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Level I: Network Performance Technologies

Course Description

In this in-depth course, you will achieve the expertise required to support today’s complex networking environments.   Through deep analysis of networking protocols and their interplay in delivering application performance, you will gain an advanced understanding of the fundamental knowledge required to troubleshoot, diagnose, and quickly resolve network and application performance issues.

Registration Information

3 Day Course
$2995 US

Prerequisites

PLEASE NOTE: A laptop is required for this course.

Who Should Attend

  • Network Engineers
  • Network Manager
  • Those in IT organizations responsible for troubleshooting network and application performance issues down to the root-cause, regardless of tools, and providing consistent application delivery.
Course Objectives
  • Review core concepts of protocols and communication processes
  • Break down measurable performance metrics such as bandwidth, latency and packet drop
  • Learn operational application of Reference Models
  • Develop an understanding of frame encapsulation and packet assembly
  • Receive an introduction to protocol analyzers
  • Review the applicable 802.3 physical standards
  • Review the Ethernet encoding methods
  • Look at the types of errors that can be seen on an Ethernet network and those factors that can cause these errors
  • Gain an understanding of carrier transmission and carrier transport services
  • Learn  how to select and measure WAN services based upon performance requirements
  • Develop a solid understanding of the IPv4 protocol
  • Understand the relationship between various ICMPv4 messages and performance characteristics
  • Understand the purpose and operational theory of IP routing mechanisms
  • Recognize significant fields within the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) header
  • Understand TCP/IP and the factors that can impact the performance of TCP conversations
  • Understand the purpose and operation of the User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
  • Understand  definitions and identify operations for application layer protocols
  • Understand usage & performance considerations for application layer protocols
Course Outline
  • Introduction to Performance Technologies
  • LAN Technologies
  • WAN Technologies
  • Internet Protocol (IPv4)
  • Transport Technologies
  • Upper Layer Protocols & Technologies
  • Network Performance Data Sources & Analysis

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