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Proteus™ Course Outline

Introduction

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to manage a Proteus server. The course is intended for System Administrators and System Engineers who are responsible for implementing, managing, and maintaining DNS, DHCP, and other IP Address Management (IPAM) resources.

Audience

This course is appropriate for individuals employed as DNS, DHCP, and network administrators as well as those who will be supporting the IPAM infrastructure. The audience may also include database, Windows™ and other specific administrators or engineers, depending on the environment and their roles.

Prerequisites

Suggested requirements for attendees of this course include a general understanding of basic networking concepts, TCP/IP, and firewalls, and a strong foundation in one or more of DNS, DHCP, and the IPv4 address space, again, depending on the environment and their roles.

Proteus v3.0 Course Materials

Students are provided with two books: the Proteus Training Guide which includes both explanatory and procedural material, and a hands-on Lab Guide. These materials will remain a valuable reference for those who complete the training.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Manage their IPv4 and IPv6 address space
Use Proteus IPAM tools to model and maintain the IPv4 space
Work with Network Templates
Manage their DNS space including resource records, zones, views, and options
Manage DHCP including classes, ranges, and options
Validate DHCP users using MAC Authentication
Track hardware addresses and control DHCP access using MAC Pools
Confi gure and manage DHCP Failover
Understand deployment from Proteus to managed DNSand DHCP servers
Configure and manage Crossover High Availability (XHA)
Configure Tags and Devices to better identify resources
Integrate Workfl ow into a multi-level user environment
Use the IP Reconciliation feature to identify unknown resources and clean up mismatched or incorrect data
Define and generate reports
Manage users, groups, and access rights
Track transactions and system events.
Create database backups and archive transaction logs and events
Enable the Data Checker utility
Manage the system and support services such as NTP, SNMP, and Anycast using the Proteus and Adonis
Command line interfaces
Confi gure replication between two Proteus systems
Manage Windows DNS and DHCP services using the Proteus Management Agent for Windows

01 Introduction to Proteus

This module introduces Proteus in the broad sense of its overall function as an IP Address Management solution.

02 Proteus Interface

This module guides the user through some of the common features of the Proteus browser interface. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand the components on the Home Page
Use the search utilities
Understand how the interface is organized
Customize the interface display Confi gure Favorites
Use Data Restore to restore deleted objects

03 IPv4 Modeling

This module examines how Proteus manages the IPv4 address space. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand the way in which Proteus uses the concept of IP Blocks and IP Networks
Use the various partitioning and modeling tools
Understand address properties and assignments

04 Network Templates

This module examines Network Templates. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand and be able to create Network Templates
Use Network Templates to create DHCP ranges, reserved ranges, and Deployment Options
Create and update networks based on Network
Templates

05 Configuring DNS

This module examines the basics of confi guring DNS in a Proteus environment. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Manage views, zones, and resource records
Add DNS servers to a Confi guration
Understand and confi gure DNS Deployment Roles
Understand and confi gure DNS Deployment Options

06 Advanced DNS

This module examines additional DNS concepts. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure multiple views
Manage Active Directory integration
View Active Directory data in Proteus
Confi gure and manage Dynamic DNS (DDNS)
Create and enforce naming standards using Naming Policies
Confi gure internal root zones
Manage ENUM zones and NAPTR records
Understand how IP space can be restricted within DNS
Use Zone Templates to assign resource records and
Deployment Options to multiple zones
Import DNS data using the Live Zone Transfer tool

07 DNSSEC

This module examines the basics of configuring DNSSEC in a Proteus environment. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure DNSSEC Signing Policies
Apply DNSSEC Signing Polices to a Zone
Configure a security-aware DNSSEC resolver
Perform an Emergency Key Rollover

08 Configuring DHCP

This module examines the basics of configuring DHCP in a Proteus environment. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Add DHCP servers to a Configuration
Understand and configure DHCP Deployment Roles
Configure DHCP Ranges and Reservations
Manage the various Deployment Options including
Custom Options and Vendor Profiles
View lease information
Configure DHCP Classes
Use the DHCP Alerts feature to track address usage

09 Advanced DHCP

This module examines additional DHCP concepts. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use DHCP Failover to provide an element of DHCP fault tolerance and/or load balancing
Use MAC Authentication to control access to the network
Configure MAC Pools to control address allocation
Configure TFTP services

10 Managing Adonis Servers

This module examines the deployment process and the management of controlled servers. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Add a server to a configuration
Create a published interface for an Adonis server
Deploy DNS, DHCP, and TFTP data
Schedule deployments
Monitor deployment status
Monitor critical services
View Adonis server logs
Replace and update Adonis servers

11 Managing Proteus

This module examines the use of Proteus Administration Tools. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Enforce Change Control
Manage user and group accounts
Manage external authenticators including Kerberos,
LDAP, and Radius
Track user sessions
Configure the Data Checker tool to catch potential configuration issues
Configure Event Notification
Customize Proteus objects
Monitor and track Events using the Event List
Track Transactions

12 Reporting

This module examines the Proteus reporting feature. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create and customize reports
Track utilization rates using reports

13 Groups

This module examines Object Tags and Devices. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand the Object Tag model
Apply Object Tags
Create Device Groups
Define and identify devices

14 Proteus Security Model

This module examines the Proteus security model. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand the Proteus security model
Assign access rights to users and groups
Assign security privileges and history privileges
Understand Proteus and Adonis firewall settings

15 IPv6

This module describes how Proteus manages the IPv6 address space.After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand the IPv6 local and global address spaces
Use the interface to create blocks, networks, and interface IDs
Assign IPv6 addresses
Assign DHCPv6 deployment roles and deployment options

16 Workflow

This module examines the Workflow feature. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure Workflow Access Rights
View and manage Workflow Requests
Configure Notification Groups to send messages on behalf of the Workflow service

17 IP Reconciliation

This module examines the Network Discovery and IP Reconciliation features. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create IP Reconciliation Policies
Perform Discovery operations
View the results of a Discovery operation
Reconcile IP addresses

18 Crossover High Availability

This module examines the Crossover High Availability (XHA) feature. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure XHA between two Adonis servers.
Configure NAT support for XHA
Perform a manual failover
Repair and break an XHA pair

19 Proteus Administration Console

This module examines the Proteus command-line interface: the Proteus Administration Console. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Shut down and reboot Proteus
Configure various system settings including how to:
- Enable and disable secure shell (ssh)
- Configure secure HTTP (HTTPS) support
- Configure network address settings
- Manage the NTP service
- Configure the SMTP service
- Configure and manage the SNMP service

20 Adonis Administration Console

This module examines the Adonis command-line interface: the Adonis Administration Console. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Shut down and reboot Adonis
Reset Adonis from Proteus control\
Configure various system setting including how to:
- Enable and disable secure shell (ssh)
- Configure network address settings
- Configure DNS client settings
- Configure the SNMP service
- Configure time settings
- Configure Anycast

21 Database Maintenance and Disaster Recovery

This module examines the Proteus backup service and the Disaster Recovery process. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure the primary database
Back-up the Proteus database
View backup information
Configure a Proteus as a primary server
Configure a second Proteus as a secondary server
Configure database replication between two Proteus servers
Switch roles between a primary and a secondary Proteus server
Perform a failover operation if the case of a primary failure

22 Proteus Management Agent for Windows

This module introduces the Proteus Management Agent for Windows which allows Proteus to manage a Windows DNS/ DHCP server. After completing this module, students will be able to:

Install the Proteus Management Agent for Windows (PMA) on a Windows DNS and or DHCP server
Add a Windows server to a Proteus configuration
Manage a Windows DNS server including zones, resource records, and options
Manage a Windows DHCP server including address pools, reservations, and options
Remove and repair the PMA

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