Network and System Administration (EE4301 Semester A 2014/2015)
Preliminary Schedule
Put First Things First. ~ S. R. Covey

Week
Date Topic Notes Reading Related Video Submission
1 02/9 1. Course Overview
2. Basic Unix Commands
1, 2 Linux Fundamentals
Sys_Admin: Chapter 1
The Story of Linux
Unix Commands Tutorial
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2 09/9 Holiday: Day after Mid-Autumn Festival - Unix Tutorial
Sys_Admin: Chapter 5
VI Tutorial
Ubuntu Linux Install
Project Selection
3 16/9 1. Linux User Management
2. Linux Package Management
1, 2 Sys_Admin: Chapter 2 Package Management with DPKG and APT
Learning CentOS Linux Basic YUM commands
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4 23/9 Lab1: Ubuntu Linux Installation and User Accounting pdf Sys_Admin: Chapter 3 Installing Ubuntu Linux Project Proposal
5 30/9 1. Unix File Systems and Disk Management
pdf Sys_Admin: Chapters 4
Computer Storage
SSD vs Hard Drive vs SSHD
Install a Hard Disk Drive
How to add a Hard Drive in Linux?
A1
6 7/10 1. Backing Up Systems
2. Shell Scripting
1, 2 Shell Script
Shell Script Tutorial
Linux Shell Scripting Lab1
7 14/10 Lab2: Package and Filesystem Managements pdf Linux Internals:
Chapters 2, 3 & 4
Intro. to Backups
Intro. to RAID
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8 21/10 1. System Management
2. Unix Networking
1, 2 Sys_Admin: Chapters 6 & 7
Linux Internals: Chapters 6 & 8
Understanding the Linux Boot Process
Working with Linux Runlevels
CronTabs, Cron Jobs, Task Schedulers
A2
9 28/10 Lab3: Linux Networking Configurations pdf Net-Admin Linux Syslog - Part 1
Linux Syslog - Part 2
Lab2
10 04/11 1. Mid-Term Exam (One and half hours)
2. Intranet and Internet Services
1, 2 Net-Admin The Linux Kernel: 1, 2, 3 -
11 11/11 1. DNS and BIND
2. Email and Sendmail
1, 2 Net-Admin Network Troubleshooting Tools
Network Troubleshooting Methodologies
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12 18/11 Lab4: DNS, NFS and LAMP pdf Elective DHCP Server
Proxy Server
Lab3
13 25/11 Project Presentation - Elective An Overview of DNS
DNS Records
How your email server works?
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14 02/12 - - - - Lab4
Project report

Last Updated: 19 Aug. 2014
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