Course
Syllabus
Network Operating
Systems II
Class Name, Number
Network Operating Systems II, IT-3153, 2429
Instructor Name, Phone Number, E-Mail and Office Number
Cliff Layton, 918-343-7665,
Layton@rsu.edu, (Office)
HH 253, Office Hours: MT, 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM in HH 253 or the RSU
Business and Technology Advising Center; T, 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM in HH 253; W,
8:00 to 10:30 AM in HH 253; R, 7:30 AM
to 10:30 AM in HH 253.
Course
Prerequisite
Network Operating Systems I
Course Description
This course is a continuation of Network Operating Systems I,
extending local operating systems
concepts such as Active Directory to
organization or enterprise network operating systems scope,
and stressing consideration of network
operating systems services such as DNS, DHCP, web services,
and printing services for enterprise
use.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 will be
extensively focused in the course, but Fedora (Linux) server
will also be considered at some length.
Required Text(s) and
Materials
The Complete Guide
to iWindows Server 2008, by John Savill,
Addison Wesley, 2008, ISBN 0-321-50272-8
Fedora Unleashed 2008 Edition, Hudson
and Hudson, Sams, 2008, ISBN 0-672-32977-8
Special Hardware and Software Required in the Course
It is assumed in this
course (and in most other online RSU networking courses in your future) that
you will have access to VMWare Workstation 7 (or
later) for Windows, on your usual Internet workstation which has Windows XP Pro
(or beyond) as a host operating system.
In Network Operating
Systems II, this will require that your usual workstation have at least 2 GB of
memory (approximately) and at least 24 GB of hard disk space (approximately)
over and above what is needed for your usual Internet workstation
functioning. Other online RSU networking
courses, in your future, may require slightly more or less memory and disk
space.
A free copy of VMWare Workstation 7 is available for course use if
requested from me, either on an RSU Networking Lab computer or for use on your
own computer. Use of an RSU Networking
Lab will only be possible if your schedule and mine can be appropriately
arranged so that I can supervise such use.
LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PREFERABLY BEFORE THE COURSE STARTS, IF
YOU NEED FOR ME TO MAKE A COPY OF VMWare WORKSTATION
AVAILABLE TO YOU; THIS WILL REQUIRE THAT I SET UP A DOWNLOAD POSSIBILITY FOR
YOU FROM A WEB SITE (WHICH WILL TAKE TIME).
Please see the Web
site indicated below, or a paper copy of a VMWare
Workstation 7 manual, or other VMWare information
sources, for more exact details on specification per the workstation you should
plan to use in this course (or other courses).
VMWare Workstation Manual information is
available at the below.
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/ws7_manual.pdf
NOTE 1: If your schedule and mine can be arranged so
that you can appropriately come to the RSU Claremore Campus, it may be possible
for you to use RSU Claremore hardware and software in doing the course.
NOTE 2: Copies of Windows XP Pro (or other MS
operating systems) and Windows Server 2008 can be loaned to you by RSU for
course purposes, based on you completing the form at the below and sending the
completed form to me. (The Linux distribution to be used in the course comes
free of charge with your Fedora text book.)
http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~clayton/ns/msdnaaform.html
NOTE 3: In doing course assignments, you will be
required to verify some course work done on your computer by taking screen
shots. One (free) software tool that is
recommended for this is MWSnap, available at the
below.
http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
Other screen
recording tools may also be used in the course, as the course progresses.
Course Objective(s)
1. You will exercise
network operating systems concepts, and Windows 2008
architecture concepts.
2. You will install
Windows 2008 server on networking hardware, under VMWare
Workstation.
3. You will exercise
Windows 2008 domains and Active Directory, including implementation and
management on lab networking hardware.
4. You will explore
and exercise the Windows 2008 Registry.
5. You will consider,
install and configure a
6. You will consider and explore Windows 2008 Server DHCP.
7. You will consider
and exercise Windows 2008 printing.
8. You will consider
and exercise Windows 2008 Domain Name Service.
9. You will consider
and exercise Internet Information Server (web services).
10. You will
consider, install (under VMWare Workstation), and
exercise services similar to those mentioned
above, with respect to the Fedora (Linux) server network operating system,
including mail, FTP, Apache
web server, and possibly Samba.
Teaching Methods
(Student-Instructor Interaction)
The primary modes of
Teacher/Student interaction in the course will be face-to-face, e-mail
and e-file transfer; possibly
supplemented by threaded discussion.
In addition to possible
face-to-face communication, you should communicate with me, and send files to
me
through e-mail and e-mail attachment or DropBoxes, regarding your questions, assignments, etc. I
will
communicate with you similarly.
Screen grabbing of assignment related screen may be required.
Multiple files should be
sent in one attachment, where appropriate, by zipping the files together prior
to sending the result; and I may send
several files to you zipped together, with unzipping required at
your location.
Threaded discussion topics, appropriate to several of those
involved in the course at one time, may
be posted and added to a threaded
discussion area, which should be checked frequently (if used).
Excepting holidays,
sometimes weekends, and cases in which I am on trips away from e-mail, I will
respond to e-mail and e-file-transfers
daily. I hope you will do likewise.
Other forms of
Teacher/Student interaction such as phone, FAX, online-conferencing, etc. may
also be
used in the course.
Evaluation Techniques
Evaluation will be based on totaling scoring of a portfolio of
weekly projects, and on PROCTORED
Mid-Term and Final Exams. This is detailed in the General Topic
Outline and Agenda.
MISSED EXAMS:
Missed exams may only be
made up with the permission and timing of the instructor.
Grading System
The
course grading system is keyed to the Evaluation Techniques indicated above and on the
General Topic Outline and Agenda below,
according to the following scale.
90% -- 100% A
78% -- 89% B
64% -- 77% C
50% -- 63% D
0% -- 49% F
Attendance Policies
This course is an online course in which attendance corresponds to
contact between student and
instructor at least twice per week. Attendance and late arrivals are
not directly factored into grading
in the course, but it is highly likely that students in the course not
having contact with the instructor
at least twice per week will generally do well in the course. Also,
students MUST participate in
Threaded Discussions within the weeks in which they are assigned, in
order to receive credit for the
assignments, unless exceptions are negotiated.
Late Assignments and
Make-up Work Policy
An assignment must be turned in within the week in which it is due
in order to count, subject to
student/professor negotiation on very rare occasions. The end of
a week is considered to be Monday
immediately following the week at 11 PM of that.
General Topic Outline and
Agenda
For a Summer
course, please map the work in weeks 1 and 2 (below) to week 1 (in Summer), the
work in
weeks 3 and 4 to week 2, etc., so that
the course will become an 8-week course in Summer with the coverage
indicated below.
|
Week |
|
Chapters or Other Info.
to be Studied |
Assignment or Test Due
at Week End |
|
Worth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Chapter 1, Savill |
Assignment 1
(Summarize Chapt. 1, and Install VMWare Workstation) |
|
5% |
|
2 |
|
Chapters 3, Savill |
Assignment 2
(Windows 2008 Server , Active Directory (and DNS) Installation Under VMWare) |
|
5% |
|
3 |
|
RSU Online
Lecture |
Assignment 3
(Win. XP Pro Install, and Client-Server Interoperation Under VMWare) |
|
5% |
|
4 |
|
Chapter
17, Savill, p. 1185-92 |
Assignment 4
(Win. Server 2008 Registry) |
|
5% |
|
5 |
|
Chapter 6, Savill |
Assignment 5 (TCP/IP) |
|
5% |
|
6 |
|
Chapter 24, Savill |
Assignment 6
(FTP Install and Use) |
|
5% |
|
7 |
|
Chapter 24, Savill |
Assignment 7 (IIS
Install and Use) |
|
5% |
|
8 |
|
Chapter 7, Savill |
Assignment 8 (DHCP Install and
Use) |
|
5% |
|
|
|
Work Covered in First
Eight Wks |
Mid-Term Exam |
|
10% |
|
9 |
|
Chapt. 21, Savill |
Assignment 9 (Group
Policies) |
|
5% |
|
10 |
|
Chapter 3, Fedora |
Assignment 10 (Linux
Install and Use) |
|
5% |
|
11 |
|
Chapter 36, Fedora |
Assignment 11 (Common
Linux Command Line Commands) |
|
5% |
|
12 |
|
Chapter 15, Fedora |
Assignment 12 (Bourne
Again Shell Scripting) |
|
5% |
|
13 |
|
??????? |
Assignment 13 (Linux
Services) |
|
5% |
|
14 |
|
Chapter 21, Fedora |
Assignment 14 (Apache
Web Server and Linux DNS) |
|
5% |
|
15 |
|
Chapter 23, Fedora |
Assignment 15
(Introduction to Samba) |
|
5% |
|
16 |
|
Review and Final |
Comprehensive Final |
|
15% |
The end of a week (unit)
will be considered to be Monday t midnight at the end of the week.
Academic Misconduct
Students are expected to follow
university policies as put forth in the institution’s Student Code of
Responsibilities and Conduct. In accordance with Title 12 of The
Student Code (page 11), instances
of alleged academic misconduct will follow the policies and procedures
as described in Title 12. As a
general rule, Faculty at
Therefore, if academic misconduct is suspected, I will submit a letter
of alleged academic misconduct
to the Office of Student Affairs.
Non-academic
Misconduct
In order to maintain an effective learning
environment, students are expected to fully comply with
The Student Code. Disruptive
behavior will not be tolerated. It is the responsibility of each student
to read and become familiar with the
policies of The Student Code.
Rogers State University is committed to providing students with disabilities equal access to educational programs and services. Any student who has a disability that he or she believes will require some form of academic accommodation must inform the professor of such need during or immediately following the first class attended. Before any educational accommodation can be provided, it is the responsibility of each student to prove eligibility for assistance by registering for services through Student Affairs.
Students needing more information about Student Disability Services should contact the Director of Student Development in the Office of Student Affairs at Rogers State University, 1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd., Claremore, OK 74017 (918) 343-7707.
Assessment
In
the normal course of activities student input will be gathered concerning many
aspects of the class. Student perception, performance and satisfaction
may be solicited, systematically gathered and studied to improvement of the
class and our programs. These assessments will be in the context of the
learning objectives of the class as well as the mission of the Department, the
School and the University.
Copyright Statement
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are provided for the educational purposes of students enrolled in Network
Operating Systems I at
Closure
The schedule and procedures in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances.