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    This document outlines a course on System and Network Administration offered at the University of Sargodha in the winter of 2018-2019. The 3 credit hour course will provide an overview of systems and network administration on both Windows and Linux environments. Students will learn common system administration tasks and how to implement services like email and file sharing. By the end of the course students will be able to describe key terms, explain data center functions, identify operating systems used for administration, and analyze Linux and Windows services. The course will involve readings, lectures, labs, assignments, and exams.

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    This document outlines a course on System and Network Administration offered at the University of Sargodha in the winter of 2018-2019. The 3 credit hour course will provide an overview of systems and network administration on both Windows and Linux environments. Students will learn common system administration tasks and how to implement services like email and file sharing. By the end of the course students will be able to describe key terms, explain data center functions, identify operating systems used for administration, and analyze Linux and Windows services. The course will involve readings, lectures, labs, assignments, and exams.

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    This document outlines a course on System and Network Administration offered at the University of Sargodha in the winter of 2018-2019. The 3 credit hour course will provide an overview of systems and network administration on both Windows and Linux environments. Students will learn common system administration tasks and how to implement services like email and file sharing. By the end of the course students will be able to describe key terms, explain data center functions, identify operating systems used for administration, and analyze Linux and Windows services. The course will involve readings, lectures, labs, assignments, and exams.

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    UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA

    Department of Computer Sciences and Information Technology

    COURSE OUTLINE Winter 2018-2019

    Course Title: System and Network Administration

    Course Code: IT-4511


    Credit Hours: 3

    Instructor: Waseem Ahmad


    Email: [email protected]

    DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES


    This course will give an overview of systems and network administration based on both Windows and
    Linux environments. The objective are common system administration tasks and practices and how to
    implement and maintain standard services like email, file sharing, DNS and similar.
    INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
    COURSE CONTENTS
    At the end of the course the students will be able to:
    1. Describe the key terminologies and technologies of System and network administration.
    2. Explain the services and functions provided by different data centers.
    3. Identify various OS used to handle system and network administration routines.
    4. Analyze the different services of Linux and windows.

    READINGS
    [TB 1] Study guide for Practice of System and Network Administration by Thomas A. Limoncelli,
    Cram101; 2nd Edition (2011). ISBN-10: 1428851755.
    [TB 2] Linux Administration: A Beginner’s Guide, Seventh Edition 7th Edition by Wale Soyinka
    [TB 3] Active Directory: Designing, Deploying, and Running Active Directory Fifth Edition by Barian
    Desmond

    COURSE SCHEDULE

    Week Topics and Readings Books with Page No.

    1 Introduction to System Administration, Systems, SA TB 1: Ch. 1


    Components, Building a Site
    from Scratch, Growing a Small Site, Going Global, Replacing
    Services, Moving a Data Center, Handling a High Rate of
    Office Moves, Assessing a Site
    2 Server Environment (Microsoft and Linux): Known for TB1:Ch. 4
    Reliable Products, Understand
    the Cost of Server Hardware, Consider Maintenance Contracts
    and Spare Parts, maintaining Data Integrity, Put Servers in the
    Data Center, Client Server OS Configuration, and Provide
    Remote Console Access. ).
    3 Services and Comparative Analysis of most demanded OS: TB1:Ch. 5
    Important Attributes, Key Features, pros and Cons.

    4 Linux Installation and verification. TB2:Ch 1


    Artitecture of linux operating system
    5 Administer users and groups. TB2:Ch 8
    6 TB2:Ch 5
    Configuring Local services and managing basic system issues.

    7 Software Management. TB2:Ch 4

    8 Managing Network Services and Network monitoring tools. TB2:Ch 11,12

    9 Boot Management and Process Management. TB2:Ch 6

    10 IP Tables and filtering. TB2:Ch 13

    11 Securing network traffic. TB2:Ch 14,Ch 15

    12 Advance File systems and logs. TB2:Ch 7

    13 Bash Shell Scripting and Command line. TB2:Ch 3

    14 Configuring Servers (FTP, DNS, Apache) LAB. TB2:Ch 16,17,18

    15 Configuring Servers Cont. (DHCP, Samba, NFS) LAB. TB2:Ch 23,24

    16 Configuring Active Directory on Windows Server 2012 LAB TB3:Ch 7

    RESEARCH PROJECT /PRACTICALS/LABS/ASSIGNMENTS


    For the assessment of course objectives, analyze the scores of the various course assignments and project.
    Also perform Lab session (1.5 hours/week) to improve the students skills.
    1- Assignments: These may consist of handouts given by the class instructor, discussion forums, or
    selected questions out of your textbook.
    2- Projects: These consist of activities for directly applying and integrating the concepts presented in
    the course. In some cases, student will be given a case scenario to use in the development of the project.
    These projects will require to use critical thinking skills, logical analysis, and creativity. They may be
    individual or group projects.

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
    Sessional Marks: 20 Marks
    Quiz 5 Marks
    Project 5 Marks
    Assignment 5 Marks
    Presentation 5 Marks
    Mid Semester Exam: 30 Marks
    Final Semester Exam: 50 Marks

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