Second RHCVA batch @ Trivandrum

Enterprise Linux Virtualization is in great demand and yet another batch of RHCVA has commenced in our Thiruvanathapuram branch. RHCVA is a single module certification from Red Hat, and gear up the aspirants to the world of virtualization using Red Hat Enterprize Linux Virtualization platform.
This RHCVA boot camp is scheduled at our Ananthapuri branch, to start on 28th February 2011 and  finish on 3rd of March 2011. All the batch members are networking professionals from reputed IT companies.

• Aswathy S, native of Kottayam, working in TCS Bangalore
• Jyothi Rajan Nandha, from Bhubaneswar, Orissa, working as System -cum-Networking Engineer in Star Consultancy Pvt Ltd
• Hijas Ahamed, native of Trivandrum, working as Linux Admin in Phykon Solutions, Technopark
• Liju Gopinath, native of Alappuzha, Network Engineer at TCS, Infopark, Kochi
• Ranjan Das, Head of Open Source Based Research Centre (OSBRC), IPSR

Some of them also plan to pursue RHCSS, the security specialist certification from Red Hat. It is a great opportunity for them because RH318 (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization) module is also one among the optional modules for RHCSS and now they need to go for only 2 more modules.

Warm welcome to all and all the best for your certification.

Always happy to see old friends coming back

Mr. George Mathai, a resident of Kochi has rejoined IPSR for RHCSS Certification. He has completed RHS333 (Red Hat Enterprise Security: Network Services) module in the 28th RHS 333 batch, which finished on 4th February 2011 at IPSR Edappally.

Mr. George is an alumnus of IPSR and had previously completed his RHCE in IPSR. He was earlier working as a System Administrator in IBM and presently he is a freelancer, catering to select clients.

He is planning to attend the exams during the coming week and IPSR whole heartedly wishes him all the best.

25th RHS 429 Batch at IPSR Edappally

The 25th batch of RHS 429 has been completed at our Edappally Branch. RHS 429, which is the code name for the module SELinux Policy Administration, is an exclusive module for the coveted RHCSS certification from Red Hat.

Following students had attended this batch:

• Mohsin Hakkim A. A, Admin Manager, Keltron, Cochin
• Ritesh Kumar, Asst. Director (Systems), Petroleum Federation of India, Delhi
• Himesh Madhusudhanan, Former Student at IPSR
• Kurian Mathew Thayyil

Most of them have completed classes in all 3 modules required for RHCSS and are gearing up for their exams during the coming week.

We wish them best of luck.

Yet another RHCE Testimonial

We are really happy to hear from Mr. Nithin Kumar, who is working as a Senior Software Engineer with Poornam Info Vision, Kochi. Much to our delight, he had completed RHCE on 31st January 2011 with a 100% score.

“The faculty at IPSR are really knowledgeable with excellent attitude. The entire staff members are helpful and friendly. I shall also give full score for IPSR lab and infrastructure. IPSR has a very systematic and well planned training system which ensures 100% score for the aspirants. IPSR is different in all aspects: The best faculty; the best facility, the best systems and the best institution for Linux.”

We keep hearing such words time and again; yet each time, we feel happier and motivated to give unparalleled training.
Thank You!!!

High Achievement Takes Place in the Frame Work of IPSR

IPSR has now added more bricks to the success foundation with more RHCE’s with 100% score. Exams held in January 2011 brought splendid results; 11 of our students is certified RHCE, out of which five scored 100% marks.   

RHCE training is one of the most important elements for success in the RHCE tests. To become a Red Hat professional one need to get guidelines and evaluate knowledge through leading edge certification training resources. With our past records and awards, IPSR is the right 'Authorized Red Hat Training Partner', who can take you to heights.
    
Following are the list of students who got 100% score for RHCE
  
Melvin Mathew

Nithin Kumar K

Rajila Narayan

Vipin M S 

Rahul P


We congratulate our students for their outstanding achievements.

IPSR is offering RHCE training compatible with RHEL 5 and RHEL 6. To know special offers for RHCE exam from RHEL 5 to RHEL 6 click here.

28th RHS 333 Module @ IPSR Cochin

Classes for one module of RHCSS (RHS333) starts from 1st Feb to 4th Feb 2011 at IPSR Edappally. Four days of instruction and lab covers entire course syllabus of RHS333 - Red Hat Enterprise Security: Network Services. This four day training for RHS333 equips system administrators and security professionals with the skills needed to harden systems against both internal and external assails.

Following are the list of students for the new batch of RHS333:

Mohsin Hakkim - System Admin Mangr, Keltron, Cochin
Ritesh Kumar - Asst. Director (Systems), Petroleum Federation of India, New Delhi  
Himesh Madhusudhanan
George Mathai

We welcome you with open arms and wishes you all best!!

185th CCNA Bootcamp

New CCNA Bootcamp batch started at IPSR, Kottayam on 31 January 2011. This is the 185th CCNA Bootcamp batch. IPSR is offering Bootcamps for Red Hat, Cisco and Microsoft tracks. The members of this boot camp are Sreejesh P Nair, Tijo Fransis and Mathew Raju.

Sreejesh P Nair native of Pathanamthitta and working as Admin coordinator, Dubai is doing certification course to advance to new job positions. Tijo Fransis is a B.Tech holder and is currently employed as Admin Assistant in UK. Mathew Raju is a native of Pathanamthitta.

We welcome you and wish you a wonderful and productive experience!!

Excellent Result for RHCVA Exam: A Great Start for 2011

Yet another moment of joy and levity for the whole IPSR family. We secured 100% result for the RHCVA exam held for first time at Trivandrum Branch on 24th January 2011. Ritesh Kumar, Sujith S J, Renjith Alex Koshy, Raj Kishore are the four students who passed RHCVA exam. Adding sweet to this success, Renjith Alex Koshy got 100% score.  

RHCVA, which is an advanced level certification for virtualization administrators, deals with various hands-on skills assessments. Getting a pass for such exam is really a brain teaser task. Full credit goes to Mr. Mojan  K Iype who is the first RHCVA certified IPSR faculty.

In this scintillating moment we wish all of you hearty congratulations. 

Hear what they all have to say about IPSR:

"It was good experience studying in IPSR Trivandrum. IPSR has very Coperative team including Co-ordinator to Faculty. He clarifies all our doubts and teaches in friendly manner. Here we get not only certification but also good knowledge. I was fortunate to have a very good batch mates. They help me in all possible ways. Thank you IPSR...."

Ritesh Kumar
Asst.Director(Systems)
Petroleum Federation Of India
New Delhi

"The overall experience was really good. IPSR teaches their students in best way. Compared to other training institutes, IPSR is unique in infrastructure, training and lab facilities. Our trainer who was so talented and skilled always made sure that students understand each and everything he teaches. All the people at IPSR were really co-operative."

Raj Kishore
Enrst& Young

"My First experience in IPSR is so good. Faculty for RHCVA is superb. I would like to appreciate Mr. Mojan  K Iype who was always ready to clear our doubts. With excellent classes, dedicated trainers and lab facilities one can easily achieve their goals. I really enjoyed my Red Hat training at IPSR.”

Sujith S J
ISRO Trivandrum

Deputy Manger of Reliance Communications Becomes 36th RHCSS from IPSR

IPSR is once again elated with outstanding success story. By producing one more RHCSS, total number of RHCSS certified IPSRians has crossed 36. Mr. Gopikrishnan.G, Deputy Manager, Reliance Communications is the new face in IPSR RHCSS group. He is also an RHCE from IPSR.

IPSR extends our hearty congratulations.

Here is what Mr. Gopikrishnan got to say about his experience at IPSR:

“Let me express my sincere thanks to IPSR for helping me to achieve my RHCSS certification. I have done my CCNA and RHCE also from IPSR. Training which IPSR provides is really good. Lab facilities are really up to the mark. My special thanks to Sarath Sir, Mojan Sir and Reji Sir. They took classes which were really appreciable. Since I'm working in Data Centre, security is the prime concern, the RHCSS training which I got from IPSR helped me a lot in my work and to accelerate the security part of the servers. I would like to come again to IPSR for my future certifications. My special thanks to Benila Mam and all other staffs at IPSR.”

CCIE Study Guide: IPv6 Notes

IPv6 is a very hot topic these days, as the availability of IPv4 is coming to an end. The third part of our CCIE Study Guide Series and provides useful notes about IPv6.

• 128 bit addresses – eight 16bit hex fields
• Native support for mobile IP and IPSec
• Headers – 8

Version = 6
Traffic class = equivalent to IPv4 type of service
Flow label = allows packet to be labeled as part of a particular flow
Payload length = equivalent to the IPv4 total length field
Hop limit = similar to TTL
Next header = similar to the IPv4 protocol field
Source address/destination address = 128 bits each!

• Zero Compression

A double colon can be written to represent a block of zeros within the IP address.
Can only be used once in a given IPv6 address
Ex: 1234:1234:0000:0000:0000:0000:3456:3456
Ex: 1234:1234::3456:3456

• Leading Zero Compression

Leading zeros in each field can be eliminated
Can be used as many times as you’d like in a given address
Ex: 1234:1234:0000:0000:0000:0001:3456:3456
Ex: 1234:1234:0:0:0:1:3456:3456
Leading Zero and Zero compression can be used together

• Ex: 1234:1234:0000:0000:0000:0001:3456:3456
• Ex: 1234:1234::1:3456:3456

• Address types

Aggregatable global unicast address

• Equal to IPv4 public address. This is a world routable address

Link local address

• These addresses are specific to the physical link. I’m thinking this works similar to APIPA addresses in IPv4

Site local address

• This is equivalent to RFC 1918 addresses in IPv4

• Initial bit identifiers

001 – global addresses
1111 1111 – multicast (FF) ff00::/8
1111 1110 11 – site local (FEC0)
1111 1110 10 – link local (FE80)
1111 1110 1 – signifies private IP space
::x.x.x.x – IPv4 compatible address. The first 96 bits are set to 0
::1 – loopback addresses equivalent to 127.0.0.1
::/128 – unspecified address
::/0 – default route/address

• SLA – site level aggregator works similar to an IPv4 subnet address

16 bits offering up to 65,000 subnets

• Packet types

Unicast – one to one communication
Multicast – one to many or many to one communication
Anycast – anycast addresses are assigned to multiple interfaces. When a host sends an anycast packet, it is received by the nearest member of the group only.

• Address assignments

IPv6 auto configuration is equal to IPv4 DHCP

• Two types – stateful and stateless
• Stateful – DHCPv6
• Stateless – no server is used

         • I believe this works by the host sending a request to the local router/gateway and getting certain information from there.
         • Router solicitation and advertisement messages similar to NS/NA messages below. Sent to FF02::2 (all routers multicast)

Neighbor solicitation message is sent to make sure there are no dupes on a local segment. NS is multicast to FF02::1 (all nodes multicast)
Neighbor advertisement message is sent in response to an NS to inform of any dupes

• IPv6 Routing

Ipv6 unicast-routing global configuration command must be entered to use IPv6 in Cisco IOS
OSPFv3 – RFC 2740

• Router ID has to be manually set under the OSPFv3 process. This is still a 32 bit value
• R1(config-if)# ipv6 ospf process id area 0
• R1(config)# ipv6 router ospf 1
• R1(config-rtr)# router-id x.x.x.x
• R1(config-rtr)# Pay attention to the router config prompt!!!!

RIPng – RIP new generation
IS-IS for IPv6
EIGRP for IPv6
Static routing
Multi Protocol BGPv4 (MPBGP4 or just MPBGP)

• IPv6 and IPv4 playing together

Dual stack – equipment runs both IPv4 and IPv6 stacks. I never really thought of this, but is there a metric or preference for systems running dual stack? For instance, if host 1 and host 2 were both running dual stacks, would they prefer one over the other?

6 to 4 tunneling – automatic, scalable, not always up.

• This is used to tunnel IPv6 traffic over an IPv4 link
• Reserved prefix of 2002:IPv4inhex::/48
• R1(config)#interface fa 0/1
• # ip addr 220.200.18.42 255.255.255.0
• # interface tunnel 0
• # ipv6 addr 2002:dcc8:112a::/48

NAT-PT

• Allows IPv6 hosts to talk to IPv4 hosts using NAT between the two.
  
  We are preparing some notes about how to configure NAT and hope to bring them to you soon.

Previous posts in our CCIE Study Guide Series were:

• EIGRP
• OSPF