System Administration of Red Hat Linux 5

Hardware Requirements

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  2 GB of memory or higher
  
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  An Intel® Pentium® processor with 2.7 GHz speed or higher
  
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  DVD R/W drive (Boot capable)
  
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  Floppy disk drive
  
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  Generic keyboard and mouse
  
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  Sound and display cards (VGA, 256 color, 800 x 600)
  
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  Network Interface Card (NIC)
  
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  Generic Monitor
  

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  1 GB of memory or higher
  
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  An Intel® Pentium® processor with 2.7 GHz speed or higher
  
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  DVD R/W drive (Boot capable)
  
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  Floppy disk drive
  
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  Generic keyboard and mouse
  
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  Sound and display cards (VGA, 256 color, 800 x 600)
  
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  Network Interface Card (NIC)
  
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  Generic monitor
  
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  One blank CD-RW per student
  

Platform Requirements

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  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  

Software Requirements

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  A licensed copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for the instructor and students.
  
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  A copy of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Rescue CD for the instructor and for each student to perform the activities in lesson 11.
  

Performance-Based Objectives

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  initialize the Linux system.
  
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  manage packages.
  
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  manage the Linux kernel services.
  
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  configure the graphical user interface.
  
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  examine system services.
  
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  manage filesystems.
  
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  use advanced services to manage filesystems.
  
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  configure networking interfaces and related settings.
  
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  identify the various methods of Linux installation.
  
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  implement virtualization with Xen.
  
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  troubleshoot Linux system issues.
  

Course Content