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LINUX Administration for WFOs/RFCs
Course Number: LINUX
Type of Course: Residence
Length: 8 days - Click here for Class Schedule
Overview : This course is designed to support a large variety of field (WFO/RFC) activities which utilize the Linux operating system. There is no single field platform targeted, rather the knowledge and skills acquired are applicable to any number of Linux platforms employed at the site. The version of Linux taught at present is Red Hat version Enterprise 4. The course is aimed at ESAs, ETs, and ITOs who are active in installing and administering Linux systems as part of their site's operations. The focus of the course is on managing the Linux system and the services it renders. This is NOT a beginning UNIX/LINUX course. Students are expected to know basic LINUX/UNIX commands before arriving in class, and thus there is a prerequisite listed below. It should be noted however that a student new to Linux/Unix is best set up to succeed in the course if he or she gets some actaul hands-on practice time prior to coming to class instead of relying soley on a single prerequisite course to get comfortable with basic Linux/Unix skills. This an "ENTRY-LEVEL" Systems Administration course that includes the following topics :
INSTALLATION and BOOTING
X WINDOWS (KDE, Gnome)
HARDWARE ADMINISTRATION
SOFTWARE UPGRADES
PROCESS MANAGEMENT
USER ADMINISTRATION
NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
NETWORK SECURITY
SHARING FILES (Samba, NFS)
WEB SERVICES (Apache)
SYSTEM MONITORING
BACKUP AND RECOVERY
Prerequisite: * LINUX Essentials Distance Learning
-or- a previous NWSTC course in UNIX/LINUX. Linux Course(s)
from a university or public vendor (Red Hat, Sun, etc...) -or-
some other correspondance course (such as those found in our
NWSTC Lending Library), may be substituted with approval of
the instructor.
Note: This prerequiste does not assure a student will be successful
in the residence course without some additional effort. It is strongly
suggested that a student new to UNIX/Linux take the time to practice
basic UNIX/Linux skills prior to attending this introductory System
Admininstration class.
Also Suggested: * DataComms self-study modules (available from the NWSTC web site):
- Lan Networks (DC-NTW-1)
- TCP/IP Services (DC-TIS-2)
Materials: All course materials are provided.
ACE Recommendation: This course has not been reviewed by ACE.
Course Manager - Dave Rowell: 
This is a beginning LINUX/UNIX course designed to teach the new user basic Linux commands and concepts. This is an on-line course for NWS employess using NWSTC authored materials. Students will be asked to download and read pdf materials and then go online to an NWSTC server to complete some practical exercises using beginning level Linux commands learned. There are no prerequisites for this course. To begin simply send an e-mail request to jim.kaplafka@noaa.gov and you will recieve a return e-mail within a week with account information to access the training system. Then to see the course instructions click here )
This course was developed primarily for ESA's, ITO's, and AWIPS Focal Points. This course provides students with Linux/Unix system administration, Informix or basic database experience the opportunity to gain introductory understanding of basic PostgresSQL in an "AWIPS" like environment. The course consists of reading assignments, reading highlights, and hands-on labs and quizzes. The labs will be performed remotely on a NWSTC server with an AWIPS Postgres database. The student will gain an introductory level of understanding of basic PostgreSQL user and administration functions.
This course is available from the LMS. To begin, click on the following link, login to the LMS and search for "postgres". https://doc.learn.com/noaa/nws
The Training Center in response from requests from the field has developed and put into operation a AWIPS OB6 Beta 10 Postgres database server. This innovation will provide those without operational Postgres access an opportunity to experiment with Postgres. There is no training or technical support provided with acccess to this server. Those desireing training in Postgres are directed to Postgres Overview for ESAs, ITOs, and AWIPS Focal Points.
To use the PostgresSQL development server you must be an NWS employee and using your NOAA.gov E-mail account mail a request for a "uu134 Development Server account" to jim.kaplafka@noaa.gov . To access the server you will need an ssh client program such as puTTY. (see puTTY instructions)
| LEVEL | MODULE | TOPICS | REQUIRED SKILLS & KNOWLEGE (available sources) | FORMAT |
| 1 | DC-BAS-1 DATA COMMUNICATION BASICS Click to Start |
Terminology/concepts: Sync vs Async (def), Analog vs Digital (def), Encoding, signaling, Fiber optics concepts, Microwave/RF concepts | WBT | |
| 1 | DC-NTW-1 LAN NETWORKING Click to Start |
Terminology/Concepts, LAN vs WAN (def), Layered Architecture, LAN Topology, Client-server model, Client-server vs Peer-to-peer implementations, LAN Components, LAN protocols O.V. | Layered architecture (DC-BAS-1) | WBT |
| 1 | DC-TRM-1 TERMINAL DEVICES Click to Start |
Serial, parallel devices/interfaces, Ascii terminals, RS232 connectors/Pin-outs, DTE/DCE | Comm Basics -(DC-BAS-1) | WBT |
| 1 | DC-TEL-1 TELECOMMUNICATION BASICS Click to Start |
Terminology Concepts: Tip/ring, Voice/Dial lines characteristics, Analog signaling, Media (copper, fiber), Punchdown blocks, tools, Connectors/pin-outs, RJ11/RJ45, Intro to the office PBX | Comm Basics (DC-BAS-1) | WBT |
| 1 | DC-PRO-1 DATA TRANSMISSION PROTOCOLS Click to Start |
Error- correction/compression protocols (HDLC), X-Modem | DataComm architecture & terminolgy (DC-BAS-1) | WBT |
| 1 | DC-MOD-1 MODEMS Click to Start |
Async vs Sync modems, Standard interfaces, V.X
standards |
RS232 -(DC-TRM-1), Voice lines -(DC-TEL-1), X-modem Protocols (DC-PRO-1) | WBT |
| 1 | DC-CIR-1 DIGITAL CIRCUITS Click to Start |
Digital circuits( T1, fractional T1, T3,...), Dedicated vs Switched vs Dial, DSU/CSU, Interfaces (RS530, V.35) | DataCommunications basics (DC-BAS-1), Telecomm Concepts (DC-TEL-1) | WBT |
| 2 | DC-ETN-2 ETHERNET Click to Start |
Part 1: Terminology, Topology, Media
choices, Signaling/encoding, Layer 2: Media Access, LLC, MAC address/NIC,
Part 2: Implementation: Media & connectors, NICs/Transceivers, Repeaters, Hubs/switches, Bridges, Software |
Signaling/encoding (DC-BAS-1) & Layered architecture (DC-NTW-1) | WBT |
| 2 | DC-FDI-2 FDDI Click to Start |
Terminology, Fiber optics, Design, topology, Components (media & equipment[optical bypass, concentrator]) | Signaling/encoding (DC-BAS-1) & Layered architecture (DC-NTW-1) | WBT |
| 2 | DC-FRR-2 FRAME RELAY- Concepts Click to Start |
Structure Circuits VPC - Virtual Permanent Circuit (def) CIR - Committed Information Rate (def) Burst Rate (def) | Dedicated Circuit Basics (DC-CIR-1) | WBT |
| 2 | DC-TCP-2 TCP/IP INTERNALS CLICK to Start |
Part 1 IP Addressing/classes, Subnetting, ARP/RARP,
local vs remote Routing, Part2: IP Routing, Intro to Routers, Routing protocols: OSPF & RIP Part 3: Transport Layer TCP UDP ports |
Network Layered Archictecture (DC-NTW-1) (DC-BAS-1) Ethernet Concepts (DC-ETN-2) | WBT |
| 2 | DC-TIS-2 TCP/IP - Services CLICK to Start |
Basic Network Services: ping, telnet, ftp nfs overview Internet services: DNS, WWW/HTTP |
IP addresses & TCP vs UDP (DC-TCP=2) Client-server architectire (DC-NTW-1) | WBT |
TheLevel Column identifies the "level" of the Instruction. Level 1 : Beginner Course: Terminology and basic concepts for very broad topical areas that represent fundamental knowledge Level 2 : Introductory to intermediate Course: Overview of somewhat more subject areas Level 3 : Advanced Course: Configuration and Maint. Information for a specific hardware or Software
CBT Files can be downloaded by clicking on the Download link, or through anonymous ftp to ftp.nwstc.noaa.gov using a user name of Anonymous, and any password.
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