Network Administration

Course Objectives

On successful completion of the course, students will

• understand the ethical issues of working as a Network Administrator,
• be familiar with common network operating systems (NOSs) used by network servers,
• understand network security issues, and
• be able to design and implement a Microsoft Active Directory (AD) installation.

Course Description

This course examines the implementation of network management applications and services in a networked environment, and teaches students how to install, configure, and manage common services such as such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name Service (DNS), and file and print services. This course concerns deployment and maintenance of modern computer systems in an operational environment. The course provides both conceptual knowledge and practical experience. Topics to be covered include architectures, heterogeneous systems, authentication and security, network services including firewalls, storage services, performance analysis and tuning, management and configuration of services and system resources, system initialization, drivers, cross-platform services, policies and procedures..

Course Content

1. Booting and Shutting Down
2. The File System
3. Controlling Processes
4. Adding New Users
5. Devices and Drivers
6. Periodic Processes
7. Backups
8. Syslog and Log Files
9. Configuring the Kernel
10. Setting and Debugging a Network
11. The Domain Name System
12. The Network File System
13. Network Management
14. Security Issues
15. Disk Space Management