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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Determine specifications for NAS
  2. Select appropriate hardware and software
  3. Install hardware and software
  4. Configure NAS
  5. Test and troubleshoot NAS

Required Skills

Required skills

literacy skills to

conduct and document a wireless survey

develop a cut sheet or cabling map

document installed networks with appropriate labelling of cable terminations

technical skills to

attach a network device to the LAN

configure a workstation or server within a network environment

implement and configure networks

install and configure operating system

install hard disk drives

open edit and save wordprocessing documents

research skills to gather information to determine NAS requirements

Required knowledge

overview knowledge of

advantages and disadvantages of NAS versus direct attached storage DAS devices

Australian Computer Society Code of Ethics

common hard drive types and connectors

common network cable types and connectors

common network topologies

implementation and configuration of networks

RAID configurations

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to

install NAS device without interruption to other LAN services

configure LAN services accessing the NAS to allow userless intervention for normal operation

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

NAS device or basic components to build a NAS such as personal computer operating system hard disk and network connection

network devices such as switches and routers

workstations and servers

cabling access points and wireless access point

appropriate learning and assessment support when required

modified equipment for people with special needs

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit

direct observation of setup of NAS device

evaluation of NAS systems and vendor products

completion of a design of NAS setup for a network storage problem

analysis of NAS performance in different usage situations

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended where appropriate

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and suitable to the communication skill level language literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed

Indigenous people and other people from a nonEnglish speaking background may need additional support

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge


Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Topology may include:

bus

hierarchical

hybrid

ring

star.

Storage requirements may include:

amount of data to be stored

minimum free space required

temporary storage space

type of data to be stored:

bit torrents

databases

streaming media

user data files

websites.

NAS may be:

built from basic components

produced by vendors:

Buffalo

Connex

D-Link

Hewlitt-Packard

LinkSys

NetGear

Network Appliance

Reldata

Seagate

Synology

Western Digital.

Operating system may include:

Citrix

HP-UX

IBM AIX

Linux variants:

ClarkConnect

Fedora

FreeNas

Naslite

OpenFiler

Red Hat

SME Server

Ubuntu

Mac

Microsoft Windows (client and server versions)

Novell SUSE Linux

Sun Solaris.

Applications may include:

deployment servers

domain controllers

file servers

gaming server

media server

print servers

structured query language (SQL) server

user workstations

web server.

Hard disks may include:

Firewire

parallel advanced technology attachment (PATA):

EIDE

IDE

serial advanced technology attachment (SATA)

eSATA

SAS

SCSI (multiple variations).

Media may include:

fibre optic

STP

UTP

wireless:

infra-red

radio

satellite.

Standard may include:

Cat5, 5e, 6 and 7

EIA/TIA 568A

EIA/TIA 568B

FDDI

IEEE 802.11 (a, b, g or n)

RJ45.

Network address may include:

IPX or SPX address

transmission control protocol or internet protocol (TCP/IP) address.

Hostname may include:

computer name

DNS name

NetBeui name.