Title: MCSE Windows 2000 Professional Training Guide
Author: Gord Barker and Doug Harrison
ISBN: 0735709653
ISBN-13: 978-0735709652
Publication: New Riders
Collection Type: Text Book
Book Dimensions: 9.4 x 8 x 2.1 inches
Language: English
Hardcover: 751 pages
Topics: MCSE Training Guide, Installing, Configuring, Administering Windows 2000 Professional, Certification

Description
When you prepare for your MCSE exam, you want a study guide that provides all the information you need, yet is clearly organized and easy to use. The “MCSE Training Guide (70-210): Installing, Configuring, and Administering Windows 2000 Professional” delivers just that.

The book is built around the exam objectives, addressing each objective in a structured and logical way. It consists of two parts, which cover two essential stages of your exam preparation.

Part I

“Exam preparation”, provides in-depth information on every aspect of the exam. Each chapter begins with a list of objectives with their detailed explanations, chapter outline for easy reference, and study strategies outline. To reinforce what you have just learned, each chapter includes Case Studies section that allows you to understand how to apply your knowledge in real world situations. One of the most important parts of your study process is gaining hands-on experience that will be critical for passing the exam. The Exercises section allows you to accomplish this. (You will need access to at least two networked computers.) Each chapter concludes with the Review and Exam Questions sections. The Review section allows you to assess you knowledge by answering non-multiple choice questions. The Exam questions section gives you the opportunity to answer real exam-like multiple-choice questions. All questions are provided with detailed answers.

Part II

“The Final Review”, is designed to help you with the final stage of exam preparation. This part begins with the “Fast Facts” section – the condensed, bare-bones information to help you cram “the night before”. It is followed by 58 well-written practice questions, similar to the actual Microsoft exam questions.

The enclosed ExamGear software makes an important part of the training kit. Its exam-like design allows you to make yourself familiar with the examination process. You are also given more practice questions (including scenario-based questions). You can operate the software in three different modes: Study Mode that enables you to see the correct answer for each question, Practice Exam, and Adaptive Exam. The inclusion of the standard and adaptive modes prepares you for every possible examination format.

Informative, clearly written and well organized with excellent layout, this training kit will prepare you well for the test and will be useful as a reference later.

Part I
EXAM PREPARATION
A subnet mask (also known as an address mask) is defined as a 32-bit value that is used to distinguish the network ID from the host ID in an IP address. The bits of the subnet mask are defined as follows:
- All bits that correspond to the network ID are set to 1.
- All bits that correspond to the host ID are set to 0.

The subnet mask is broken down into four 8-bit octets in the same fashion as the class addresses.

Table 6.3 lists the default subnet masks using dotted decimal notation.
TABLE 6.3
DEFAULT SUBNET MASKS
Address Class Bits for Subnet Mask Subnet Mask
Class A 11111111 00000000 255.0.0.0
00000000 00000000
Class B 11111111 11111111 255.255.0.0
00000000 00000000
Class C 11111111 11111111 255.255.255.0
11111111 00000000

Default Gateway (Router)
This optional setting is the IP address of the router for this subnet segment. Each subnet segment is bounded by a router that will direct packets destined for segments outside the local one to the correct segment or to another router that can complete the connection. Routers, therefore, have connections to more than one network segment, and this address points to the router’s network adapter on the same segment as your computer. If this address is left blank, this computer will only be able to communicate with other computers on the same network segment.
Figure 6.11 shows a hypothetical network that is using a subnet mask of 255.255.224.0. This provides for a maximum of six subnets

NOTE:
Hosts Need a Subnet Mask Each host on a TCP/IP network requires a subnet mask even if it is on a single-segment network. Although the subnet mask is expressed in dotted decimal notation, a subnet mask is not an IP address.

Table of Contents
PART I: Exam Preparation
1 Installing Windows 2000 Professional 13
Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………16
Windows 2000 Products ………………………………………………………………….16
Before You Begin Installation …………………………………………………………..17
Hardware Requirements …………………………………………………………………18
Disk and Partition Options ……………………………………………………………18
Windows 2000 File Systems ……………………………………………………….21
Workgroup Versus Domain Models …………………………………………25
Installing Windows 2000 Professional—An Overview …………………26
Phase 1—Running the Setup Program …………………………………27
Phase 2—Completing the Setup Wizard ………………………….28
Phase 3—Installing Networking Components ………………………….28
Phase 4—Completing the Installation ………………………………..29
Manually Installing Windows 2000 Professional …………………………30
Installing from a Local CD ………………………………………………………30
Installing Over a Network …………………………………………………………..33
Automating the Installation Process ……………………………………………..34
Creating Unattended Installation Files ……………………………………..35
Remote Installation Services (RIS) …………………………………………..62
Imaging Windows 2000 Professional Installs ………………………………65
Using a Dual-Boot System ……………………………………………………………..68
Upgrading to Windows 2000 Professional ……………………………………68
Verifying Upgrade Paths ………………………………………………………………69
Client Hardware Requirements ………………………………………………….71
Hardware Compatibility ………………………………………………………………71
Upgrading Compatible Windows 95/98 Clients ……………………………………72
Upgrading Compatible Windows NT Clients ……………………….73
Incompatible Systems …………………………………………………………………….74