CP3250 - Network Administration 1

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:

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 Outcomes

• explain administration issues in information system environment;
• implement secure connection over Internet virtual private networks;
• install intranet/Internet (web server);
• 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;
• manage users and domains;
• optimise system performance, including security considerations;
• perform post-installation and day-to-day administration in a single-domain or multiple-domain Microsoft Windows based network;
• understand and install appropriate hardware and network software.

Prerequisites:	CP1300 plus 6 units of CP subjects
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	CP2250 and CP5250

Availabilities
, , Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coordinator:	sci-cc2
Contact hours:	26 hours 52 hours
, , Study Period 32
Census Date 05-May-2006
Face to face teaching 27-Mar-2006 to 07-Jul-2006
Contact hours:	26 hours 52 hours
Assessment:	(55%); (15%); (15%); (15%).
, , Study Period 33
Census Date 21-Jul-2006
Face to face teaching 24-Jul-2006 to 03-Nov-2006
Coordinator:	sci-cc2
Contact hours:	26 hours 52 hours
Assessment:	(55%); (15%); (15%); (15%).
, , Study Period 34
Census Date 22-Dec-2006
Face to face teaching 20-Nov-2006 to 09-Mar-2007
Contact hours:	26 hours 52 hours
Assessment:	(55%); (15%); (15%); (15%).
, , Study Period 21
Census Date 05-May-2006
Contact hours:	26 hours 52 hours
Assessment:	(55%); (15%); (15%); (15%).
, , Study Period 22
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coordinator:	sci-cc2
Contact hours:	26 hours 52 hours
Assessment:	(55%); (15%); (15%); (15%).
, , Study Period 23
Census Date 22-Dec-2006
Contact hours:	26 hours 52 hours
Assessment:	(55%); (15%); (15%); (15%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.