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LINX 3 training course description A detailed study of BGP, from the basics of how it works through to advanced issues such as route reflectors, policy, filtering, route selection and routing registries. The course culminates with a study of an industrial strength BGP template illustrating important issues such as bogon filtering. Practical hands on with routers follow the major sessions to reinforce the theory. A multiple choice exam, leading to the LAIT III certification, is available after the course. The exam consists of 60 questions and lasts 2 hours. What will you learn Connect enterprises to the Internet, and ISPs to each other. Describe how BGP works. List, describe and configure the main BGP attributes. Implement and troubleshoot BGP. Work with route aggregation and calculate CIDR prefixes in seconds. Influence traffic paths with BGP. LINX 3 training course details Who will benefit: Network engineers. Prerequisites: LAIT I and II OR CCNP and take LAIT I and LAIT II exams whilst on this course. Duration 5 days LINX 3 training course contents Basic BGP IGPs, EGPs, What's BGP? BGP RIB, in/out process, tables peers, adding routes. Hands on Simple configuration and troubleshooting. The Internet and peering ASs, AS numbers, Internet structure, ISP types, ISP network design, IXs, peering vs. transit, public/ private peering, bi/multi-lateral peering. Hands on AS information gathering. How BGP works Incremental updates, Path vector protocols, BGP protocol stack, the BGP header, message types, NLRI, withdrawn routes, route refresh, route dampening. Hands on More troubleshooting, packet analysis. MBGP and IPv6 Multiprotocol routing, AFI, SAFI, MBGP and multicasts, IPv6, MPLS VPNs. Hands on IPv6 BGPv4 aggregation CIDR, benefits, techniques, shortcuts, configuring BGP aggregation, leaking routes. Hands on Reducing routing table size. BGP path selection BGP attributes, attribute types, route selection order, Local preference, AS prepend, MEDs. Hands on Influencing traffic with BGP. BGP routing policies What is policy? Examples, route filtering, AS filtering, REs, applying preference selectively, peer groups. Hands on Sophisticated policies. RIPE and routing registries RIRs, Allocations, assignments, PI vs. PA. Objects, RPSL, routing registry, Hands on The RIPE database. Automating BGP configuration Automation tools, whois, IRRToolSet, Bogon lists, tracking bogon lists, HTTP, Peering, routing registries, DNS. Communities What is a community? Community names, communities for: peer types and geography. RFC 1998, default communities. Hands on Setting local preference on other routers. Route servers What are route servers? LINX route servers, route server policy control, What are route collectors, Looking glasses. Hands on Setting up and working with a route server. Peer relationships IBGP, EBGP, next hop self, advertising routes into/out of BGP, synchronisation. Hands on IBGP, troubleshooting a large BGP network. Route reflectors and confederations Full mesh IBGP, Route reflectors, RR configuration and design, confederations, migration issues. Hands on RR configuration. BGP architectures Stub vs. transit AS, when to use BGP, multihoming strategies and issues, default routes. Multihop EBGP, load balancing. Hands on Multihoming. BGP security RFC 7454, security steps, BGP TTL security, filters, RPKI, ROAs, rsync, rrdp, validators. A secure BGP template. Hands on RPKI prefix validation.

Linux training course description A Linux foundation appropriate for all flavours of Linux, focussed on getting network engineers up and running with Linux. The command line is used throughout. The course progresses from the basics of Linux commands onto useful tools such as grep, then shell features such as piping and then onto shell scripting. Administration aspects covered are the tasks network engineers are most likely to encounter such as software installation. Hands on exercises concentrate on network related tasks such as installing net-snmp and using shell scripts to provide network automation. What will you learn Use Linux commands to perform a variety of tasks from manipulating files to handling processes. Create and edit files with vi. Work with permissions. Write simple shell scripts. Install software packages. Configure base networking. Linux training course details Who will benefit: Network engineers. Prerequisites: TCP/IP Foundation Duration 5 days Linux training course contents What is Linux? Linux distributions, open source software. Getting started Logging in, changing passwords, logging out. Hands on Basics and root access. Linux basics Command structure. The Linux manuals, basic commands (who, date, tty, uname, echo, banner...). Hands on Using the CLI. Connecting to a network IP configuration, DHCP, static addressing, routing, ifconfig, ping, netstat, traceroute, dig. Hands on Network configuration and testing. Managing Software Package Concepts, Comparison of package formats, RPM, rpm Commands, Yum, Debian Packages, dpkg, apt-cache, apt-get, dselect, aptitude, Converting Between Package Formats, Dependencies and Conflicts, Startup Script Problems, Shared Libraries, Library Management Hands on Installing network packages such as nmap and net-snmp. Processes and log files ps, kill, background processes, at, exec, priorities. Managing Linux log files. Syslogd. Setting the time. Cron and cronjobs. Managing Processes, the Kernel: The First Process. Hands on Controlling daemons and services. Setting up a TFTP server. Filesystem commands Home directories, manipulating files and directories, Filesystem layout, Pathnames, hard and symbolic links. Viewing files. Hands on Exploring the filesystem, working with network device configuration files. The Linux editors ed, vi, shell escapes, .exrc. Hands on Editing network device configuration files. Extracting data from files grep, find, cut, sort and paste… Hands on Working with syslog files. Permissions Theory, chmod, chown, newgrp. Hands on Handling permission problems. The shell Metacharacters, piping and redirection. Hands on Running SNMP commands and working with their output. Basic shell scripting What are shell scripts? Simple scripts, control structures. Variable. Setting variables, using variables, set, scope, export, sourcing, environmental variables, read. Positional parameters: $0 to $9, $#, $* and others. shift parameter substitution. Control statements: The test command, if , while loops, for loops, the case statement. Hands on Automating network tasks. Customising your environment Environmental variables, stty, .profile and other startup files. Hands on Customising Linux. Introduction to administration The root user, su. Managing users and groups. Hands on The power of root. Archiving files Backups, tar, cpio, dd, gzip. Hands on Working with tar files. Booting Linux and Editing Files Installing Boot Loaders, GRUB Legacy, GRUB 2, Alternative Boot Loaders, the Boot Process, Boot Messages, Runlevels and the Initialization Process, Runlevel Functions, Runlevel Services, Alternative Boot Systems , Upstart, system. Hands on Installing network services on Linux.

3G training course description This course is designed to give the delegate an understanding of the technologies used within a 3G UMTS mobile network. During the course we will investigate the UMTS air interface and the use of Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) to facilitate high speed data access, together with HSPA to offer mobile broadband services. We will describe the use of soft handover rather than hard handover procedures and soft capacity sharing. The course includes a brief exploration of the UMTS protocol stack and the use of PDP Context and QoS support features. What will you learn Explain the 3G UMTS architecture. Describe the role of a Drifting & Serving RNC. Explain the use of ARQ & HARQ for mobile broadband. Describe how IMS integrates into the architecture. Describe the use of Media Gateway Controllers. Identify the temporary identities used within 3G UMTS. 3G training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working within the telecommunications area, especially within the mobile environment. Prerequisites: Mobile communications demystified Telecommunications Introduction Duration 2 days 3G training course contents D3GPP specifications 3GPP standards body, Evolution path, Frequency and bandwidth, Conceptual model, UMTS general architecture, UTRAN architecture & radio access bearer. CDMA principles CDMA principle, Code characteristics, Code requirements. CDMA requirements Synchronization, Power control, Soft handover, Rake receiver, Antenna consideration, Multi-user detection. Radio interface protocol architecture Access stratum & non-access stratum, Overall protocol structure, Logical and transport channels, Physical channels, Protocol termination. Layer 2 Protocols Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol, Radio Link Control (RLC) Protocol, Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) protocol, Radio Interface for Broadcast/Multicast Services. Radio Resource Control (RRC) Protocol RRC Architecture, RRC Protocol State, Broadcast of information, RRC connection management, Radio bearer management, RRC connection mobility functions, Power control, Ciphering and Integrity. Mobile procedures Mobility management states and transitions, UMTS identities, Procedures in Idle mode (location updates, cell selection/ re-selection), Circuit-switched call set-up, Packet-switched context activation and context preservation, Data transfer initialization, Soft-handover procedure. Introduction to HSPA The need for high speed data, Fast HARQ, Improved scheduling, Additional channels, Soft combining, HS-DSCH codes, Uplink HSPA vs downlink HSPA, Full HSPA, Use of MIMO, Enhanced CELL_FACH.

MPLS training course description A hands-on introduction to MPLS covering the basics of what MPLS is and how to configure it, through to more advanced concepts such as MPLS VPNs and traffic engineering with MPLS. What will you learn Describe MPLS Explain how MPLS works Describe the interaction between OSPF/IS-IS/BGP and MPLS Describe MPLS traffic engineering MPLS training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with MPLS. Prerequisites: IP Routing BGP Duration 3 days MPLS training course contents What is MPLS? What does MPLS stand for? What is MPLS? Core MPLS, MPLS and the 7 layer model, MPLS is a protocol, MPLS is a standard, MPLS runs on routers, MPLS history, Why MPLS? For service providers, For enterprises. MPLS Architecture Label Switch Routers, two types of LSR, PE and P router roles, FEC, swapping labels, MPLS packet format, Loops, TTL control. Hands on: Building the base network. Enabling MPLS. Simple testing and troubleshooting of MPLS. Label distribution Label review, label switch path, label distribution methods, piggybacking, Label distribution Protocols, LDP, LDP operation, LDP packets, discovery messages, session messages, advertisement messages, notification message, Label Information Base, routing tables, the LFIB, MPLS forwarding, penultimate hop popping, handling labels, LSP control modes, when to distribute labels, how long to keep labels, aggregation, label merging. Hands on: LDP traffic analysis. MPLS TE and QoS What is MPLS TE? Why TE? TE versus shorted path, how MPLS TE works, CR-LDP, OSPF-TE, IS-IS-TE, TE with BGP, RSVP-TE, MPLS Fast reroute, MPLS QoS. Hands on: Enabling MPLS-TE. BFD BFD, hello the BFD protocol. MPLS VPN What is a VPN? MPLS VPN types, MPLS VPN comparison, MPLS L3 VPN, VRFs, MBGP, MPLS VPN architecture, VRF RD, VRF RT, the label stack, L2 VPNs, VPWS, AToM, VPLS. Hands on: MPLS L3 VPN setup, troubleshooting.

Complete Ruby programming training course description This course starts with a quick-start session and then explains the language in detail from the bottom up. Hands on sessions follow all the major sessions to reinforce the theory. What will you learn Read Ruby programs. Write Ruby programs. Debug Ruby programs. Complete Ruby programming training course details Who will benefit: Anyone wishing to program in Ruby. Prerequisites: Software development fundamentals Duration 3 days Complete Ruby programming training course contents Introduction A tour of Ruby, Try Ruby, A suduko solver in Ruby. The Structure and execution of Ruby Lexical structure, Syntactic structure, Files structure, Program encoding, Program execution. Datatypes and objects Numbers, text, Arrays, Hashes, Ranges, Symbols, True, false, and nil, Objects. Expressions and operators Literals and keyword literals, Variable references, Constant references, Method invocations, Assignments, Operators. Statements and control structures Conditionals, loops, Iterators and enumerable objects, Blocks, Altering flow control, Exceptions and exception handling, BEGIN and END, Threads, fibres and continuations. Methods, Procs, Lambdas and closures Defining simple methods, Method names, Methods and parentheses, Method arguments, Procs and lambdas, Closures, Method objects, Functional programming. Classes and modules Defining a simple class, Method visibility: public, protected, privates, Subclassing and inheritance, Object creation and initialization, Modules, Loading and requiring modules, Singleton methods and Eigenclass, Method lookup, Constant lookup. Reflection and metaprogramming Types, classes and modules, Evaluating strings and blocks, Variables and constants, Methods, Hooks, Tracing, ObjectSpace and GV, Custom control structures, Missing methods and missing constants, Dynamically creating methods, Alias chaining. The Ruby platform Strings, Regular expressions, Numbers and Math, Dates and times, Collections, Files and directories, Input/output, Networking, Threads and concurrency. The Ruby environment Invoking the Ruby interpreter, The Top-level environment, Practical extraction and reporting shortcuts, Calling the OS, Security.

About this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) The 5 half-day Piping Stress Engineering Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course will systematically expose participants to: The theory and practice of piping stress engineering, with special reference to ASME B 31.1 and ASME B 31.3 Standards. The basic principles and theories of stress and strain and piping stress engineering, through a series of lessons, case study presentations, in-class examples, multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and mandatory exercises. Principal stresses and shear stresses which form the backbone of stress analysis of a material. Expressions for these quantities will be derived using vector algebra from fundamentals. Thermal stress-range, sustained and occasional stresses, code stress equations, allowable stresses, how to increase flexibility of a piping system, cold spring. The historical development of computational techniques from hand calculations in the 1950s to the present-day software. Training Objectives On completion of this VILT course, participants will be able to: Identify potential loads the piping systems and categorise the loads to primary and secondary. Determine stresses that develop in a pipe due to various types of loads and how to derive stress-load relationships, starting from scratch. Treat the primary and secondary stresses in piping system in line with the intent of ASME Standards B 31.1 and B 31.3 and understand how the two codes deal with flexibility of piping systems, concepts of self-springing and relaxation/shake down, displacement stress range and fatigue, what is meant by code compliance. Understand the principles of flexibility analysis, piping elements and their individual effects, flexibility factor, flexibility characteristic, bending of a curved beam and importance of virtual length of an elbow in the flexibility of a piping system. Learn stress intensification factors of bends, branch connections and flanges. Understand how the stresses in the material should be controlled for the safety of the piping system, the user and the environment. Examine how codes give guidance to determine allowable stresses, stress range reduction due to cyclic loading, and effects sustained loads have on fatigue life of piping. Confidently handle terminal forces and moments on equipment. Understand the supplementary engineering standards required to establish acceptance of the equipment terminal loads and what can be done when there are no engineering standard governing equipment terminal loads is available and learn the techniques of local stress analysis. Get a thorough understanding of the concepts and the rules established by the ASME B 31.1 and ASME B 31.3 Standards. Perform flange load analysis calculations based on Kellogg's Equivalent Pressure method & Nuclear Code method. Perform the same using a piping stress analysis software and check for flange stresses and leakage. Confidently undertake formal training of piping stress analysis using any commercial software, with a clear understanding of what happens within the software rather than a 'blind' software training and start the journey of becoming a specialist piping stress engineer.   Target Audience The VILT course is intended for: Recent mechanical engineering graduates who desire to get into the specialist discipline of Piping Stress Engineering. Junior mechanical, chemical, structural and project engineers in the industry who wish to understand the basics of Piping Stress Engineering. Engineers with some process plant experience who desire to progress into the much sought-after specialist disciplines of Piping Stress Engineering. Mechanical, process and structural engineers with some process plant experience who desire to upskill themselves with the knowledge in piping stress engineering and to become a Piping Stress Engineer. Any piping engineer with some pipe stressing experience in the industry who wish to understand the theory and practice of Piping Stress Engineering at a greater depth. A comprehensive set of course notes, practice exercises and multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are included. Participants will be given time to raise questions and participants will be assessed and graded based on responses to MCQs and mandatory exercises. A certificate will be issued to each participant and it will carry one of the three performance levels: Commendable, Merit or Satisfactory, depending on how the participant has performed in MCQs and mandatory exercises. Training Methods The VILT course will be delivered online in 5 half-day sessions comprising 4 hours per day, with 2 breaks of 10 minutes per day. Course Duration: 5 half-day sessions, 4 hours per session (20 hours in total). Trainer Your expert course leader is a fully qualified Chartered Professional Engineer with over 40 years of professional experience in Oil & Gas (onshore and offshore), Petrochemical and Mining industries in engineering, engineering/design management and quality technical management related to plant design and construction. At present, he is assisting a few Perth based oil & gas and mining companies in detail engineering, piping stress analysis, feasibility study and business development work related to plant design. He is a pioneer in piping stress engineering in Western Australia. His recent major accomplishments include the following roles and challenges: Quality Technical Support Manager of USD 54 billion (Gorgon LNG Project). This encompassed management of quality technical services connected with Welding, Welding Related Metallurgy, Non-Destructive Examination, Insulation /Refractory /Coating, AS2885 Pipelines Regulatory Compliance and Pressure Vessel Registration. Regional Piping Practice Lead and Lead Piping Engineer of Hatch Associates. In this role, he was responsible for providing discipline leadership to several mining projects for BHP Billiton (Ravensthorpe), ALCOA-Australia (Alumina), Maáden Saudi Arabia (Alumina), QSLIC China (Magnesium), COOEC China (O&G Gorgon). He was actively involved in the development of piping engineering practice in WA, including training and professional development of graduate, junior and senior engineers. This also includes the formation of the Piping Engineering Specialist Group. Lead Piping/Pipe Stress Engineer on ConocoPhillips' (COP) Bayu Undan Gas Recycle, Condensate production and processing platform. He was able to develop several novel design methodologies for the project and provided training to engineers on how to implement them. These methodologies were commended by COP and the underwriters of the project Lloyds Register of Shipping, UK. Creator of Piping Engineering Professional Course aimed at global engineering community. Professional Affiliations: Fellow, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK (IMechE) Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia (EA), National Register of Engineers (NER) Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA (ASME) Honorary Life Member, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL)   POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information about post training coaching support and fees applicable for this. Accreditions And Affliations

ZigBee training course description A hands on course covering the entire ZigBee protocol stack. ZigBee operation, primitives and frame formats are covered in detail using software tools to test and analyse ZigBee commands and demonstrate how these affect the 802.15.4 MAC. Analysers are used to decode packet formats. What will you learn Describe the ZigBee architecture and applications. Explain the workings of ZigBee protocol stack including the 802.15.4, NWK, APS and ZDO sub layers. Describe in detail the ZigBee primitives and how they are used to pass data; make networks; join networks and repair networks. Secure ZigBee networks. ZigBee training course details Who will benefit: Technical staff requiring grounding in ZigBee including application engineers. Prerequisites: RF fundamentals. Duration 2 days ZigBee training course contents Wireless data overview What is 802.15.4 and ZigBee? WLAN, WPAN, Bluetooth vs. ZigBee. Markets. Applications and architecture. ZigBee demonstration. ZigBee Standards and technology The 7-layer model, IEEE WPAN standards overview, 802.15.4 & ZigBee, ZigBee alliance. ZigBee Protocol stack The ZigBee 5 layer model, The network (NWK) sub layer, Application support sub layer (APS), the ZigBee Device Object (ZDO). 802.15.4 Radio Frequencies, modulation, power, DSSS, BPSK/ O-QPSK, channels, symbols, chips and bit rate. 802.15.4 PHY PHY data transfer primitives. The PHY packet. PHY PIB management. 802.15.4 MAC layer The MAC layer overview, CSMA/CA, addresses, frame types, super frames, MAC layer: Data, Data control, Scan and join, PAN maintenance, MAC PIB. Hands on 802.15.4 frame analysis. ZigBee Topologies Point to point topology, star topology, cluster tree, wired integration. Hands on Building a ZigBee network. ZigBee frame formats General frame format, data frames, command frames. Hands on Analysing ZigBee frames. ZigBee NWK NWK data primitives: Request. Confirm. Indication. NWK management primitives: Network discovery, network formation. Permit joining. Start router. Join. Direct join. Leave. Reset. Sync. NWK database management. Hands on NWK analysis ZigBee APS Address mapping, matching devices, binding devices, binding tables. Hands on APS analysis. ZigBee ZDO Device roles, binding requests, initiating and responding, device discovery, service discovery, network management. ZDO Endpoint 0. ZigBee Security Security issues, security modes, MAC security, NWK security, APS security. Applications Writing ZigBee applications, application profiles, End points, Endpoint addressing, clusters of attributes, broadcasts. Hands on Sample ZigBee application.

About this Training Course This 3 full-day course will provide a comprehensive understanding of the various types of transformer maintenance including breakdown maintenance, preventive maintenance, total productive maintenance, condition-based maintenance, proactive maintenance, and reliability-centered maintenance. All the expected problems in dry and oil-filled transformers will be discussed in detail. All the diagnostics, troubleshooting and maintenance required to ensure adequate operation of transformers will be covered thoroughly. This course will focus on maximizing the efficiency, reliability, and longevity of all types of transformers by providing an understanding of all commissioning requirements, repair and refurbishment methods of transformers. Training Objectives Equipment Diagnostics and Inspection: Learn in detail all the diagnostic techniques and inspections required of critical components of transformers Equipment Testing: Understand thoroughly all the routine tests, type tests, and special tests required for the various types of transformers Equipment Maintenance and Troubleshooting: Determine all the maintenance and troubleshooting activities required to minimize transformer downtime and operating cost Equipment Repair and Refurbishment: Gain a detailed understanding of the various methods used to repair and refurbish transformers Efficiency, Reliability, and Longevity: Learn the various methods used to maximize the efficiency, reliability, and longevity of transformers Equipment Sizing: Gain a detailed understanding of all the calculations and sizing techniques used for transformers Design Features: Understand all the design features that improve the efficiency and reliability of transformers Equipment Selection: Learn how to select all types of transformers by using the performance characteristics and selection criteria that you will learn in this course Equipment Commissioning: Understand all the commissioning requirements for transformers Equipment Codes and Standards: Learn all the codes and standards applicable for transformers Equipment Causes and Modes of Failure: Understand the causes and modes of failure in transformers System Design: Learn all the requirements for designing different types of transformer systems Target Audience Engineers of all disciplines Managers Technicians Maintenance personnel Other technical individuals (this course is suitable for individuals who do not have an electrical background) Course Level Basic or Foundation Training Methods Your specialist course leader relies on a highly interactive training method to enhance the learning process. This method ensures that all participants gain a complete understanding of all topics covered. The training environment is highly stimulating, challenging, and effective because the participants will learn by case studies which will allow them to apply the material taught to their own organization. Each delegate will receive a copy of the following materials written by the instructor: Excerpt of the relevant chapters from the 'ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT HANDBOOK' published by McGraw-Hill in 2003 (600 pages) Transformer Testing, Maintenance and Commissioning Manual (covering all the tests, maintenance activities, protective systems and all commissioning procedures for all types of transformers - 350 pages) Trainer Your specialist course leader has more than 32 years of practical engineering experience with Ontario Power Generation (OPG), one of the largest electric utility in North America. He was previously involved in research on power generation equipment with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited at their Chalk River and Whiteshell Nuclear Research Laboratories. While working at OPG, he acted as a Training Manager, Engineering Supervisor, System Responsible Engineer and Design Engineer. During the period of time, he worked as a Field Engineer and Design Engineer, he was responsible for the operation, maintenance, diagnostics, and testing of gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, motors, transformers, inverters, valves, pumps, compressors, instrumentation and control systems. Further, his responsibilities included designing, engineering, diagnosing equipment problems and recommending solutions to repair deficiencies and improve system performance, supervising engineers, setting up preventive maintenance programs, writing Operating and Design Manuals, and commissioning new equipment. Later, he worked as the manager of a section dedicated to providing training for the staff at the power stations. The training provided by him covered in detail the various equipment and systems used in power stations. In addition, he has taught courses and seminars to more than four thousand working engineers and professionals around the world, specifically Europe and North America. He has been consistently ranked as 'Excellent' or 'Very Good' by the delegates who attended his seminars and lectures. He written 5 books for working engineers from which 3 have been published by McGraw-Hill, New York. Below is a list of the books authored by him; Power Generation Handbook: Gas Turbines, Steam Power Plants, Co-generation, and Combined Cycles, second edition, (800 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, October 2011. Electrical Equipment Handbook (600 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, March 2003. Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide (800 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, January 2012. Industrial Instrumentation and Modern Control Systems (400 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Custom Publishing (1999). Industrial Equipment (600 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Custom Publishing (1999). Furthermore, he has received the following awards: The first 'Excellence in Teaching' award offered by PowerEdge, Singapore, in December 2016 The first 'Excellence in Teaching' award offered by the Professional Development Center at University of Toronto (May, 1996). The 'Excellence in Teaching Award' in April 2007 offered by TUV Akademie (TUV Akademie is one of the largest Professional Development centre in world, it is based in Germany and the United Arab Emirates, and provides engineering training to engineers and managers across Europe and the Middle East). Awarded graduation 'With Distinction' from Dalhousie University when completed Bachelor of Engineering degree (1983). Lastly, he was awarded his Bachelor of Engineering Degree 'with distinction' from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He also received a Master of Applied Science in Engineering (M.A.Sc.) from the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Engineers in the province of Ontario, Canada. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. 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CCNA training course description The Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) course gives you a broad range of fundamental knowledge for all IT careers. Through a combination of lecture, hands-on labs, and self-study, you will learn how to install, operate, configure, and verify basic IPv4 and IPv6 networks. The course covers configuring network components such as switches, routers, and wireless LAN controllers; managing network devices; and identifying basic security threats. It also gives a foundation in network programmability, and software-defined networking What will you learn Install, configure, and operate a small to medium sized network Gain a foundation in the essentials of networking, security, and automation Prepare for the 200-301 CCNA exam, which earns CCNA certification CCNA training course details Who will benefit: Network support help desk technicians involved in the basic installation, operation, and verification of Cisco networks. Anyone seeking CCNA certification. Prerequisites: Introduction to Data communications & networking Duration 5 days CCNA training course content After taking this course, you should be able to: Identify the components of a computer network and describe their basic characteristics. Understand the model of host-to-host communication. Describe the Cisco IOS software. Describe LANs and the role of switches within LANs. Describe Ethernet and describe the operation of switches. Install a switch and perform the initial configuration. Describe the TCP/IP Internet layer, IPv4, its addressing scheme, and subnetting. Describe the TCP/IP Transport and Application layers Explore functions of routing. Implement basic configuration on a Cisco router. Explain host-to-host comms across switches and routers. Identify and resolve common switched network issues and common problems associated with IPv4 addressing. Describe IPv6 main features and addresses, and configure and verify basic IPv6 connectivity. Describe static routing. Describe, implement, and verify VLANs and trunks. Describe inter VLAN routing. Explain the basics of dynamic routing protocols and describe components and terms of OSPF. Explain how STP and RSTP work. Configure link aggregation using EtherChannel. Describe the purpose of Layer 3 redundancy protocols. Describe basic WAN and VPN concepts. Describe the operation of access control lists (ACLs) and their applications in the network. Configure Internet access using DHCP clients and explain and configure NAT on Cisco routers. Describe basic QoS concepts. Describe the concepts of wireless networks, which types of wireless networks can be built, and how to use Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs). Describe network and device architectures, introduce virtualization, network programmability and SDN and describe smart network management solutions such as Cisco DNA Center™, SD-Access, and SD-WAN. Configure basic IOS system monitoring tools. Describe the management of Cisco devices. Describe the current security threat landscape. Describe threat defence technologies. Implement a basic security configuration of the device management plane. Implement basic steps to harden network devices. Detailed course outline Exploring the Functions of Networking. The Host-to-Host Communications Model. Operating Cisco IOS Software. Introducing LANs. Exploring the TCP/IP Link Layer. Starting a Switch. The TCP/IP IP layer, IPv4 Addressing, and Subnets. The TCP/IP Transport Layer and Application Layer. Exploring the Functions of Routing. Configuring a Cisco Router. Exploring the Packet Delivery Process. Troubleshooting a Simple Network. Introducing Basic IPv6. Configuring Static Routing. Implementing VLANs and Trunks. Routing Between VLANs. Introducing OSPF. Redundant Switched Topologies with EtherChannel. Explaining Basics of ACL. Enabling Internet Connectivity. Explaining the Evolution of Intelligent Networks. Introducing System Monitoring. Managing Cisco Devices. Securing Administrative Access. Implementing Device Hardening. Self-Study: Building Redundant Switched Topologies. Exploring Layer 3 Redundancy. Introducing WAN Technologies. Introducing QoS. Explaining Wireless Fundamentals. Introducing Architectures and Virtualization. Examining the Security Threat Landscape. Threat Defense Technologies.

UNIX system administration training course description This five day hands on course provides a comprehensive coverage of core UNIX administration tasks. The course covers generic UNIX and is available for any UNIX distribution required. What will you learn Administer & configure UNIX systems. Maintain UNIX by handling disk space and taking regular backups. Manage software packages. Perform basic troubleshooting. Maintain a secure UNIX system. Describe the organisation and implementation of the filesystem. UNIX system administration training course details Who will benefit: System administrators Network administrators. Prerequisites: UNIX fundamentals. Duration 5 days UNIX system administration training course contents Part 1 Exploring UNIX command-line tools Using a shell, shell configuration, environment variables, getting help, streams, redirection and pipes, processing text using filters, manipulating files, regular expressions, grep, sed. Managing software Package concepts, comparison of package formats, RPM, rpm commands, yum, dpkg, apt-cache, apt-get, dselect, aptitude, converting between package formats, dependencies and conflicts, startup script problems, shared libraries, library management, managing processes, the kernel: the first process, process lists, foreground & background processes, process priorities, killing processes. Configuring hardware Configuring firmware and hardware, RQs, I/O addresses, DMA addresses, Boot disks, coldplug and hotplug devices, configuring expansion cards and PCI cards, kernel modules, USB devices, UNIX USB crivers, configuring hard disks, partitioning systems, LVM, common layouts, creating partitions and filesystems, maintaining filesystem health, tuning, journals, checking filesystems, monitoring disk use, mounting and unmounting filesystems. Managing files File management commands, file naming and wildcards, file archiving, links, directory commands, file ownership and group, file access control, permissions, chmod, defaults, file attributes, disk quotas, enabling and setting quotas, locating files, the FHS. Booting UNIX and editing files Installing boot loaders, GRUB legacy, GRUB 2, alternative boot loaders, the boot process, boot messages, runlevels and the initialization process, runlevel functions, runlevel services, alternative boot systems, upstart, system. Part 2 Configuring the X window system Localization, configuring basic X features, X server options, methods of configuring X, X display information, X fonts, the X GUI login system, XDMCP server, using X for remote access, screen display settings, setting your time zone, your locale, configuring printing, conceptualizing the UNIX printing architecture, understanding PostScript and ghostscript, running a printing system, configuring CUPS, monitoring and controlling the print queue. Administering the system Managing users and groups, tuning user and system environments, using system log files, understanding syslogd, setting logging options, manually logging data, rotating l;og files, reviewing log file contents, maintaining the system time, UNIX time concepts, manually setting the time, using NTP, running jobs in the future, understanding the role of cron, creating system cron jobs, creating user cron jobs, using anacron, using at. Configuring basic networking TCP/IP, network hardware, network addresses, hostnames, network ports, configuring UNIX for a local network, configuring with DHCP, static IP address, configuring routing, using GUI configuration tools, ifup and ifdown, diagnosing network connections, testing connectivity, tracing a route, checking network status , examining network traffic, additional tools. Writing scripts, configuring email, and using databases The shell environment, aliases, shell configuration files, writing scripts, commands, variables, conditional expressions, loops, functions, managing email, choosing email software, securing your email server, managing data with SQL, picking a SQL package, understanding SQL basics, using MySQL. Securing your system Administering network security, super server restrictions, disabling unused servers, administering local security, securing passwords, limiting root access, setting login, process, SUID/SGID files, configuring SSH, using GPG, generating, importing and revoking keys, encrypting and decrypting data, signing messages and verifying signatures.