COT3153

Network administration

S Giles

6 points
* 4 hours per week
* First, second semester
* Caulfield

Objectives This course will develop student knowledge of the techniques and systems for network administration. At the end of the subject, the students should have an understanding of the role of a network administrator; have been introduced to a range of hardware and software tools for network administration; have developed an application that demonstrates the concepts of either SNMP or DMI.

Synopsis The subject will provide students with fundamentals and theoretical foundations of network administration. Specific topics include local, metropolitan and wide area networks - protocols and capabilities, IPX, TCP/IP, CSMA/CD, token-passing, frame relay, ATM, etc.; the network administrator - function and responsibilities; network issues - planning, implementation, fault diagnosis and recovery; management - standards for management, SNMP, DMI, remote management in-band and out-of-band

Assessment Research paper: 20%
* practical work: 30%
* examination: 50%

Recommended texts

Hunt C TCP/IP Network administration O'Reilly and Associates, 1992
Stallings W SNMP, SNMPV2, and CMIP: The practical guide to network-management standards Addison-Wesley, 1993
Stallings W Data and computer communications 5th edn, Prentice-Hall, 1997