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FIT3149

Faculty of Information Technology

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Information Technology

Offered

Caulfield

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit will provide students with fundamentals and theoretical foundations of Network Administration. In addition, students will acquire practical skills needed to plan, install, configure and manage networks through laboratory activities and projects.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. describe the role of a network administrator;
  2. configure and manage common network infrastructure protocols, including DHCP, DNS, LDAP, SMTP, HTTP and others;
  3. explain standards relevant to network management systems, including ASN.1, SNMP, SMI/MIB, RMON, DMTF/DMI, and others;
  4. describe standards-based models and practices in fault, configuration, accounting, performance and security management of networks;
  5. evaluate a range of hardware and software tools for network administration;
  6. install, configure and manage a typical network application services.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 40%; In-semester assessment: 60%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • Two hours of lectures
  • One 2-hour tutorial

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.

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Chief examiner(s)

Prerequisites

One of CPE1007, CPE2002, CSE2318, CSE3318, FIT1005, FIT2008 or equivalent.

Prohibitions

CPE2009, CPE3012, CPE5013, CSE3153, FIT2018, FIT5034

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