291 Network & Security courses in Bristol

UNIX SHELL PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course has been designed as a follow on course for the XML primer course. The course looks at the use of XSLT in the transforming and styling XML documents. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Read shell scripts. * Write shell scripts. * Use different types of quotes. * Recognise the role of shell scripts within the UNIX system. UNIX SHELL PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Programmers developing programs under UNIX. Anyone working with XML. Administrators Support personnel who wish to find out more about the workings of UNIX or write simple utility programs. * Prerequisites: UNIX fundamentals Some programming experience would be useful although not essential. * Duration 2 days UNIX SHELL PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Review of UNIX fundamentals * Basic shell scripts What does the shell do? How are commands executed? Different shells. What is a shell script? Comments, creating shell scripts. * Variables 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, The if statement, while loops, for loops, The case statement, Special characters, Redirection of errors, here documents, quoting. * Arithmetic in shell scripts The expr command. * System shell scripts * Screen handling The terminfo database The tput comand * Avanced issues (optional session) Shell functions, getopts, xargs, debugging shell scripts, portability issues. Extras in the Korn shell. * Optimising shell scripts The time command, performance tips.

CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course provides an introduction to cloud technologies, including, configuration and deployment, security, maintenance, and management. It covers all aspects of cloud computing infrastructure. It will help you to master the fundamental concepts, terminology, and characteristics of cloud computing. . WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Contrast and compare AWS, GCP and Azure. * Explain the different cloud services, models and characteristics. * Explain cloud virtualization components and options. * Explain cloud security options. * Describe cloud automation, orchestration, monitoring and performance options. CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone working with or looking to work with cloud technologies. * Prerequisites: None. * Duration 2 days CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * What is the cloud? The Internet Cloud computing Benefits Disadvantages * Cloud services IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, others. * Cloud service providers AWS, GCP Microsoft Azure, others * Cloud architectures Private, public, hybrid others Cloud based delivery * The cloud and virtualization Virtual Machines, networks, storage, deployment. * Accessing the Virtual Machine * Secure cloud environments Security considerations. Data privacy considerations * Automation and orchestration * Monitoring and performance Performance Cost issues Cost containment

HP SWITCHES TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands on course covering the product specifics of HP switches. Installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting are all covered in a practical oriented way. VLANs often take up a large part of the course. The course covers all interfaces but concentrates on using the command line interface. Delegates are, however, free to use the web based interface in all exercises. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Install HP switches. * Use the command line interface and the web based interface to manage HP switches. * Configure and troubleshoot HP switches. * Perform software upgrades and maintain configurations using TFTP. HP SWITCHES TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone working with HP switches. Particularly aimed at engineers and technicians supporting HP switches. * Prerequisites: None. * Duration 2 days HP SWITCHES TRAINING COURSE CONTENT * Introduction Traditional Ethernet, Hubs, Frames, MAC addresses. Hands on Building a network with a hub. * What is a switch? Switches versus hubs, the MAC address table, handling unknown addresses. Hands on Building a network with HP switches. * Configuration methods How to configure a HP switch using: Console port access menus, CLI, telnet, web based access. Hands on Console access, show commands, using the menus, IP address configuration, telnet. * Command Line Interface Operator mode, Manager mode, configuration mode, passwords, online help, CLI commands, basic troubleshooting. Hands on More show commands, basic troubleshooting, setting a password, displaying status and counters. * Web based interface Web access, basic format, Getting started. SSL. Hands on Web based configuration. * Port configuration Common port configuration tasks, port security, port aggregation, Hands on Configuring ports. Trunking and failover. * STP configuration Broadcast storms. What is STP? RSTP. Configuring STP. Hands on Enabling and disabling STP, investigation failover. * VLANs What are VLANS? 802.1Q, tagged/untagged, creating VLANS, applying VLANS. Addressing and VLANs, Layer 3 switches and VLANs. Hands on Setting up VLANS, setting up tagged ports, Inter VLAN traffic. * Housekeeping TFTP, software upgrades, downloading configurations. Hands on Software upgrade, downloading a configuration. * SNMP SNMP configuration, HP OpenView NNM. Hands on Using SNMP to manage a HP switch. * Basic troubleshooting Putting it all together. Layer 1 troubleshooting, Layer 2 troubleshooting. * Miscellaneous exercises CDP. Logging

WIRESHARK 101 TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION Wireshark is a free network protocol analyser. This hands-on course focuses on troubleshooting networks using the Wireshark protocol analyser. The course concentrates on the product and students will gain from the most from this course only if they already have a sound knowledge of the TCP/IP protocols WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Download and install Wireshark. * Capture and analyse packets with Wireshark. * Configure capture and display filters. * Customise Wireshark. * Troubleshoot networks using Wireshark. WIRESHARK 101 TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical staff looking after networks. * Prerequisites: TCP/IP Foundation for engineers * Duration 2 days WIRESHARK 101 TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * What is Wireshark? Protocol analysers, Wireshark features, versions, troubleshooting techniques with Wireshark. * Installing Wireshark Downloading Wireshark, UNIX issues, Microsoft issues, the role of winpcap, promiscuous mode, installing Wireshark. Wireshark documentation and help. Hands on Downloading and installing Wireshark. * Capturing traffic Starting and stopping basic packet captures, the packet list pane, packet details pane, packet bytes pane, interfaces, using Wireshark in a switched architecture. Hands on Capturing packets with Wireshark. * Troubleshooting networks with Wireshark Common packet flows. Hands on Analysing a variety of problems with Wireshark. * Capture filters Capture filter expressions, capture filter examples (host, port, network, protocol), primitives, combining primitives, payload matching. Hands on Configuring capture filters. * Working with captured packets Live packet capture, saving to a file, capture file formats, reading capture files from other analysers, merging capture files, finding packets, going to a specific packet, display filters, display filter expressions. Hands on Saving captured data, configuring display filters. * Analysis and statistics with Wireshark Enabling/disabling protocols, user specified decodes, following TCP streams, protocol statistics, conversation lists, endpoint lists, I/O graphs, protocol specific statistics. Hands on Using the analysis and statistics menus. * Command line tools Tshark, capinfos, editcap, mergecap, text2pcap, idl2eth. Hands on Using tshark. * Advanced issues 802.11 issues, management frames, monitor mode, packet reassembling, name resolution, customising Wireshark. Hands on Customising name resolution.

CONCISE CISCO SWITCHES COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands on course covering the product specifics of Cisco switches. Installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting are all covered in a practical oriented way. VLANs often take up a large part of the course. The course covers all interfaces but concentrates on using the command line interface. Delegates are, however, free to use the web based interface in all exercises. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Install Cisco switches. * Use the command line interface and the web based interface to manage Cisco switches. * Configure and troubleshoot Cisco switches. * Perform software upgrades and maintain configurations using TFTP. CONCISE CISCO SWITCHES COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone working with Cisco switches. Particularly aimed at engineers and technicians supporting Cisco switches. * Prerequisites: None. * Duration 2 days CONCISE CISCO SWITCHES COURSE CONTENT * Ethernet review Single segment Ethernet, CSMA/CD, Broadcast domains, collision domains. Hubs, Extending the LAN. Hands on Hub based Ethernet. * Cisco switches What are switches, frame forwarding and filtering, the forwarding database. Hands on Switched based Ethernet. * Configuring Cisco switches Accessing the switch, installing the switch, The CLI, connecting PCs using the switch. Hands on Configuring Cisco switches. * The command line interface User and privilege modes, online help, show, basic troubleshooting. The configuration editor, Global, major and sub commands, enable, secret and other passwords. Hands on Simple troubleshooting using the CLI. * Port configuration Speed, duplex, security, trunking. Hands on Port trunking. * Spanning Tree Protocol Spanning Tree, Loops, effect, root bridges, bridge port states, STP reconfiguration. RSTP and variants. Hands on STP. * VLANS What are VLANs, configuring VLANs, access ports and trunks, 802.1Q, inter VLAN routing. Hands on Access ports, trunks, layer 3 switching. * Housekeeping Configuration management, software management, password recovery. Hands on TFTP. * Managing interconnection devices SNMP, RMON, RMON II. * Troubleshooting LEDs, CDP, logging, Layer 1, layer 2, layer 3. Hands on Fixing things.

LINUX SHELL SCRIPTING TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A practical introduction to writing scripts using the Bourne shell under any Linux operating system. Applicable for those using the Korn shell as well. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Read shell scripts. * Write shell scripts. * Use different types of quotes. * Recognise the role of shell scripts within the Linux system. LINUX SHELL SCRIPTING TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Programmers developing programs under UNIX. Administrators / support personnel who wish to find out more about the workings of Linux or write simple utility programs. * Prerequisites: Linux Fundamentals * Duration 2 days LINUX SHELL SCRIPTING TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Review of Linux fundamentals * Basic shell scripts What does the shell do? How are commands executed? Different shells. what is a shell script? Comments, creating shell scripts. * Variables 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 The if statement while loops for loops The case statement. * Special characters Redirection of errors, here documents, quoting. * Arithmetic in shell scripts The expr command. * System shell scripts * Screen handling The terminfo database, The tput command. * Advanced issues (optional session) Shell functions, getopts, xargs, debugging shell scripts, portability issues. Extras in the Korn shell. * Optimising shell scripts The time command, performance tips.

MOBILE COMMS TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A complete overview of mobile communications covering all the major technologies in a 2-day format. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * GSM * GPRS * UMTS * LTE * Alternative mobile strategies MOBILE COMMS TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone involved in mobile communications. * Prerequisites: None. * Duration 2 days MOBILE COMMS TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Introduction Telephony, RF, mobile and wireless technologies, distances, mobile phone generations, base stations, cells, frequencies, cell types, MSC, handoffs, channels, internetworking, the Internet, wireless Internet access. UK operators, worldwide operators. * GSM What is it? Timeline, digitising voice, channels, GSM architecture, Abis, A, Um, MS, BTS, BSC, MSC, HLR, VLR, EIR, AuC. Radio link aspects, GSM signalling overview, signalling protocols, roaming, GSM call flows, authentication. IMEI. SIM cards. * GPRS What it is, 2G to 3G, GPRS user features, GPRS network features, GPRS elements, GPRS architecture, overlay, SGSN, GGSN, GPRS ATTACH, GPRS protocol stack, GPRS timeslots, EDGE, GPRS classes, GPRS routing, GPRS packet format. * UMTS and 3G What is 3G? IMT-2000, 3G proposals, what is UMTS? Speed comparison, evolution to 3G, CDMA, CDMA 2000, W-CDMA, UMTS components, UMTS infrastructure, RNC, Node B, network architecture, packet switched attach, mobility in 3G, HSDPA. * LTE and 4G LTE architecture and principles, Physical layer, Air interface, E-UTRAN, Evolved packet core, service provision. * Other wireless solutions Integration of services, Bluetooth, Blackberry, VoIP, Mobile IP, 802.11, WiFi, 802.16, WiMax, What is 5G?

HP PROCURVE TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands on course covering the product specifics of HP switches. Installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting are all covered in a practical oriented way. VLANs often take up a large part of the course. The course covers all interfaces but concentrates on using the command line interface. Delegates are, however, free to use the web based interface in all exercises. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Install HP ProCurve switches. * Use the command line interface and the web based interface to manage HP ProCurve switches. * Configure and troubleshoot HP ProCurve switches. * Perform software upgrades and maintain configurations using TFTP. HP PROCURVE TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone working with HP switches. Particularly aimed at engineers and technicians supporting HP switches. * Prerequisites: None. * Duration 2 days HP PROCURVE TRAINING COURSE CONTENT * Introduction Traditional Ethernet, Hubs, Frames, MAC addresses. Hands on Building a network with a hub * What is a switch? Switches versus hubs, the MAC address table, handling unknown addresses. Hands on Building a network with HP switches. * Configuration methods How to configure a HP switch using: Console port access menus, CLI, telnet, web based access. Hands on Console access, show commands, using the menus, IP address configuration, telnet. * Command Line Interface Operator mode, Manager mode, configuration mode, passwords, online help, CLI commands, basic troubleshooting. Hands on More show commands, basic troubleshooting, setting a password, displaying status and counters. * Web based interface Web access, basic format, Getting started. SSL. Hands on Web based configuration. * Port configuration Common port configuration tasks, port security, port aggregation. Hands on Configuring ports. Trunking and failover. * STP configuration Broadcast storms. What is STP? RSTP. Configuring STP. Hands on Enabling and disabling STP, investigation failover. * VLAN configuration What are VLANS? 802.1Q, tagged/untagged, creating VLANS, applying VLANS. Addressing and VLANs, Layer 3 switches and VLANs. Hands on Setting up VLANS, setting up tagged ports, Inter VLAN traffic. * Housekeeping TFTP, software upgrades, downloading configurations. Hands on Software upgrade, downloading a configuration. * SNMP SNMP configuration, HP OpenView. Hands on Using SNMP to manage a HP ProCurve switch. * Basic troubleshooting Putting it all together. Layer 1 troubleshooting, Layer 2 troubleshooting. * Miscellaneous exercises CDP. Logging

SMPTE 2022 TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION SMPTE 2022 is the standard for IP video transport in the broadcast industry. This course covers the seven section of the standard in detail. Particular attention is given to FEC and seamless protection switching areas of the standard. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Use Wireshark to analyse. SMPTE 2022 streams. * Explain the role of FEC in SMPTE 2022. * Explain how SMPTE 2022 provides resilience. SMPTE 2022 TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone working with TV distribution. * Prerequisites: TCP/IP foundation for engineers * Duration 1 day SMPTE 2022 TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Introduction What is SMPTE 2022, SMPTE 2022 parts. SDI over IP. Contribution and distribution versus delivery. * The SMPTE 2022 protocol stack SMPTE 2022-2 (mapping of MPEG TS into IP) and SMPTE 2022-6 mapping uncompressed video into IP. IP: Best effort, connectionless, DF flag, routers, Diffserv, RSVP. IPv6. UDP: Unreliable, connectionless, broadcasts, multicasts and unicasts. RTP RTP, ports, payloads types, sequence numbers, timestamps. RTP header extensions. RTCP. MPEG2-TS: Elementary streams, transport over IP. * FEC Forward Error Correction. SMPTE 2022-1, SMPTE 2022-5. Logical rows and columns. 1D and 2D parity. FEC header format. FEC configuration and choosing dimensions. FEC traffic shaping. Overheads and delays. * Seamless protection switching IP failover. SMPTE 2022-7: Sending two matching streams over different paths. Stream synchronization. The HBRMT header. Calculating the packet to switch over. * Summary Summary of the 7 sections of the SMPTE 2022 standard. Clock recovery.

TOTAL SPB TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A comprehensive look at Service Provider Bridging (SPB) as standardised in 802.1aq. This SPB course starts with the problems in traditional switched networks then moves onto to how SPB solves these problems. As IS-IS is key to loop free topologies in SPB networks, this protocols is also studied. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Explain the benefits of SPB. * Explain how SPB works. * Explain the role of IS-IS in SPB. * Integrate SPB into existing networks. TOTAL SPB TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical staff working with Ethernet. * Prerequisites: Definitive Ethernet switching for engineers * Duration 1 day TOTAL SPB TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * What is SPB? Layer 2 versus Layer 3, STP problems: One path, convergence, MAC explosion. Virtualisation issues: VRF. Service Provider Bridging (SPB), 802.1aq. Virtual Services Network. * SPB variants 802.1Q, 802.1ad, Q-in-Q, VLAN IDs, 802.1ah, M-in-M, I-SID. SPBV, SPBM. SPBM frame format. * How SPB works Node ID, Backbone Edge Bridges, Backbone MAC address, Customer MACs, I-SID. IS-IS. Forwarding database. VSN. * IS-IS Link layer IS-IS, SPF trees, traffic management. IS-IS extensions for SPB. ISIS TLV. * SPB services Data centre bridging, server virtualisation, multitenant applications. Integration of SPB into existing networks. VLAN to ISID mappings. Inter ISID routing, IP/SPB Layer 3 VRF extensions. * Miscellaneous Multicast in SPB environments. Source specific multicast trees. SPB configuration. SPB deployment considerations.