As part of the Sigma-RT higher education share plan, the College Certification Training is designed for computer undergraduates and junior testers who have clear career plan, wish to learn network test. Two courses are available now: SCTA (Sigma Certified Test Associate) Manual and Automation.
Training Course: SCTA (Manual)
- Duration: 48 Sessions
- Recommended Certification: SCTA (Manual)
- Lecturer: Sigma-RT network test experts and technologists
| No. | Lesson | Description |
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| 1 | Testing philosophy and system | What will test engineers do and how would they do? |
| 1.1 | Test engineer’s career perspective | Help you make career plan |
| 1.2 | Overall thinking: large scale software test | Significance and challenge of product test |
| 1.3 | From development to release: classical test processes | When will testers join in the development. when the test starts/ends, what phases are included? |
| 1.4 | Test case design practice: approach and implementation of function test | Function test approach and test case design |
| 1.5 | Bug submission and management | Submit high quality bug report |
| 2 | Critical Intranet technology: Ethernet switch network test practice | The basic Layer 2 function test methods that network test engineers must know |
| 2.1 | Layer 2 test basics: Ethernet frame learning test | Switch basic functions, MAC address, etc. |
| 2.2 | Packet forwarding test: Ethernet frame forwarding test | Switch basic functions, capability of MAC address forwarding |
| 2.3 | Intranet core technology: Vlan test | Switch basic functions, Vlan functionality, etc. |
| 2.4 | Intranet core technology: Trunk test | Trunk link support to 802.1Q and Ethernet frame forwarding rules, etc. |
| 2.5 | Intranet core technology: Aggregation test | Switch basic functions |
| 2.6 | Intranet, optical network and data center layer 2 technology: STP/RSTP/MSTP test | STP basic principles and basic test case execution |
| 2.7 | Intranet, optical network and data center layer 2 technology: multicast IGMP snooping test | The concept and principle of multicast, layer 2 multicast forwarding test |
| 3 | Router test practice | Layer 3 function test approaches |
| 3.1 | IP and layer 2 switch core technology: ARP test | ARP principle and attacks |
| 3.2 | Router core test skills: Wireshark, TCPDump and related network test tools and packet capture analysis | Learn to use Wireshark and TCPDump tools |
| 3.3 | Router core test skills: packet management and ACL test | Basic functions of ACL packet filter |
| 3.4 | Router core test skills: router protocol’s RIP and OSPF test | Basic concepts of RIP routing protocol, the RIP V1, V2 test approaches |
Training Course: SCTA (Automation)
- Duration: 48 Sessions
- Recommended Certification: SCTA (Automation)
- Lecturer: Sigma-RT network test experts and technologists
| No. | Lesson | Description |
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| 1 | Know about automation test | Basic test concepts Why we need automation Status quo and tools of automation test Principles and techniques of network device automation test Implementation approaches of automation test scripts |
| 2 | Most popular automation script languages among the Fortune 500 companies | Tcl |
| 3 | Effective automation test execution on an automation test framework | Complete all operations on the basis of the existing Demo |
| 4 | Think like an automation test framework architect |
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| 5 | Experience a full cycle of automation test |
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| 6 | My own fashion - GUI | GUI Automation |
| 7 | The Fortune 500’s script quality standard |
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| 8 | Everything is under control -- The magic of automation test engineers | Develop control libraries of devices under test (DUT) |
| 9 | What should be taken into account in real testing? |
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