Purbanchal University – Syllabus Elective - System Administration Program: BIT

Semester: VIII

Teaching Schedule

Examination Scheme

Hours/Week Theory

Tutorial

Practical

3

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3

Internal Assessment Theory 20

Practical 50

Final Theory 80

Total

Practical

150

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1. Network Architecture and Networking software 1.1 Mainframe Architecture 1.2 Client/server Architecture 1.2.1

Different Client/server models

1.3 File server Architecture 1.4 Upsizing 1.5 Downsizing 1.6 What does a client expect from as OS? 1.7 Analysis of client OS trends 1.7.1

Analysis of NT, UNIX clients

1.8 Analysis of server OS trends 1.8.1

Analysis of NT, UNIX clients

2. Network Transport systems, protocols, addressing and routing 2.1 Ethernet and the IEEE 802.3 standards 2.2 Protocols associated with TCP/IP 2.3 Setting protocol priority 2.4 Selecting right protocol 2.5 Internet addressing conventions and scaling issues 2.6 Classical subnetting 1

Purbanchal University – Syllabus Elective - System Administration Program: BIT

Semester: VIII

2.7 Generalized subnetting 2.8 Variable length subnet mask and supernetting 2.9 Manipulation of subnet and supernet 2.10

Open standards based IP routing protocols

3. Data Storing and fault-tolerance techniques 3.1 The structure of different file system techniques 3.2 Managing different file system in network 3.3 Disk-storage fault tolerance 3.4 Developing a disaster recovery plan 3.5 Developing a backup plan 3.6 Restoring and protecting an operating system 3.7 Directory restore and replication

4. Administrative and network operational models 4.1 Concepts of administrative models 4.2 Workgroup 4.3 Domain 4.4 Tree 4.5 Forest 4.6 Global catalog 4.7 Schema Master 4.8 Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) 5. Network monitoring and control 5.1 Network monitoring architecture 2

Purbanchal University – Syllabus Elective - System Administration Program: BIT

Semester: VIII

5.2 Auditing 5.3 Account Monitoring and control 5.4 Security control 5.5 User Environment configuration and protocol 5.6 Fault monitoring 6. Network protocols and services 6.1 Introduction to Network protocols 6.2 TCP/IP 6.3 DHCP 6.4 WINS 6.5 DNS 7. Routing and Remote Access Services 7.1 Introduction to Routing and Remote Access Services 7.2 Features of Routing and Remote Access Services 7.3 Virtual Private Networks 7.4 RRAS Tools 8. Authentication Protocols 8.1 Extensible Authentication Protocol 8.2 CHAP 8.3 SPAP 8.4 PAP 9. Network Security and essentials 9.1 Attack Services and Mechanisms 9.2 Cryptography 3

Purbanchal University – Syllabus Elective - System Administration Program: BIT

Semester: VIII

9.2.1

Conventional encryption and message confidential

9.2.2

Public-key cryptography and message authentication

9.3 Network security application 9.3.1

Kerberos , X.509

9.3.2

Pretty good privacy

9.3.3

IP Security

9.3.4

SSL, TLS, SET

9.4 System Security 9.4.1

Intruders and virus

9.4.2

Firewalls

Reference Books 1. Client/Server Architecture, Alex Berson 2. Mastering Windows Server 2003, Mark Minasi 3. Client/Server Unleashed, Neil Jankins et al 4. Data Communications and networking, Behrouz A. Forouzan

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