James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2003

CP5250:03

Network Administration 1

Townsville HECS Band 2

26 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 52 hours practicals. Semester 1 and 2.

Popular network operating systems (NT, Unix, Netware); configuring networks, including DNS, DHCP, routing; user management and access control; file systems, including striped and fault-tolerant file systems; sharing file systems via the network; disk configuration and administration, backup and restore; managing printers and printer pools; managing processes, performance optimisation and capacity planning; securing systems, implementing security policies and system auditing; automating system administration tasks with scripts; secure connection technologies over regular Internet VPNs; remote network access; Web server installation and configuration; system management tools, trouble-shooting and maintenance.

Learning Objectives:

  1. explain administration issues in Information System Environment;
  2. understand and install appropriate hardware and network software;
  3. manage users and domains;
  4. optimise system performance, including security considerations;
  5. install intranet/Internet (web server);
  6. implement secure connection over Internet – Virtual Private Networks;
  7. perform post-installation and day-to-day administration in a single-domain or multiple-domain Microsoft Windows based network;
  8. install, configure, customise, optimise, network, integrate and troubleshoot a windows environment, including tasks such as capacity planning on a server and a network and multiple domain management.

Students should be able to demonstrate the required capabilities at a level appropriate for postgraduate studies, including analysis and design.

Assessment by tests, practicals, assignments and two group design assignments.