Course
Syllabus
Network Operating
Systems II
Class Name, Number
Network Operating Systems II, IT-3153, 2372
Instructor Name, Phone Number, E-Mail and Office Number
Cliff Layton, 918-343-7665, Layton@rsu.edu,
(Office) HH 253, Office Hours: 7:30 AM
to 9:30 AM, MTR;
7:30 to 10:30 AM, W, and 7:30 to 8:30 AM, F. Advising Center: 8:00 to 9:00 AM, MW.
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 2003 Server will be
extensively focused in the course, but Fedora (Linux) server
will also be considered at some length.
Required Text(s) and
Materials
Windows Server 2003,
by Mark Minasi, Sybex, 2003, ISBN 0-7821-4130-7
Red Hat Fedora 7 Unleashed, Hudson
and Hudson, Sams, 2007, ISBN 0-672-32942-5
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 6 (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 copy of VMWare
Workstation 6 is available by from the site below, and can be made available on
CD if that is for some reason necessary.
http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~clayton/nos2Spr2008/VMware-workstation-6.0.2-59824.exe
Please see the Web
site indicated below, or the a VMWare Workstation
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/support/ws5/doc/index.html
This information is
directly pertinent to Workstation 5.5, but can be appropriately used of
Workstaion 6.
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 and Windows Server
2003 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 2003
architecture concepts.
2. You will install
Windows 2003 server on networking hardware, under VMWare Workstation.
3. You will exercise
Windows 2003 domains and Active Directory, including implementation and
management on lab networking hardware.
4. You will explore
and exercise the Windows 2003 Registry.
5. You will consider,
install and configure a
6. You will consider and explore Windows 2003 Server DHCP.
7. You will consider
and exercise Windows 2003 printing.
8. You will consider
and exercise Windows 2003 Domain Name Service.
9. You will consider
and exercise Internet Information Server 6 (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, Minasi |
Assignment 1
(Summarize Chapt. 1, and Install VMWare Workstation) |
|
5% |
|
2 |
|
Chapters 5,
Minasi |
Assignment 2
(Windows 2003 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 4,
Minasi |
Assignment 4
(Win. Server 2003 Registry) |
|
5% |
|
5 |
|
Chapter 6,
Minasi |
Assignment 5 (TCP/IP) |
|
5% |
|
6 |
|
Chapter 17,
Minasi |
Assignment 6
(FTP Install and Use) |
|
5% |
|
7 |
|
Chapter 17, Minasi |
Assignment 7 (IIS
Install and Use) |
|
5% |
|
8 |
|
Chapter 7, Minasi |
Assignment 8 (DHCP Install and
Use) |
|
5% |
|
|
|
Work Covered in First
Eight Wks |
Mid-Term Exam |
|
10% |
|
9 |
|
Chapt. 9, Minasi |
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.
The
Plagiarism
is the representation of the words or ideas of another as one’s own, including:
direct quotation without both attribution and indication that the material is
being directly quoted, e.g. quotation marks; paraphrase without attribution;
paraphrase with or without attribution where the wording of the original
remains substantially intact and is represented as the author’s own; expression
in one’s own words, but without attribution, of ideas, arguments, lines of
reasoning, facts, processes, or other products of the intellect where such
material is learned from the work of another and is not part of the general
fund of common knowledge.
Americans with Disabilities Act
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
office of Student Development at 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
The materials on this course website
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.