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BIT3136 Network Administration and Confuguration Course Outline

The course BIT3136: Network Administration and Configuration aims to equip students with the skills to plan, design, and manage networks. Key learning outcomes include assessing customer requirements, designing network addressing plans, and understanding network security. The course includes topics such as LAN and WAN design, network troubleshooting, and the use of network management tools, assessed through continuous assessment and an end-of-semester examination.

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BIT3136 Network Administration and Confuguration Course Outline

The course BIT3136: Network Administration and Configuration aims to equip students with the skills to plan, design, and manage networks. Key learning outcomes include assessing customer requirements, designing network addressing plans, and understanding network security. The course includes topics such as LAN and WAN design, network troubleshooting, and the use of network management tools, assessed through continuous assessment and an end-of-semester examination.

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COURSE OUTLINE

Unit Code: BIT3136: UNIT TITLE: Network Administration and Configuration


Pre-requisites:BIT2204: Data Communication & Computer
Networks

Purpose of the Course


The aim of the course is to give students the background they will need to plan, design and
manage networks.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
i. Demonstrate ability to assess the customer requirements and the customer’s
existing situation
ii. Demonstrate skills in design a network addressing plan
iii. Describe security criteria for the network
iv. Demonstrate skills in design the Enterprise network in a hierarchical modular fashion
v. Explain the network design and its impact to the customer

Course Description

WEEK TOPIC SUBTOPIC


1 Network Management Overview Introduction to network management
Key Definitions
Network Topologies
Transmission Media
Network Protocols
2 Design Basics, Network design models:
Design Issues for Communication of Hierarchical Models,
wired and wireless media. Redundant Models,
Secure Models.
3 LAN Design: LAN Design Considerations,
Selecting a LAN Technology,
Selecting the LAN Hardware.
4 WAN Design: WAN Design Considerations
Selecting a WAN Technology,
Selecting the WAN Hardware.
5 IP Addressing Designing IP addressing and subnetting.
6 Network Security. Designing and managing networking
security
Firewalls
Authentication methods
Network Segmentation- network devices
VPNs
7 CAT ONE
8 Network Troubleshooting Troubleshooting commands
Troubleshooting utilities
9 Network Management tools, systems Network statistics measurement
and systems:
applications: NMS,
Commercial NMS (e.g. Cisco Works, HP
open
View network node manager, Using
Multi
Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG)
To collect Traffic Statistics and
EtherealNetwork Analyzer).
10 Introduction to network management: Configuration management,
Fault management,
Performance management,
Security management,
Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP).
11 CAT TWO
12 Active Directory: Creating and Managing Organizational
Units,
Creating and Managing trees and
Forests,
Creating and managing user accounts,
Computer accounts and group accounts,
Group policies, Backup and
Recovery of Active Directory,
network troubleshooting.
13 Operating system updates, patches, and
configuration of changes in networks,
backups and documentation.
14-15 EXAMS

Teaching Methodologies
Lectures, practical and tutorial sessions in Computer Laboratory, individual and group
assignments, exercises and project work

Instructional Materials/Equipment
Overhead projector and computer, handouts, white boards, Textbooks, appropriate
software. Network and internetworking devices, Operating Systems, networking toolkit

Course Assessment
40% Continuous Assessment (Tests 20%, Assignment 10%, Practical
10%) 60% End of Semester Examination.

Core Text Books


1. Limoncelli, T., Hogan, C., Chalup, S. and Limoncelli, T. (2007). The practice of system
and network administration.
2. Hunt, C. (2010). TCP/IP Network Administration. Sebastopol: O'Reilly Media, Inc

Recommended Text Books


1. Vi., R. and Whaley. (2010). Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook, Fourth
Edition. [Place of publication not identified]: Prentice Hall.
2. Easttom, C. and Palladino, S. (2012). Essential Linux administration. Australia: Course
Technology/Cengage Learning.
3. Hester, M. and Henley, C. (2010). Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administration Instant
Reference. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons.
Reference Journals
1) Journal of computer science and Technology ISSN 1000-
9000 ii) Journal of Science and Technology ISSN 1860-4749
iii) Central European Journal Of Computer Science ISSN
1896-1533 iv) Cluster computing ISSN 1386-7857

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