UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO SCHOOL OF COMPUTING

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UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO SCHOOL OF COMPUTING
IT5501 Systems Network Administration
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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IT5501 Systems Network Administration

• Importance of the Subject
• Course Objectives
• Syllabus and Time Allocation
• Recommended Readings
• Introduce the Course Structure
• Topic Objectives
• Details of topics
• Examination Further Information

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Systems/Network Administration
Administration of Systems and Networks is a
balancing act. It requires patience,
understanding and experience.
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Systems/Network Administration
The Systems/Network Administrators must have the
knowledge with both concrete practical value and
conceptual understanding of the field.
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Systems/Network Administration
System/Network Administrators Require Patience
need to work with the limited resources,
remain calm Understanding need to be
inventive in a crisis
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Systems/Network Administration
Knowledge need to know a lot of general facts
and figures about the way computers
work. learn a dozen new things a year
Experience answers are always not
available machines do not always behave as we
think
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Systems/Network Administration
Working Capacity Many queries unexpected Plan
for the future Best Organizational skills and
professional attitudes Build confidence through
experience Need to know the limitations to avoid
careless mistakes
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Systems/Network Administration
Systems to Networks Today most of the computers
can not be examined in isolation from the
network. Cooperation and sharing in an
environment with many users. Administration
extended from the system to the network community.
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Course Objectives

• After the successful completion of this course
  module the students will have the theoretical and
  practical knowledge required to perform overall
  system and network management and administration
  tasks on Unix (Linux) and Windows 2000 platforms

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Syllabus and Time Allocation
Introduction to Systems and Network
Administration Host Management Network
Administration Host and Network Security
Installing and Upgrading System Software
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15
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06
05
Lectures 45 , Practical - 30
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Recommended Readings

• Main Readings
• "Mark Burgess, Principles of Network and System
  Administration, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2000.
• Craig Hunt, TCP/IP Network Administration (3rd
  Edition), OReilly and Associates Inc., 2002.

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• Supplementary Readings

George Splading, Windows 2000 Administration,
McGraw-Hill, 2000. Matt Welsh, Matthias Kalle
Dalheimer and Lar Kaufman, Running Linux, (3rd
Edition), OReilly and Associates Inc.,
1999. Olaf Kirch and Terry Dawson, Linux
Network Administrators Guide, (2nd Edition),
OReilly and Associates Inc. (Shroff Publishers
and Distributors, Culcutta), 2000.
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1. Introduction to Systems and Network
Administration (05 Hrs.)

• Students must be able to identify the role/scope
  of a system/network administrator

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2. Host Management (15 Hrs.)

•       Student must be able to understand the
  organizational aspects of a system and undertake
  the tasks of
• Ø     Preparation for system installation
• Ø     System installation
• Ø     Setting up and management of user accounts
• Ø     Enabling resource sharing
• Ø     Management and monitoring of processes
• Ø     Implementing backup/restore procedures
• Ø     Interacting with a system environment of
  multiple operating systems

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3. Network Administration(15 Hrs)

•   Student must familiarize himself with
  employing advanced networking concepts and
  services
• IP addressing and subnetting
• VLAN configuration
• Routing
• Enable Internet/Intranet application services
• Troubleshooting
• To identify and implement Network Management
  Procedures

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4. Host and Network Security (06 Hrs.)

•  Student must be able to gain an understanding
  of security policies and standards
•  To take necessary preventive and corrective
  steps to secure the network and control access

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5. Installing and Upgrading System Software (05
Hrs.)

• Students must be able to follow the steps in
  deploying version upgrades and patches to the
  system software

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Examination

• Three hour examination paper
• Structured Questions Only

No Tutorials /Practical Exercises
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Further Information

• www.bit.lk
• Detailed Syllabus Topic Objectives
• Information ? Course Structure ?
• Semester 5