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INTEGRITY ESSENTIAL TRAINING
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Overview: An introduction to the core features and functions of Integrity. Provides an overview of the Address Manager interface and how to accomplish core DDI tasks, such as network modelling, configuring and deploying DNS and DHCP, server management and role-based access control .
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Level 1: 8 courses
Time to complete: 3 hours, 30 minutes
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INTRODUCTION TO INTEGRITY
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TOPICS:
1- Overview: An introductory tour of the core features and functions of Integrity.
2- What is Integrity: DDI, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, BAM, BDDS
3- BAM Object Model & Configuration: Inheritance, unique IPv4/IPv6 address space, multiple configurations
4- How Deployment Works: Deployment Roles and options, zone transfer
5- Data Management & Built-in Automation: Centralized point of management, create/control DHCP service settings, inheritance, links related records, data verification, Distributed Deployment, BAM API, Network Templates, Zone Templates, IPAM Modelling tools, Gateway workflows and Adaptive Apps and Plugins
6- Protecting Data with Redundancy & Security: XHA (Crossover High Availability), Anycast DNS, DNS Zone transfers, DHCP Failover, Automatic Continual Service Protection, Database replication, redundant servers, Threat Protection with Security Feed, DNSSEC, Systems Hardening, Identity and Access Management (IAM) with SAML-based SSO and OAuth 2.0 and federated identity
7- Monitoring, Tracking, Reporting & User Access Rights: Monitoring Service, SNMP MIBs and Traps, syslog redirection, Event List, Transaction History, Reports, Event Notification, User Accounts, Workflow Change Requests
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8- Navigating in Address Manager: Login, My IPAM Page, Widgets, Dashboard, Main Navigation, Primary tabs, Configuration-specific tabs, Configuration selector, Global tabs, Secondary tabs, Breadcrumbs, Child Objects, Table View, Filters, UDF (User Defined Field), Customize Table, Tree View, DNS, Servers, Devices, TFTP, Groups, Administration, Quick Search, Advanced Search, Data Restore, Help, Change Password
9- Automating with Gateway: workflows, Adaptive Applications, Cloud Discovery & Visibility for AWS, Azure & Google Cloud, Global Server Selector, Device Registration Portal, Overlay for Microsoft, Adaptive Plugins
10- Review
Time to complete: 30 minutes
LAB- Integrity Lab 1: Getting Started (60 minutes)

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IPv4 ADDRESS MANAGEMENT
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TOPICS:
1- Overview: A look at the structure of IPAM data in Address Manager and learn how to easily manipulate IP objects like blocks, networks and IP addresses.
2- Blocks and Networks: Block definition, assignments, inheritance, network definition, assignments, Object Type Information, nestable, user-defined fields (UDFs), Child Objects.
3- Creating Blocks and Networks: Add a Block, object page, range link, breadcrumbs, show names in breadcrumbs, split a block, create partitions, data check, create a network, custom gateway, default gateway, delete network (any object).
4- Modeling Blocks & Networks: Resize block or network, restrictions with resizing, split block, split network, preserve gateway, default gateway per network, network list, move blocks & networks, tree view.
5- Grouping Blocks & Networks: Add a parent block, merge blocks, merge selected, merge networks, restrictions with merging networks, merge with parent blocks or networks.
6- Managing IP Space: Find first available IPv4 block, reuse existing unused ranges, find first available network, IP space use statistics, usage by IP allocation, usage by network allocation, define IP space statistics settings.
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7- IPv4 Address Types & Allocations: Network ID, broadcast address, gateway address, editing gateway address, manually assigned IP address types, static, reserved, DHCP reserved, dynamically assigned IP address types, assigning IP addresses, standalone PTR records, duplicate name check, ping before assign, change IP assignment, clear IP assignment, move IPv4 address, find next available IPv4 address.
8- Review
Time to complete: 26 minutes
LAB- Integrity Lab 2: Blocks, Networks & IP Addressing (90 minutes)

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DHCP CONFIGURATION
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TOPICS:
1- Overview: Learn to quickly define, modify, deploy and manage DHCP ranges in Address Manager.
2- DHCP Refresher: IP address pool, DHCP server, DHCP options, lease expiry, lease renewal, DORA process, Discovery, Offer, Request, Acknowledge, leases file, dhcpd.conf, deployment.
3- Steps to deploy DHCP: Four easy steps to create and deploy DHCP.
4- Create a DHCP range: using IP addresses, using offsets, using offsets and percentage, split DHCP range, DHCP alerts, DHCP low watermark, DHCP high watermark, delete range.
5- DHCP Deployment Options: DHCP client options, DHCP service options, DHCP vendor options, overrides, default DHCP options, DHCP custom options, DHCP raw options.
6- DHCP Deployment Roles: primary, none, diagnostics, view DHCPv4 configuration, dhcpd.conf.
7- Resizing and Merging DHCP Pools: orphaned IPs, convert to DHCP reserved, convert to static, convert to unassigned, merge DHCP ranges
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8- Dynamically Assigned Addresses & Exclusions: DHCP unassigned, DHCP assigned, DHCP free, DHCP reserved, DHCP excluded, DHCP abandoned.
9- DHCP Validation: configuration level DHCP validation, server level DHCP validation, DHCP validation log.
10- Review
Time to complete: 25 minutes
LAB- Integrity Lab 3: DHCP Configuration (70 minutes)

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DNS FUNDAMENTALS
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TOPICS:
1- Overview: Refresher on how DNS works, and walkthrough the fundamentals of configuring DNS in Address Manager.
2- DNS Refresher: Domain Name System, FQDN, Root zone, TLD, SLD, subdomain, root servers, TLD nameservers, authoritative nameservers, resolvers, and recursion.
3- DNS Views & Zones: DNS namespace, DNS zone, BAM DNS hierarchy, create a view, multiple views, inheritance.
4- Creating a DNS Zone: Add a zone from the View level, edit zone settings, add a zone from the zone level, deployable zone.
5- Zone File: Zone file directives: origin, TTL; resource records: SOA, NS, A, AAAA, CNAME, glue records; comments, reading a zone file.
6- Creating Resource Records: Create and manage common resource record types in BAM: Host, CNAME, TXT, MX and other resource record types. Five different ways to create resource records in the BAM UI, including: Resource Records tab; Quick Action Widget; assigning IP Addresses; importing DNS records; or Bulk DNS Update.
7- SOA Records: Working with SOA records in BAM, including default SOA values: MNAME, RNAME, refresh value, retry value, expire value, minimum value; zone transfers; SOA serial number; add or edit SOA records.
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8- DNS Redundancy: Secondary DNS, xHA, Anycast, Secondary DNS, Authoritative nameservers, BAM deployment roles: Primary, Hidden Primary, Secondary, Stealth Secondary; zone transfer, TSIG Keys, Configure Primary/Secondary server roles in BAM.
9- Reverse DNS: PTR records, IPv4/IPv6 reverse address space, purpose of reverse DNS, configure reverse zones and PTR records in BAM, view the .db file.
10- Review
Time to complete: 35 minutes
LAB: Integrity Lab 4: DNS Configuration (70 minutes)

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MANAGING DNS DEPLOYMENT
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TOPICS:
1- Overview: Configure DNS deployment roles and DNS deployment options to deploy server data.
2- DNS Deployment Roles: Primary and secondary deployment roles, TTL, zone settings.
3- Types of Deployment: Full deployment, differential deployment and quick deployment.
4- DNS Deployment Options: DNS options, DNS raw options, SOA option, allow dynamic updates, allow zone transfers, allow notify, refresh value, retry value and expire value.
5- Access Control List (ACL): Add new ACL, global ACL, allow recursion, allow query, match clients, linked objects, delete ACL.
6- Recursive DNS: Caching resolvers, recursion deployment role, allow recursion DNS option, Root hints.
7- Global Forwarding, Forwarding Zones and Stub Zones: Forwarders, forward first and forward only.
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8- DNS Validation: Enable DNS zone validation, View DNS log files, deployment data validation report, report schedule.
9- Review
Time to complete: 23 minutes
LAB: Integrity Lab 5: DNS Architecture (35 minutes)

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SERVER ADMINISTRATION
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TOPICS:
1- Overview: BlueCat hardware and virtual appliances, and a step-by-step walkthrough of how to install BAM appliances and initial configurations.
2- BlueCat Servers Set-up: Gen 4 servers, QPS, LPS, virtual servers, Installation guide.
3- iDRAC Configuration: Telemetry streaming; enable NIC.
4- Initial Server Configuration: Admin password, IP address assignment, gateway address, host name, name server address, timezone, set date and time.
5- Configuring BAM Services: SMTP, SSH, NTP, Syslog.
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6- BAM Global Settings and Configurations: change control comments, user session timeout, disclaimer, breadcrumbs, quick action - last selected IP, additional supported locales - language support, custom reverse zone format, default configuration, add configuration, associate shared network tag group.
7- Managing BDDS: add a BDDS to BAM control, disable a BDDS, replace a BDDS, delete a BDDS from BAM.
8- Review:
Time to complete: 23 minutes
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SYSTEM & EVENT MONITORING
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TOPICS:
1- Introduction: Configuring SNMP polling and traps, and Integrity's built-in monitoring service on BAM and BDDS.
2- Overview of SNMP: polling, traps, 5 steps to set-up monitoring in BAM and BDDS.
3- Enabling SNMP on BAM: Polling period, SNMP version, community string, authentication type.
4- Monitoring Service Configuration: Polling interval, SNMP Port, failure detection count.
5- SNMP Polling in Integrity: Polling period, SNMP version, community string, authentication type.
6- System Metrics: CPU utilization percentage, tracking back time, memory utilization percentage, network utilization percentage, disk utilization percentage.
7- SNMP Traps: Network Management System, Trap Server.
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8- Notification Groups & Event Level Subscriptions: Trap Group, subscribe to event levels, event level descriptions table, track event notifications.
9- MIBs & OIDs: BlueCat BAM & BDDS MIBs and OIDs
10- Review
Time to complete: 24 minutes
LAB- Integrity Lab 6: Server Administration & Monitoring (35 minutes)

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USER ACCESS MANAGEMENT
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TOPICS:
1- Overview: User accounts, access types, adding user accounts and setting privileges.
2- User Accounts & Access Types: Authentication system, user accounts, LDAP groups, TACACS+, administrator and non-administrator levels, access types, GUI, API, security privilege, history privilege.
3- Authenticators: External authenticators, LDAP authenticator.
4- Groups: User groups, LDAP groups, TACACS+, SSO groups.
5- LDAP Users: Login as an LDAP user.
6- Managing Address Manager Users: Add, Edit, Lock, Unlock, delete and reset users, view user sessions.
7- Access Rights: Hide, view, change and full access; access right settings, default access rights, administrative access rights.
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8- Workflow Levels: workflow settings and configurations.
9- Object Audit Trail & Transaction Details: History privilege, view history list, transaction details fields, data retention settings.
10- Review
Time to complete: 19 minutes
LAB- Integrity Lab 7: User Access Management (30 minutes)

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BLUECAT INTEGRITY CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE EXAM
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Overview: This exam will verify the knowledge required of associate-level network professionals to understand BlueCat Integrity essentials, including IPv4 address management, DHCP and DNS configuration and deployment, server administration and monitoring, and user access management on BlueCat Address Manager and DNS/DHCP servers. Time to complete: 1 hour
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