Course Overview
UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION
Lesson 1. Connect:Direct overview
After completing this lesson, students should be able to:
- Discuss Sterling Connect:Direct.
- Explain the basic structure of Sterling Connect:Direct.
- Explain primary (PNODE) and secondary (SNODE) nodes.
- Understand the use of Sterling Connect:Direct interfaces.
- Identify the components of Sterling Connect:Direct.
- Identify the communication interfaces compatible with Sterling Connect:Direct.
Lesson 2. Installation pre-requisite
- Use Sterling Connect:Direct release notes.
- Lookup the libraries needed to install Sterling Connect:Direct.
- List the features and enhancements in Sterling Connect:Direct 4.2.
- Exercise to use a worksheet for the lab.
Lesson 3. Installation
- List the steps to install Sterling Connect:Direct.
- Describe how to configure Sterling Connect:Direct server and client.
- Explain the steps to verify the installation.
- Detail the procedure to start and stop Sterling Connect:Direct.
- List the job control commands through command line interface.
- Exercise to install, verify, and execute sample process.
UNIT 2. CONFIGURATION FILES
Lesson 1. Introduction to configuration file
- Explain the directory structure of Sterling Connect:Direct.
- Discuss the purpose of the files.
- Identify the types of configuration files.
- Understand the procedure to customize configuration files.
- Procedural exercise to tune configuration file.
Lesson 2. Initialization file
- Locate the Initialization Parameters File.
- Identify the sections of the Initialization Parameters File.
- Explain the initparm Record Names, Parameters, and Parameter Values.
- Customize the Initialization Parameters
Lesson 3. Client configuration file
- Locate the client configuration file.
- Identify the sections of the client configuration file.
- Customize the client configuration file.
Lesson 4. Client and server authentication key file
- Locate and understand the usage of client and server authentication file.
- Identify the sections of the client and server authentication files.
- Explain the client and server authentication file record names, parameter name and value.
- Customize the client and server authentication file.
- Exercise to test the customization of client and server authentication file.
Lesson 5. Network map file
- Locate and understand the network map file.
- Identify the sections of the network map file.
- Explain the network map file record names, parameter name and value.
- Customize the network map file.
- Exercise to test the customization of network map file.
Lesson 6. Maintaining access information file
- Locate and understand the user authorization file.
- Identify the sections of the user authorization file.
- Explain the user authorization file record names, parameter name and value.
- Customize the user authorization file.
- Exercise to test the customization of user authorization file.
UNIT 3. PROCESSES
Lesson 1. Statements
- Define a Process and Process Language.
- Describe the purpose of each Process statement.
- Configure Sterling Connect:Direct to transfer files automatically.
Lesson 2. Submitting processes
- Explain how the submit command determines where the Process goes in the queue.
- Use the submit command to submit a Process to the queue for execution.
- Use the parameters associated with the submit command to define how and when the Process gets submitted.
Lesson 3. Changing processes
- Use the change process command to change a Process or multiple Processes in the queue.
- Use the parameters associated with the change process command to define what you want to change about the Processes.
Lesson 4. Selecting a process
- Use the select process command to display information about a Process or multiple Processes in the queue.
- Use the parameters associated with the select process command to define how and what information you want to select about the Processes.
Lesson 5. Selecting statistics
- Use the select statistics command to get statistics about Processes.
- Use the parameters associated with the select statistics command to define what you want statistics for and the level of detail you want.
UNIT 4. Utilities
Lesson 1. Termination utilities
- Use the delete process command to remove a non-executing process from the queue.
- Use the flush process command to remove an executing process from the queue.
- Use the stop command to stop Sterling Connect:Direct
- Usage of quit command.
- Describe the optional parameters for the stop command.
Lesson 2. Troubleshooting utilities
- Identify the purpose of the ndmxlt (Translation Table) utility.
- Use the ndmmsg (Message) utility to retrieve Sterling Connect:Direct messages.
- Identify the methods to restart a Process.
Lesson 3. Advanced utilities
- Use the trace command to gather troubleshooting information from Sterling Connect:Direct.
- Use the parameters associated with the trace command to define what information you want and in what format
- Recognize Process Queues and Status.
- Understand the Life Cycle Process.
Lesson 4. File Agent utility
- Describe the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent and its interface.
- Install the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent.
- Configure the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent.
- Describe the rules used with the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent.
- Configure a Rule.
- Monitor file transfers through Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent.
