Server
Administration
THOMAS
COLLEGE
CM 117
Winter
Semester 2000
Instructor: Prof. Judy
Hansen-Childers
Office: Room 110
Office
Phone: 859-1335
Office
Hours:
Monday
9:00 to 11:00
Tues 2:00
PM to 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 to 11:00
Other
times by appointment
Home
Phone: 582-7632
E-Mail: hansenj@thomas.edu
or jhcski@aol.com
Snow
Phone / Cancellation Line: 859-1140
Class Schedule:
Tuesdays and Thursdays - From 9:20 AM until 10:35
AM in Room 122.
Texts:
Windows NT Server 4.0 for Dummies by Ed Tittel (IDG)
Windows NT Server Lab Manual by Gerard Morris (Scott/Jones, Inc.)
How Networks Work by Freed and Defler (QUE)
Required Materials:
Appropriate hardware resources
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Prerequisites: Computer Management major or Sophomore
standing
This course presents foundation knowledge of
networked systems. It teaches students
how to configure network servers and how to administer their use. Security and resource sharing are major
topics in this course. The students
study how to administer network accounts as well as how to manage users and
networked work groups. The allocation
of hardware and software resources is discussed. The issues of budgetary planning for maintenance and upgrades are
also included in this course. In
addition to maintenance, students study how to troubleshoot server and network
problems and how to optimize server configurations.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Students will be expected to complete
assigned readings, lab projects and written assignments by their due dates. A short quiz will be administered each
Tuesday and will cover the concepts discussed the prior week.
GRADING SYSTEM:
A (94 - 100) A- (90 - 93) B+ (87
- 89) B (83 - 86) B- (80 - 82)
C+ (77 - 79) C (73 - 76) C- (70 - 72) D+ (67 -
69) D (63 - 66)
D- (60 - 62) F (below 60)
GRADING:
Attendance and Class
Participation
... 10%
Lab Manual
.
30%
Weekly Quizzes
..
40%
Written Assignments
..
20%
ATTENDANCE:
Students
are expected to attend all class sessions and to be prepared to either discuss
the assigned readings or engage in class projects. If a student must miss a class
session, it is the students responsibility to arrange other ways of obtaining
the information covered in class. Please notify the instructor in advance
if you have to miss a class. Students with excessive absences may not receive a
passing grade.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:
Students who plagiarize
papers and projects or cheat on exams will receive zeros for the work in
question.
SYLLABUS
ALERT!! This is a dynamic document. Since this is a rapidly changing field, I
often run across something interesting during the course and add it on. J
Important Links
SCHEDULE
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DATE |
TOPICS |
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1/11, 1/13 |
Course
Introduction; Introduction to Network Basics |
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1/18, 1/20 |
Intermediate
Networking |
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(Tittel 1 4) |
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1/25, 1/27 |
Advanced
Networking |
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(Tittel 5 7) |
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2/1, 2/3 |
Introduction
to NT Server; NT Server Installation |
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(Tittel
9) (Morris B.1, CH. 1) |
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2/8, 2/10 |
Managing
Users and Users Accounts - I |
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(Tittel
14) (Morris 2, 3, 4) |
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2/22, 2/24 |
Managing
Users and User Accounts - II |
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2/29, 3/2 |
Domains
and Trusts I |
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(Tittel
13) (Morris 5 and 9) |
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3/7, 3/9 |
Domains
and Trusts - II |
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3/14, 3/16 |
Shares
and Permissions I |
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(Tittel
15) (Morris 6 and 7) |
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3/21, 3/23 |
Shares and Permissions - II |
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4/4, 4/6 |
Administering
Printing in Windows NT; Configuring
NT - I |
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(Tittel
11) (Morris 8); (Morris 10 13) |
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4/11, 4/13 |
Configuring
NT II; TCP/IP |
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(Tittel
12) (Morris 16) |
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4/18, 4/20 |
Backup
and Security |
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(Tittel
16 17) |
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4/25, 4/27 |
Troubleshooting |
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(Tittel
18 23) (Morris 18) |
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5/2, Final |
Windows
2000 |
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This syllabus may be
changed at the discretion of the instructor
Last
Updated: January 6, 2000
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