CP5250 - Network Administration 1

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Discipline of Information Technology (pre 2009)

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

• perform post-installation and day-to-day administration in a single-domain or multiple-domain Microsoft Windows based network;
• 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;
• understand and install appropriate hardware and network software.

Prerequisites:	9 units of CP subjects or equivalent experience
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	CP2250 and CP3250

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coord/Lect:	Mr Chris Christensen.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials 52 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); tests, practicals, assignments and two group design assignments (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coord/Lect:	Mr Chris Christensen.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials 52 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); tests, practicals, assignments and two group design assignments (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials 52 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); tests, practicals, assignments and two group design assignments (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials 52 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); tests, practicals, assignments and two group design assignments (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53
Census Date 14-Dec-2007
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials 52 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); tests, practicals, assignments and two group design assignments (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).
ITTI Sydney, Internal, Study Period 21
Census Date 11-May-2007
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials 52 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); tests, practicals, assignments and two group design assignments (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).

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