IPAM Essentials

IPAM Essentials (E-Learning)

Length: 4 hours
IPAM Essentials is an introductory e-learning course that gives networking professionals a functional understanding of the Proteus system as it is commonly used. This course is a prerequisite for enrollment in the BAIA accreditation program. The course assumes that attendees have a general understanding of networking concepts and TCP/IP protocols, as well as a strong grasp of DNS, DHCP and IPv4 addressing.

Upon completion of this course, students are able to:

  • Model and manage the IPv4 and IPv6 address space
  • Manage DNS resource records, zones, views and options
  • Manage DHCP ranges and options
  • Import DNS Data from Windows servers
  • Use various features including search and data restore functions
  • Personalize the Proteus user interface
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Proteus
  • What is IPAM?
  • What is Proteus?
  • Data modeling in Proteus
  • The Proteus object tree
  • Deployment
  • Working with devices

Module 2: Proteus Interface
  • Working with the Proteus My IPAM page
  • Working with widgets
  • Introduction to Quick Tasks
  • Navigating the Proteus interface
  • Navigating the Proteus interface
  • Working with Proteus tables
  • Exporting table data
  • Quick search and advanced search
  • Using favorites
  • Using data restore

Module 3: IPv4 Modeling
  • Working with IPv4 blocks and networks
  • IPv4 address types
  • Creating static addresses
  • Partitioning IPv4 blocks
  • Network templates
  • IP modellnig tools
Module 4: IPv6 Modeling
  • Working with the IPv6 address space
  • Configuring IPv6 local address space
  • Configuring IPv6 global address space
  • Creating Networks
  • Creating and assigning IPv6 addresses
  • Working with DHCPv6

Module 5: Introduction to DNS
  • Working with DNS views and zones
  • Configuring resource records
  • Working with DNS deployment roles
  • Working with DNS deployment options
  • Configuring Start of Authority records
  • Working with zone templates and DNS naming polices
  • Using zone import and bulk DNS import tools
  • Deploying DNS data

Module 6: Introduction to DHCP
  • Configuring DHCP ranges
  • Working with leases
  • Working with DHCP reservations
  • Configuring DHCP deployment options
  • Deploying DHCP data
  • Introduction to DHCP deployment
  • Working with shared networks
  • Tracking MAC addresses