Network Operating System Lab

Chapter 1: Introduction

Presented by Dr. Souad

 Objectives

• Define Network and Network Operating System

• Discuss clients, servers, and Windows network
models
• Differentiate among the editions of Windows Server
2008
• Identify Windows Server 2008 hardware
requirements
• Discuss the new Windows Server 2008 technologies

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Network Benefits

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Role of Computers in Network

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Types of Network

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Network Operation system

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 Clients, Servers, and Windows
Network Models
• Workgroup
– Network of computers that allow each other access to
their files, printers, or Internet connection
• By default, all Windows Server 2008 computers are
placed in a workgroup named WORKGROUP
• Membership status
– Either a single workgroup or a domain

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 Domain Model with Active Directory

• Domain
– Group of users and computers managed by the same
security database
• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
– Technology that runs the domain security database
• Domain controllers (DCs)
– Servers that hosts domain security database
• Domain Name System (DNS)
– TCP/IP-based standard for resolving computer names
with IP addresses
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 Windows Server 2008 Editions

• General editions of Windows Server 2008

– Enterprise, Datacenter, and Standard
– Editions designed for special-purpose server
applications
• Web Server and HPC Server

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 Windows Server 2008, Standard
Edition
• Designed for smaller environments and single-
purpose installations
• Works as a single domain server for a small
business or
– A single file/application server in larger environments

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 Windows Server 2008, Enterprise
Edition

• Features not available with SE (Standard Edition)

– Significant increase in maximum allowable memory
– Failover clustering
– Installation of up to four virtual machines on each
physical host

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 Windows Server 2008, Datacenter
Edition
• Additional features
– Ability to run up to 32 processors
– Ability to hot-add and replace processors
– Installation of unlimited virtual machines on each
physical host

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 Windows HPC Server 2008

• Designed for high-performance computing (HPC)

applications
• Accommodates up to thousands of processing
cores because it is built on the Server 2008 64-bit
architecture model

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 Windows Server 2008 Hardware
Requirements
• Microsoft provides minimum and recommended
hardware requirements for installing its operating
systems
• Minimum requirements
– Let you install and run a system using minimal
resources and services

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 32-Bit and 64-Bit Processors

• 64-bit architectures
– Have greater theoretical limit for processing data
– Can handle twice the amount of data of a comparable
32-bit product

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 Some New Technologies in Windows
Server 2008
• This section introduces the following technologies
and enhancements
– Improved installation process
– Hyper-V
– Network Access Protection

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 Improved Installation Process

• Requires minimal user input

• You no longer have to wait for the installation
program to ask for information
– Networking information, regional settings, and other
settings

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 Hyper-V

• Virtualization
– Allows you to run one or more separate instances of
an OS within a single host OS
– Allows organizations to consolidate these physical
systems onto high-powered servers

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 Network Access Protection

• Helps to protect networks, both public and private,

from malware such as viruses and spyware
• Threat sources
– Employees accessing the Internet from work and
inadvertently install Trojan horses
– Isolate access to connections from external networks
that create a gateway for viruses
– Guest (Visitors) computers accessing an internal
network that introduce malware to the network

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 Summary

• Most modern networks are based on client-server

computing
• Windows Server 2008 offers three general editions
and two special-purpose editions
– Windows Server 2008 Standard
– Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
– Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
– Windows Web Server 2008
– Windows HPC Server 2008

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 Summary (continued)

• Windows Server 2008

– Available for both 32-bit and 64-bit hardware
architectures
• New technologies in Windows Server 2008
– Focus on improving the performance, manageability,
and security of networks
• Server Manager
– Provides administrators with a GUI console for
managing roles and features
• Windows Server 2008
– Has a look and feel similar to Windows Vista
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