Beginner's Guide

From Linux Schools Project Documentation

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Getting Started 2.1 Basic Network Concepts 2.1.1 Network Devices 2.1.2 I.P addresses, DNS and other strange letter words 2.1.3 Wire & Rack Management 2.2 Building a Server to run Karoshi 2.2.1 Speccing up a server 2.2.2 Installing the parts 2.2.3 Getting Karoshi onto a CD 2.2.4 Installing Karoshi onto your server 2.2.5 Installing a server into a Rack 2.3 Configuring your Servers

Introduction

You've just started your first day as an ICT network manager, but you don't know a thing about computers; the phone is all ready ringing and your technician is grumbling about something called "Uptime".

In the friendly cover words of the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy "Don't Panic!". We are here to help you get to grips with the thing making all the noise in that glass cabinet.

So sit down, grab some coolade and a pair of headphones. Prepare for a lesson in being a SysAdmin.

Getting Started

Basic Network Concepts

Network Devices

I.P addresses, DNS and other strange letter words

Wire & Rack Management

Building a Server to run Karoshi

Speccing up a server

Installing the parts

Getting Karoshi onto a CD

Installing Karoshi onto your server

Installing a server into a Rack

Configuring your Servers