Description
Introduces students to the fundamentals of planning, implementing, managing and troubleshooting network servers in a modern LAN environment. Topics include connectivity, security, maintenance and disaster planning/recovery. Students will install and configure windows server.
Grading Basis
Graded
Course Learning Outcomes
Core Topics
- Planning a Network Server Operating System Installation
- File Systems
- Fault-Tolerance methods
- Network Protocols
- License Management and Legal Issues
- Installation and Configuration of a Network Server Operating System
- Install and Configure Network Hardware
- Install a Server to perform various roles
- Install a Server using various methods
- Troubleshoot and resolve installation problems
- Configure Network Protocols
- Configure Network Server OS Core services
- Directory/File Replication
- Backup Services/Devices
- Configure Peripherals and Devices
- Tape Backup Devices
- SCSI Devices
- Peripheral Drivers/Devices
- Uninterruptible Power Supplies
- Configure Peripherals and Devices (Continued)
- Hard Drive Configuration
- Network Printer setup and configuration
- Client Computer Connectivity
- Setting up and configuring clients of different OS types.
- Managing Resources
- Manage User and Group Accounts
- Manage Security Policies
- Remote Server Administration
- Remote Access and Communication Services
- Configuring Remote Access Servers
- Extra Security Issues for Remote Access Servers
- Monitoring, Maintenance and Performance Optimization
- Use of System tools and utilities to monitor status and performance
- Use of maintenance utilities to perform routine maintenance
- Performance tuning
- Troubleshooting
- Diagnose and resolve boot failures
- Diagnose and resolve configuration errors
- Troubleshooting (Continued)
- Diagnose and resolve printing problems
- Diagnose and resolve connectivity problems
- Troubleshooting (Continued)
- Diagnose and resolve Resource Access and Security problems
- Disaster Recovery and Prevention