, and 3 octets to point to workstations
        very few class A, but support millions of users
    Class B networks use two octet to point to network, and 2 octets to point to workstations
    Class C networks use three octet to point to network, and 1 octets to point to workstations
        millions of class C, but only a few hundred users

    Be able to conver a binary into a decimal number (Review)

    Discuss DHCP as a solution to assigning IP addresses when total number of users exceeds pool of IP

    Discuss DNS as a solution to resolving English-like URL to IP address

    Chapter 4
    Networking

    Networking groups:
  • domain, network served by on DC
  • trees, group of related domains within a shared namespace, such as templejc.edu
  • forest, group of related domains that do not share namespace, such as Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury, who are all owned by one company.

    A domain may logically be divided into Organizational Groups (OUs)

    Active Directory:
  • allows better management of Network Objects (NOs), such as users, devices, groups
  • more secure, as it can better administer permissions and policies (rules)

    Last phase, elevating servers, as into Windows 2003 Native mode if no 2000 servers in forest to further enhance network

    © R. Craig Collins, 2005

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