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University of Management and Technology

Course Outline
Course code IT3072 Course title: System and Network Administration

BSIT
Program

04(03+01)
Credit Hours

03 hrs. class
Duration 03 hrs. Lab

Operating Systems
Prerequisites

Talal Bin Maqsood


Resource Person

Counseling Timing

(Room# 18 )
03222254155
[email protected]
Contact

Chairman/Director signature………………………………….

Dean’s signature…………………………… Date………………………………………….


Learning Objective:
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At the end of this course:
Introduction To System Administration. SA Components. Server Environment
(Microsoft and Linux). Reliable Products, Server Hardware Costing,
Maintenance Contracts and Spare Parts, Maintaining Data Integrity, Client
Server OS Configuration, Providing Remote Console Access. Comparative
Analysis of OS: Important Attributes, Key Features, Pros and Cons. Linux
Installation and Verification, Configuring Local Services and Managing Basic
System Issues. Administer Users and Groups. Software Management.
Managing Network Services and Network Monitoring Tools. Boot
Management and Process Management. IP Tables and Filtering. Securing
Network Traffic. Advanced File Systems and Logs. Bash Shell Scripting.
Configuring Servers (FTP, NFS, Samba, DHCP, DNS and Apache).

Learning Methodology:
Assessments will be based on Quizzes, assignments, Presentations, Research
paper reading, Midterm and Final Exam

Grade Evaluation Criteria


Following are the criteria for the distribution of marks to evaluate final grade
in a semester.

Marks Evaluation Marks in


percentage
Quizzes 10
Assignments 10
Mid Term 20
Attendance & Class Participation 05
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Term Project 05
Presentations 10
Final exam 40
Total 100

Recommended Text Books:

The Practice of System and Network Administration, Second Edition by Thomas


Limoncelli, Christina Hogan and Strata Chalup, Addison-esley Professional; 2nd
Edition (2007). ISBN-10: 0321492668

Reference Books:

Calendar of Course contents to be covered during semester

Course code IT3072 Course title: System and Network Administration

Week Course Contents Reference Chapter(s)

Week 1.

Workstations, The Basics, Loading the OS, Updating the


1 System Software and Applications, Network Configuration,
Avoid Using Dynamic DNS with DHCP, The Icing, High
Confidence in Completion, Involve Customers in the
Standardization Process, A Variety of Standard
Configurations

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Week 2.

Servers, The Basics, Buy Server Hardware for Servers,


Choose Vendors Known for Reliable Products, Understand
2 the Cost of Server Hardware, Consider Maintenance
Contracts and Spare Parts, Maintaining Data Integrity, Put
Servers in the Data Center, Client Server OS Configuration,
Provide Remote Console Access, Mirror Boot Disks, The
Icing, Enhancing Reliability and Service Ability, An
Alternative: Many Inexpensive Servers

Week 3
Services, The Basics, Customer Requirements, Operational
Requirements, Open Architecture, Simplicity, Vendor
Relations, Machine Independence, Environment, Restricted
3 Access, Reliability, Single or Multiple Servers, Centralization
and Standards, Performance, Monitoring, Service Rollout,
The Icing, Dedicated Machines, Full Redundancy, Dataflow
Analysis for Scaling

Week 4
Data Centers, The Basics, Location, Access, Security,
Power and Cooling, Fire Suppression, Racks, Wiring,
Labeling, Communication, Console Access, Workbench,
4 Tools and Supplies, Parking Spaces, The Icing, Greater
Redundancy, More Space, Ideal Data Centers, Tom’s
Dream Data Center, Christine’s Dream Data Center

Week 5
Networks, The Basics, The OSI Model, Clean Architecture,
Network Topologies, Intermediate Distribution Frame, Main
Distribution Frame, Demarcation Points, Documentation,
5 Simple Host Routing, Network Devices, Overlay Networks,
Number of Vendors, Standards-Based Protocols, Monitoring,
Single Administrative Domain, The Icing, Leading Edge
versus Reliability, Multiple Administrative Domains,
Conclusion, Constants in Networking, Things That Change
in Network Design

Week 6

Namespaces, The Basics, Namespace Policies, Namespace

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6 Change Procedures, Centralizing Namespace Management,
The Icing, One Huge Database, Further Automation,
Customer-Based Updating, Leveraging Namespaces

Week 7

Disaster Recovery and Data Integrity, The Basics, Definition


of a Disaster, Risk Analysis, Legal Obligations, Damage
7 Limitation, Preparation, Data Integrity, The Icing, Redundant
Site, Security Disasters, Media Relations

Week 8
Recap

Midterm

10 Email Service, The Basics, Privacy Policy, Namespaces,


Reliability, Simplicity, Spam and Virus Blocking, Generality,
Automation, Basic Monitoring, Redundancy, Scaling,
Security Issues, Communication, The Icing, Encryption,
Email Retention Policy, Advanced Monitoring, High-Volume
List Processing

11 Print Service, The Basics, Level of Centralization, Print


Architecture Policy, System Design, Documentation,
Monitoring, Environmental Issues, The Icing, Automatic
Failover and Load Balancing, Dedicated Clerical Support,
Shredding, Dealing with Printer Abuse

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12 Data Storage, he Basics, Terminology, Managing Storage,
Storage as a Service, Performance, Evaluating New Storage
Solutions, Common Problems, The Icing, Optimizing RAID
Usage by Applications, Storage Limits: Disk Access Density
Gap, Continuous Data Protection

13 Backup and Restore, The Basics, Reasons for Restores,


Types of Restores, Corporate Guidelines, A Data-Recovery
SLA and Policy, The Backup Schedule, Time and Capacity
Planning, Consumables Planning, Restore-Process Issues,
Backup Automation, Centralization, Tape Inventory, The
Icing, Fire Drills, Backup Media and Off-Site Storage, High-
Availability Databases, Technology Changes

14 Web Services, The Basics, Web Service Building Blocks,


The Webmaster Role, Service-Level Agreements, Web
Service Architectures, Monitoring, Scaling for Web Services,
Web Service Security, Content Management, Building the
Manageable Generic Web Server, The Icing, Third-Party
Web Hosting, Mashup Applications

15 Recap

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