Syllabus for CSCI 546
Advanced Network Management
Prerequisites required: CSCI346 or CSCI547
Course Objectives:
This course provides laboratory environment for hands-on Network Management. This course covers advanced network management concepts and implementations including Windows NT servers, Windows NT workstations, Windows 2000 Professionals, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server management, TCP/IP administration, Active Directory administration.
Evaluation:
Midterm Exam: 30%
Final Exam: 30%
Projects: 40%
Each student is required to participate in 2 projects(group projects are recommended) and a presentation of their projects during the semester.
Course Outline: Advanced Network Management
Each section will be covered with a lecture followed by a lab.
(A) WINDOWS NT SERVER MANAGEMENT
Windows NT server installation
Introduction to domains
Installing Windows NT Server
Maintaining backward compatibility
Removing Windows NT Server
Installation issues
Using Groups to Manage Users
Overview of groups
Local groups
Global groups
Special groups
Using groups to manage resource access
Configuring the User Environment
User Manager for Domains
Profiles
Logon scripts
Configuring the Server Environment
Server management
Domain management
Replication
Establishing Trust Relationships Between Two Domains
Introduction to trust relationships
Creating the master domain model
Access across trusts
Multiple master domain model
Complete trust domain model
Group strategies across domains
Trust relationship issues
Protecting Server Data
Introduction to fault tolerance
Implementing fault tolerance
Recovering data.
Implementing TCP/IP
Introduction to Microsoft TCP/IP
Installing and configuring
Testing with the PING utility
Implementing DHCP
Browsing for Network Resources
Introduction to browsing in a wide area network (WAN)
Browsing a TCP/IP Internetwork
Interoperability with Microsoft LAN Manager
Installing Microsoft Network Client Software
Windows NT Server clients
Creating a network installation disk
Creating installation disk sets
Client-based network administration tools
Optimizing Windows NT Server for Performance
Introduction to Performance Monitor
Monitoring processor and disk activities
Monitoring server memory and network activity
Optimizing Windows NT Server
Integrating Novell NetWare with Windows NT Server
Interoperability with Novell NetWare
Gateway Service for NetWare (GSNW)
Configuring GSNW
Using NetWare resources with GSNW
For details, see the content of the course notes
Station-to-station Communication
Connecting the Network
TCP/IP Protocol Suite
IP Addresses and Subnet Masks
IP Addresses
Reserved Addresses
Obtaining Internet Addresses
Subnets
Creating Subnet Masks
Setting Default Gateway
Troubleshooting and Tuning TCP/IP on NT
TCP Utilities
System Configuration
SNMP
System Performance
Address and Name Resolution
IP Address Resolution
NetBIOS Name Resolution
Host Name Resolution
Name Resolution with WINS
Implementing WINS
Installation and Configuration
WINS Management
Automatic Configuration with DHCP
DHCP Operation
Installing and Configuration
Routing
IP Routing
Windows NT Routing
Interoperability
Heterogeneous Environments
TCP/IP Printing Support