Network and System Administration (EE4301 Semester A 2011/2012)
Preliminary Schedule
Put First Things First. ~ S. R. Covey

Week
Date Topic Notes Reading Related Video Submission
1 30/8 Course Overview
pdf Linux Fundamentals
Sys_Admin: Chapter 1
The Code Linux
Freedom & Licenses
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2 6/9 1. Basic Unix Commands
2. Unix Account Administration
1, 2 Unix Tutorial
VI Tutorial (1)
VI Tutorial (2)
Project Selection
3 13/9 Day following the Mid Autumn Festival Holiday - Sys_Admin: Chapter 5 - Project Proposal
4 20/9 Lab1: Red Hat Linux Fedora Core 11 Installation Lab1 Sys_Admin: Chapter 2 Installing Ubuntu Linux A1
5 27/9 Shell Scripting pdf Shell Script
Shell Script Tutorial
Linux Shell Scripting -
6 4/10 1. Storage
2. Backups
1, 2 Sys_Admin: Chapter 3
Sys_Admin: Chapter 4
How to add a Hard Drive in Linux?
Intro. to RAID
Lab1
7 11/10 Lab2: Filesystems and Backups Lab2 Linux Internals:
Chapters 2, 3 & 4
Linux Backup with TAR -
8 18/10 1. Process Control, Cron and Syslog
2. Booting Up and Shutting Down
1, 2 Linux Internals: Chapters 6 & 8 - A2
9 25/10 1. Mid-Term Exam (One and half hours)
2. The Kernel and Drivers
1, 2 Net-Admin The Linux Kernel: 1, 2, 3 -
10 1/11 Lab3: Linux Networking Configurations Lab3 Net-Admin - Lab2
11 8/11 1. Unix Networking
2. BIND and Sendmail
1, 2, 3 Elective - -
12 15/11 Lab4: BIND and Sendmail Lab4 Elective - Lab3
13 22/11 Project Presentation - - - -
14 29/11 - - - - Lab4
Project report

Last Updated: 22 Aug. 2011
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