2544 Courses in Sheffield

HARDENING CISCO DEVICES TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands on course focusing on how to lock down Cisco IOS routers and switches. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Harden Cisco devices. HARDENING CISCO DEVICES TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical network staff. Technical security staff. * Prerequisites: TCP/IP foundation for engineers. * Duration 5 days HARDENING CISCO DEVICES TRAINING COURSE CONTENT * Introduction Router security, Switch security, Cisco IOS, IOS versions, Cisco advisories, the management plane, control plane, data plane. Hands on Checking IOS versions and advisories. * Access control Infrastructure ACLs, Transit ACLs. Hands on Restricting access to the device, Filtering data traffic. * Management plane: Securing operations Passwords, privilege levels, AAA, TACACS+, RADIUS. Hands on Password management. * Management plane: Other general hardening Logging best practices, secure protocols, encrypting management sessions, configuration management. Hands on Hardening the management plane. * Control plane Disabling reception and transmission of certain messages, Limiting CPU impact of control plane traffic, securing routing protocols. Hands on Hardening the control plane. * Data plane Transit ACLs, disabling unused services, disabling unnecessary protocols, anti spoofing, limiting CPU impact of data plane traffic, identifying and tracing traffic, Netflow, VLANs, port security. Hands on hardening the data plane.

JUNOS INTERMEDIATE ROUTING TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course provides students with intermediate routing knowledge and configuration examples. The course includes an overview of protocol-independent routing features, load balancing and filter-based forwarding, OSPF, BGP, IP tunneling, and high availability (HA) features. Junos Intermediate Routing (JIR) is an intermediate-level course. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Describe typical uses, configure & monitor static, aggregate, and generated routes. * Configure and share routes between routing instances. * Explain the operations of OSPF. * Describe BGP and its basic operations. * Configure and monitor GRE and IP-IP tunnels. JUNOS INTERMEDIATE ROUTING TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Engineers responsible for configuring and monitoring devices running the Junos OS. * Prerequisites: Intro to the Junos Operating System * Duration 2 days JUNOS INTERMEDIATE ROUTING TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Protocol-Independent Routing Static Routes Aggregated Routes Generated Routes Martian Addresses Routing Instances Lab 1 Protocol-Independent Routing * Load Balancing and Filter-Based Forwarding Overview of Load Balancing Configuring and Monitoring Load Balancing Overview of Filter-Based Forwarding Configuring and Monitoring Filter-Based Forwarding Lab 2 Load Balancing and Filter-Based Forwarding * Open Shortest Path First Overview of OSPF Adjacency Formation and the Designated Router Election OSPF Scalability Configuring and Monitoring OSPF Basic OSPF Troubleshooting Lab 3 Open Shortest Path First * Border Gateway Protocol Overview of BGP BGP Attributes IBGP Versus EBGP Configuring and Monitoring BGP Lab 4 Border Gateway Protocol * IP Tunneling Overview of IP Tunneling GRE and IP-IP Tunnels Implementing GRE and IP-IP Tunnels Lab 5 IP Tunneling * High Availability Overview of High Availability Networks Graceful Restart Graceful RE Switchover Nonstop Active Routing BFD VRRP Lab 6 High Availability * Appendix A: IPv6 Introduction to IPv6 Routing Protocol Configuration Examples Tunneling IPv6 over IPv4 Lab 7 (Optional) IPv6 * Appendix B: IS-IS Overview of IS-IS Overview of IS-IS PDUs Adjacency Formation and DIS Election Configuring and Monitoring IS-IS Basic IS-IS Troubleshooting Lab 8 (Optional) IS-IS * Appendix C: Routing Information Protocol Introduction to RIP RIP Configuration Examples Monitoring and Troubleshooting RIP

MPEG TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course studies the MPEG standards for video and audio compression. A major focus is on MPEG-4 and MPEG-TS. Hands on includes decoding and analysing MPEG streams. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Recognise the main MPEG standards. * Describe the techniques used in MPEG video and audio compression. * Compare MPEG2m MPEG4 and MPEG-H. * Describe the MPEG-TS. * Analyse MPEG streams. MPEG TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone working with MPEG. * Prerequisites: None. * Duration 2 days MPEG TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Introduction What is MPEG? MPEG and VCEG, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG-3, MPEG-4, MPEG-H, others, codecs and containers, licensing and patents, parts and layers (System, Video, Audio, others). * MPEG2 DVD, DVB, characteristics, MPEG2 Part2, audio MPEG2 Part 7 (AAC). * MPEG tools Wireshark, vlc, analysers, decoders, ffmpeg, wowzer. * MPEG2 Video compression Sampling, bit rates, resolution. Inter and Intra frame coding, I, B, P frames, GOP, slices, blocks, macroblocks. Motion estimation. Hands on Analysing MPEG frames. * MPEG4 Profiles and levels, Enhancements, Parts 1,2,3, Part 10 and AVC, Part 14 and mp4. Performance versus MPEG2. * MPEG audio Coding, frequencies, bit rates. * MPEG-TS PES, Transport Streams, TS elements, packets, PID, Programs, PSI, PAT, PMT, synchronisation, PCR, PTS. * MPEG-H Part 2 HEVC, benefits, improvements. * Video codecs What is a CODEC, pictures and audio, digitisation, sampling, quantisation, encoding, compressing.

4G 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. 4G 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 4G TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * LTE Introduction The path to LTE, 3GPP. LTE to LTE advanced. * LTE Architecture The core, Access, roaming. Protocols: User plane, Control plane. Example information flows. Bearer management. Spectrum allocation. * LTE technologies Transmission, reception, OFDMA, multiple antenna, MIMO. * LTE Air interface Air interface protocol stack. Channels, Resource Grid, cell acquisition. Up and downlink controls. Layer 2 protocols. * Cell acquisition Power on, selecting networks and cells. RRC connection. Attach procedure. * Mobility management Roaming, RRC_IDLE, RRC_CONNECTED, cell reselection, handover, interoperation with UMTS and GSM networks. * Voice and text IMS, QoS, policy and charging.

SAMBA TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION Samba enables UNIX/Linux machines to act as Microsoft File and Print servers. This two day hands on training course progresses from the basics of installing samba and simple configurations through to authentication issues and troubleshooting. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Install and configure Samba. * Administrate file and printer sharing. * Secure Samba servers. * Troubleshoot Samba SAMBA TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical staff working with Samba. * Prerequisites: Intro to UNIX Systems Administration TCP/IP Foundation. * Duration 2 days SAMBA TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * What is Samba? File and print servers, Samba server roles, Windows networking, NetBIOS, SMB. Hands on Microsoft File and Print shares, analysing the network traffic. * Installing Samba Source, binaries, where to find samba, building and compiling Samba. Hands on Download and install Samba. * Controlling Samba Samba daemons, starting and stopping Samba, smbcontrol, Samba net command, smb.conf. Viewing Samba status, smbclient. Hands on Starting and stopping Samba, testing the server. * Samba configuration Simple shares, smb.conf variables, configuration from a web browser, swat, enabling access to swat. Hands on Configuring samba servers and clients. * File sharing Basic shares, [homes], locking options, UNIX file permissions, controlling user access, Windows ACLs, virtual samba servers, browsing. Hands on File sharing and browsing. * Print sharing Sharing printers, UNIX printing, CUPS, printer drivers, [printers], PRINT$. Hands on Samba print server. * Authentication Workgroups, domains, users and passwords, Samba domain security, Samba password backends: smbpasswd, tdbsam, nisplus, mysql, Active Directory. Hands on Securing samba shares. * Troubleshooting Logging options, controlling logs, Samba utilities, network protocols, .SMB/CIFS. Performance tuning. Hands on Troubleshooting Samba

SNMPC TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands on course providing a solid foundation on network management using SolarWinds. The course specifically focusses on SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor. The course starts with configuring agents and device discovery, onto exploiting SNMP with SolarWinds and then Alerts, reports and customisation of menus, views and maps. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Discover devices using Solarwinds. * Use Solarwinds. * Poll and monitor devices using Solarwinds. * Create Alarms and reports. * Diagnose faults using Solarwinds. SNMPC TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical staff working with Solarwinds. * Prerequisites: None. * Duration 2 days SNMPC TRAINING COURSE CONTENT * Getting started with SNMPc Manual discovery, automatic discovery, controlling IP discovery, mapping network devices. Hands on Using SNMPc. * Agents Configuring Cisco devices for SNMP support, communities, traps, syslog. MIBs. Hands on Device discovery. Adding devices. Customising maps. * Using SNMPc Polling, obtaining MIB information, MIB walking. Compiling MIBs. Hands on Monitoring devices. Groups. MIB walking. SNMP traps. * Alarms Events and alarms, thresholds, event actions. Hands on Automatic alarms. * Reports Creating reports, trend reports, customising reports. Hands on Performance reports. Graphs. * Administration Users, customised views, backups, the database. Hands on Adding a user. Backups.

ADSL TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION An introduction to ATM. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Recognise the benefits of ADSL. * Describe what ADSL is. * Describe how ADSL works. * Describe the ADSL architecture * Recognise the limitations of ADSL. * List the elements required for an ADSL installation. ADSL TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Network engineers and anyone who will be working with ADSL. * Prerequisites: Intro to data comms & networking * Duration 2 days ADSL TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * What is ADSL? Broadband definitions, OSI layer 1, ADSL services, WANS. ADSL features: always on, point to point, Asymmetric, speeds. ADSL benefits, xDSL family, standards, history, example DSL forum documents. * ADSL architecture The big picture, The PSTN and telephones, Digital and analogue, PSTN and modems, ADSL vs. modem speeds, Block 1: Customer premises, Block 2: The last mile, Block 3: The exchange, Block 4: the core network. * Customer premises Splitters, micro filters, splitter architectures, Splitterless ADSL, ADSL modems, USB, ADSL routers. * The local loop ADSL PHY, Some basics, ADSL margins, speed implications, distances, RADSL, Line testing, whoosh tests, line coding, multiple channels, FDM, echo cancellation, Modulation: AM, FM, PM, QAM, QAM constellations, DMT, CAP, Framing, Superframes, fast data mode, interleaved mode, RADSL revisited. * The local loop ADSL PHY, Some basics, ADSL margins, speed implications, distances, RADSL, Line testing, whoosh tests, line coding, multiple channels, FDM, echo cancellation, Modulation: AM, FM, PM, QAM, QAM constellations, DMT, CAP, Framing, Superframes, fast data mode, interleaved mode, RADSL revisited. * The exchange Local exchange ADSL items, DSLAMs, ADSL racks, Contention. * The core network The role of the core network, ATM, ATM VPI/VCI, ATM cells, ATM layers, AAL5, RAS, Home gateways. * ADSL and the higher layers Layer 2 choices, PPPoA, PPP, CHAP, layer 4 and above, ADSL and IP, ADSL and ATM. * Installing and configuring ADSL Choosing providers, line activation, hardware requirements, Configuring layer 1 and layer 2, Configuring IP. * Summary ITU ADSL standards.

ZEROCONF AND BONJOUR TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands on training course focusing on Microsoft and Apple implementations of Zeroconf. The course covers all three main areas: Interface configuration, name resolution and service discovery. Hands on with Apple Bonjour and Microsoft UPnP compliment all the major theory sessions. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Explain how mDNS and LLMNR work. * Explain how DNS-SD and SSDP work. * Recognise the role of service discovery gateways. ZEROCONF AND BONJOUR TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical staff working with Zeroconf. Developers using Zeroconf. * Prerequisites: TCP/IP Foundation for engineers * Duration 2 day ZEROCONF AND BONJOUR TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * What is Zeroconf? Zeroconf, architecture, Microsoft UPnP, Apple, Bonjour, devices, components. Home networks, enterprise networks, BYOD. * Plug and play without Zeroconf DHCP, DNS, A, PTR, SRV records, DDNS. Hands on DHCP configuration. * Address selection IPv4 link local addresses, IPv6 link local addresses. Hands: Addresses without DHCP. * Name resolution mDNS, finding names, announcing names, .local DNS namespace, LLMNR. Hands on Names without DNS. * Role of multicasting Multicast addresses, multicasts and switches, multicasts and routers. Hands on Multicasts, TTL. * Service discovery DNS-SD, SRV and TXT lookups, SSDP, HTTP. Hands on Browsing for services * Zeroconf in a routed environment Service Discovery gateways, configuration, service filters, DNS-LLQ, NAT-PMP. * Miscellaneous Security, automatic multicast addresses, wireless auto configuration.

ADVANCED HP SWITCHES TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands on course covering advanced features of HP switches. The focus of the course is on Layer 3 switching advanced features. Delegates will benefit the most from this course if they can supply us with their own configurations before the course. These configurations can then be used by the trainer in the course. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Configure and troubleshoot HP layer 3 switching. * Configure and troubleshoot OSPF * Harden HP switches. * Explain the majority of their own configurations (if configurations are supplied to us before the course). ADVANCED HP SWITCHES TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical staff working with HP switches. * Prerequisites: HP switches for engineers. * Duration 2 days ADVANCED HP SWITCHES TRAINING COURSE CONTENT * Introduction VLAN review. Tagged and untagged ports. MSTP, PVST, UDLD, BPDU guard. Hands on VLANs, diagnostic tools debug, LLDP, remote port mirroring. * L3 switching What are L3 switches? L3 lite, IPv4 and IPv6, routing protocols, routing tables. IP address on VLAN, no ip address on VLAN, connected interfaces, RIP. Hands on Routing between VLANs. Configuring and troubleshooting RIP. * VRRP Default gateways, dead router detection, resilience. Hands on Configuring and troubleshooting VRRP. * Static routes Why use static routes? Configuring static routes, default routes. * OSPF Link state protocols, operation. Router types, LSA types, area 0. Hands on Configuring and troubleshooting OSPF. * QoS Layer 2 QoS, 802.1Q, priorities, dscp mapping, rate limiting. * Access lists Filtering traffic through the switch, controlling access to the switch, enabling and disabling ACLs, standard ACLs, extended ACLs * Security DHCP snooping, ARP protection, STP guards, switch hardening. * Summary Walkthrough of delegate configurations.

ADVANCED ASTERISK TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This 2 day hands-on Asterisk training course covers advanced Asterisk configuration including fault tolerant clusters, upgrading and patching Asterisk servers, firewall and NAT transversal, using databases to store Asterisk data. Practical sessions follow each major section to reinforce the theory. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Configure advanced Asterisk features. * Utilise databases from Asterisk * Integrate Asterisk with SIP servers. * Build High Availability Asterisk clusters. * Maintain and secure Asterisk servers. ADVANCED ASTERISK TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical staff working with or evaluating Asterisk. * Prerequisites: Definitive Asterisk for engineers * Duration 2 days ADVANCED ASTERISK TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Best Practice Review of basics, Channel best practice, dial plan best practise. * Call Centre Features GUI, Asterisk Manager Interface, billing, CDR, advanced IVR, ACD, Vici Dial. Hands on Install Vici-Dial * Asterisk and Databases MySQL, LDAP, ODBC, dial plan from a Database, storing CDR in a Database, Hands on Dial plan in MySQL, CDR in MySQL. * TDM over Ethernet What is TDMoE, Asterisk to Asterisk TDMoE, Phone Bridge. Hands on * 2 * via TDMoE. * High Availability Asterisk HA Linux - Virtual Servers, Fail-over steps, setting up HA Linux, configuring Asterisk for fail-over on HA Linux, Hands on Configure Asterisk HA. * Advanced Dial plans Asterisk Gateway Interface, AGI IVR applications, Multiple switches sharing Dial plans, ENUM, DUNDI. Hands on Configure DUNDI. * Integration Legacy PBX, SIP Proxys, OpenSER. Hands on Configure SER to work with Asterisk. * Asterisk Maintenance Asterisk upgrades, implementing patches, advanced debugging, * Security Firewalls, NAT, Asterisk security issues. Hands on Configure Asterisk to work through a Firewall and NAT.