CompTIA Network+ 2009: Managing and Monitoring the Network

Overview/Description

This course describes how to document and diagram the network environment and the procedures that should be in place to ensure that all documentation is up to date. In addition, the tools that network administrators can use to gather the information they need to create their documentation and to build policies and procedures is also covered. This course maps the CompTIA's Network+ 2009 objectives that cover using network monitoring to identify performance and connectivity issue, procedures for evaluating the network based on configuration management documentation, and identifying the types of management documentation used in a network environment.

Target Audience

The audience for CompTIA Network+ 2009 training will comprise IT personnel with at least 9 months IT networking experience. Good computer literacy along with a sound technical acumen should be present. Students looking to acquire job skills, and to be trained specifically to pass the associated CompTIA Network+ (2009 Edition) certification exam will want to study this learning path.

Prerequisites

CompTIA’s A+ credential is a recommended, although not mandatory, prerequisite.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

CompTIA Network+ 2009: Managing and Monitoring the Network

• recognize how physical and logical network diagrams are used
• recognize how to construct a network diagram
• recognize what is included in a documentation baseline
• recognize how documentation is used
• recognize what is appropriate to include in network documentation
• recognize the role of an update log
• recognize how to document policy
• verify network diagrams and documentation
• create a network diagram
• create network documentation
• recognize the functions of SNMP and RMON
• recognize how to use common monitoring tools
• recognize the functions of sniffers
• recognize different types of log files
• recognize which network monitoring tools are appropriate in a given scenario
• recognize how log files are used in solving network problems in a given scenario.