Training

Real-Time Training Classes

EW2100 -- PowerMAX OS System Administration
EW2400 -- PowerMAX OS Real-time Programming
N1900 -- UNIX Software Overview
EW2800 -- PowerMAX OS Real-time Tools
N2000 -- Night Hawk Hardware Overview
N4600 -- Power Hawk System Maintenance
N5800 -- Night Hawk 5000 Series System Maintenance
N6400 -- PowerMAXION System Maintenance
N6800 -- Night Hawk 6000 Series System Maintenance
N7400 -- Power Hawk 700 System Maintenance
N9400 -- Power Hawk 900 System Maintenance
N9000 -- MAXION System Maintenance
N3300 -- CGM CR2 Computing Elements Operation and Maintenance
RH3000 -- RedHawk Linux System Admin
RH3200 -- RedHawk Linux Real-Time Programming
RH3400 -- RedHawk Linux Real-Time Tools
RH3600 -- RedHawk Linux Device Drivers

Course Descriptions

Descriptions are provided for all regularly scheduled courses. Information on Course Number, Title, Length, and Prerequisites is followed by a brief description of the course content and the targeted audience (i.e. who should take the course).

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Training Classes

EW2100 -- PowerMAX OS System Administration (5 Days) To the Top

This course is designed to teach analysts and future system administrators how to perform the tasks necessary to maintain the integrity of a Night Hawk based PowerMAX system in production environments. The course guides the student through system shutdown, reboot and adding users. The hierarchical file system is a primary focus of this course with topics including creating, verifying, repairing, saving and reloading of the file systems. Students also learn how to format disks, monitor system performance and activity, produce accounting reports, configure the system's peripherals, add and remove printer interfaces and control print spooler queuing and printing.

Prerequisite: N1900 or equivalent UNIX experience

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EW2400 -- PowerMAX OS Real-time Programming (5 Days) To the Top

This course is designed to provide students with the necessary instruction and hands-on experience to effectively configure, operate, and use a Power Hawk computer system in a Real-time application. The major topics of the course include interprocess communication and synchronization methods, Real-time system configuration issues, and associated interfaces, and Real-time development aids. Students create Real-time C/C++ or FORTRAN programs that utilize the commands and concepts taught throughout the course.

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N1900 -- UNIX Software Overview (5 Days) To the Top

The Unix Software Overview course is designed to provide students with a working knowledge of UNIX end-user and selected system administrator commands. File and directory manipulation, file saving and restoration, and system generation are among the topics presented.

Prerequisite: Prior Computer Experience

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EW2800 -- PowerMAX OS Real-time Tools (5 Days) To the Top

This course is designed to provide instruction on the scheduling, performance, and monitoring services with PowerMAX. Along with these services training is provided in the associated interfaces to these services including the NightSim graphical Frequency-based Scheduler/Performance Monitor interface and the NightProbe graphical data monitoring tool. This course also includes instruction and hands-on experience using the analytical tools in the Night Star tool set including NightTrace, the graphical analysis tool and NightView, the graphical debugging tool. The primary objective of this course is to train the student in the effective use of both the real-time services and real-time tools available on a Concurrent Power Hawk system.

Prerequisite: Knowledge of the C language, EW2400 or sufficient experience with a Concurrent real-time system, and all prerequisites to these courses.

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N2000 -- Night Hawk Hardware Overview (5 Days) To the Top

This course is targeted towards customers who will be performing Night Hawk system administration, applications programming, 3rd-party VME module installation/configuration and integration of the Night Hawk into their application. An overview of the Night Hawk system architecture is presented, focusing on three different perspectives: operational, physical and functional. From the operational standpoint, detailed description/analysis of the Console Processor command set will be presented, with emphasis on system monitoring/debugging commands. From the physical point-of-view, major component breakdown of each chassis style will be performed, with emphasis placed on component configuration and capabilities. Finally, a functional description of the Night Hawk hardware architecture is performed, focusing on multiprocessing architecture, the cache and main memory hierarchy and the (H)VME subsystem. The primary objective of this course is to provide the student with enough information to accelerate the integration and development associated with using the Night Hawk in their application.

Prerequisite: BSCS, or equivalent practical experience.

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N4600 - Power Hawk System Maintenance (5 Days) To the Top

This course is designed to provide the necessary instruction required for line replaceable unit (LRU) level corrective maintenance of any Power Hawk computer system. Major course topics include system architecture, physical description; a detailed console command set description, and in-depth functional overviews of all major system components. Installation procedures for both hardware and PowerMAX OS software are presented, and the Power Hawk diagnostic products are described in full. Disaster recovery is presented to teach proper system backup and restore methods. System upgrades are also discussed; with procedures for installing and configuring both loosely coupled and closely coupled configurations.

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N5800 -- Night Hawk 5000 Series System Maintenance (10 Days) To the Top

This course is targeted towards customers who will be performing their own preventive and corrective maintenance, or who must initially troubleshoot problems associated with the Night Hawk 5000 series computer systems. Emphasis on "hands-on" experience provides the student with skills necessary to perform component removal and replacement procedures on the system to the Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) level. A description of the Console Processor command set is presented, and the student will perform a detailed analysis of the system power-up, initialization and boot processes. Various operational procedures will be presented, including system initialization and the execution of both the Standalone (off-line) and On-line Diagnostic tools. Students will also perform a complete CX/UX installation and configuration on a dedicated training system, to ensure that they will be able to configure hardware devices for software utilization and recover from catastrophic component failures, which may result in the loss of disk-based software.

Prerequisite: N1900, or equivalent UNIX experience.

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N6400 -- PowerMAXION System Maintenance (10 Days) To the Top

The Concurrent PowerMAXION 640x series is a family of real-time, multiprocessing, super-microcomputer based on the PowerPC 604 microprocessor. Consisting of the four processor HN6400 and the eight processor HN6408, these systems provide the customer with commercial off-the-shelf technology coupled with industry standard interfaces to satisfy their real-time processing demands. In order to effectively perform system installation/configuration, preventive maintenance and initial corrective maintenance procedures, support personnel require some knowledge of the PowerMAXION system hardware and software. The primary course objective of the PowerMAXION System Maintenance course is to provide the student with the necessary instruction and hands-on experience to achieve this level of knowledge.

This course is designed to provide the necessary instruction required for line replaceable unit (LRU) level corrective maintenance of any PowerMAXION HN640x computer system. Major course topics include system physical description; a detailed console command set description, and in-depth functional overviews of all major system components. Installation procedures for both hardware and PowerMAX OS software are presented, and the HN6400 diagnostic products are described in full. Disaster recovery is presented to teach proper system backup and restore methods. System upgrades are also discussed, with procedures for maintenance to the LRU level on the HN6400 computer system and associated peripherals. Students practice system operational procedures, diagnostic execution, and basic troubleshooting on dedicated PowerMAXION training systems. All laboratory sessions are designed to allow the student to develop logical troubleshooting techniques.

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N6800 -- Night Hawk 6000 Series System Maintenance (10 Days) To the Top

This course is targeted towards customers who will be performing their own preventive and corrective maintenance, or who must initially troubleshoot problems associated with the Night Hawk 6000 series computer systems. Emphasis on "hands-on" experience provides the student with skills necessary to perform component removal and replacement procedures on the system to the Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) level. A description of the Console Processor command set is presented, and the student will perform a detailed analysis of the system power-up, initialization and boot processes. Various operational procedures will be presented, including system initialization and the execution of both the Standalone (off-line) and On-line Diagnostic tools. Students will also perform a complete Power UNIX installation and configuration on a dedicated training system, to ensure that they will be able to configure hardware devices for software utilization and recover from catastrophic component failures, which may result in the loss of disk-based software.

Prerequisite: N1900, or equivalent UNIX experience.

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N7400 -- Power Hawk 700 System Maintenance (5 Days) To the Top

In order to perform timely and effective corrective maintenance, system engineers require an understanding of the Power Hawk 700-Series system architecture. This course is designed to provide the necessary instruction required for Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) corrective maintenance of any Power Hawk 700-Series system configuration. Major course topics include system architecture, physical description, a detailed console command set description and in-depth functional overviews of all major system components. Removal and replacement procedures for all major hardware components are presented, and the Power Hawk diagnostic products are described in detail. Disaster recovery is presented to teach proper system backup and restore methods. System upgrades are also discussed, with procedures for installing and configuring both Loosely-Coupled and Closely-Coupled configuration presented as required.

Prerequisite: N1900, or equivalent UNIX experience.

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N9400 -- Power Hawk 900 System Maintenance (5 Days) To the Top

In order to perform timely and effective corrective maintenance, system engineers require an understanding of the Power Hawk 900-Series system architecture. This course is designed to provide the necessary instruction required for Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) corrective maintenance of any Power Hawk 900-Series system configuration. Major course topics include system architecture, physical description, a detailed offline command set description and in-depth functional overviews of all major system components. Removal and replacement procedures for all major hardware components are presented, and the Power Hawk 900-Series diagnostic capabilities are described in detail. Disaster recovery is presented to teach proper system backup and restore methods.

Prerequisite: N1900, or equivalent UNIX experience.

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N9000 -- MAXION System Maintenance (5 Days) To the Top

This course is designed to provide the necessary instruction required for line replaceable unit (LRU) level corrective maintenance of any MAXION 9000-series computer system. Major course topics include system physical description, a detailed console command set description, and in-depth functional overviews of all major system components. Hardware installation proce­dures are presented, and the 9000-series diagnostic products are described in full. Finally, stu­dents are presented with proper system backup and restore procedures to allow for a quick recovery from the loss of a system disk.

Prerequisite: N1900, or equivalent UNIX experience.

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N3300 -- CGM CR2 Computing Elements Operation and Maintenance (10 Days) To the Top

This course is designed for engineers and technicians who are responsible for the integration, installation, testing and corrective maintenance of the computing elements in CGM CR2 which use the Concurrent RedHawk Operating System. Specific configuration, operation and maintenance of the IBM BladeCenter, Momentum VC-120 and Network Attached Storage systems as applied to CGM CR2 will be presented.

Prerequisite: Working knowledge of basic LINUX system commands and a working knowledge of the vi editor is assumed.

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RH3000 -- RedHawk Linux OS System Administration (5 Days) To the Top

This course is designed to teach analysts and future system administrators how to perform the tasks necessary to maintain the integrity of an iHawk based RedHawk Linux system in production environments. The course guides the student through system shutdown/reboot, maintaining file systems and system software, managing users, and performing various daily functions. The hierarchical file system is a primary focus of this course with topics including creating, verifying, repairing, saving and reloading file systems. Students also learn how to format disks, monitor system performance and activity, produce accounting reports, configure the system's peripherals, configure network interfaces, and manage printer interfaces. Students are exposed to various graphical utilities, command line utilities, and internal processing used to complete these processes

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RH3200 -- RedHawk Linux OS Real-time Programming (5 Days) To the Top

This course is designed to provide students with the necessary instruction and hands-on experience to effectively configure, operate, and use an iHawk computer system in a Real-time application. The major topics of the course include processor shielding, interprocess communication and synchronization methods, real-time system configuration issues, and associated interfaces, and real-time development aids. Students create real-time C/C++ programs that utilize the commands and concepts taught throughout the course.

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RH3400 -- RedHawk Linux Real-Time Tools (5 Days) To the Top

The RH3400 training course provides instruction on the use of Concurrent’s NightStar tool set. NightStar allows users to graphically debug, analyze, schedule, monitoring and tune applications running on the RedHawk Linux real-time operating system. This course includes hands-on experience using the tools to include NightView, NightTrace, NightSim, NightProbe and NightTune. The primary objective of this course is to train the student in the effective use of the real-time tools in conjunction with the real-time services available under RedHawk Linux.

Prerequisite: Knowledge of C/C++, course RH3200 or sufficient experience with a Concurrent real-time system.

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RH3600 -- RedHawk Linux OS Device Drivers (5 Days) To the Top

This course is designed to provide experienced programmers with the tools and techniques to develop device drivers for the RedHawk Linux operating system running on the iHawk series of real-time multiprocessor systems. Students are also be exposed to relevant kernel facilities, resources, and interfaces as applicable to driver development. Classroom lecture is augmented by "hands-on" exercises to reinforce discussed topics.

Prerequisites: Proficiency of the C programming language is required. Familiarity with Unix/Linux tools, utilities, editors, command shells and scripts, basic compilation and linking, and makefile construction is recommended.

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How to Enroll To the Top

To enroll for training courses, call the toll-free number 1-800-245-6453, and ask for the Training Registrar, or complete the online registration form.

Cancellation Policy

Scheduled Courses

• Cancellation must be made two weeks prior to the course start date. A fee of 50% of the purchase order price will be charged for failure to do so.
• The full purchase order price will be invoiced for a student that does not give any notification of cancellation. Unscheduled, Custom, or On-site Courses
• A nonrefundable deposit of 25% of the purchase order price is required to schedule training.
• A fee of 50% of the purchase order price will be charged for a class cancellation made 15-30 days prior to the course start date.
• The full purchase order price will be charged for a class cancellation made less than two weeks prior to the course start date.