Duration
2 days
Overview
The Network Security Basic Administration course provides students the required background, knowledge and hand-on experience to begin designing, implementing and troubleshooting SonicWall Network Security Appliances running SonicOS firmware.
This course requires the prior completion of several e-Learning courses. This course is NOT a substitute for the prerequisite eLearning courses. Prerequisite skills and knowledge are required – the first lab exercise is based on prerequisite knowledge and begins without formal instruction (see below for prerequisite details).
Intended Audience
System engineers, channel partners, service partners, and end users
Prerequisites
General networking knowledge and experience:
- Extensive knowledge of networking concepts, network topologies, and the OSI model of networking protocol stacks
- Understanding of TCP/IP, network addressing, subnets, and Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Knowledge of basic router concepts
- Familiarity with IPSec functionality and implementation
Section 1: Course introduction
- Course introduction
- Classroom environment
- Course materials
Prerequisites
- Introductions
- Training and support options
Section 3: Scalability and reliability
- WAN ISP failover and load balancing
- Policy-based routing
- High Availability
- Knowledge check
Section 4: Secure access and content control
- VPN: Gateway-to-gateway, hub and spoke, mesh
- Route base VPN
- GVC with local user DB
- SSL VPN with local user database
- SSL VPN and Global VPN Client with LDAP authentication
- Content Filtering Service
- Content Filtering Service using Single Sign-On
- Knowledge check
Section 5: Unified Threat Management
- Unified Threat Management (UTM)
- Knowledge check
Section 6: Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Overview
- System Backup & Restore
- Diagnostic Tools
- Packet Capture
- Logs
- Knowledge check
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.