Network and System Administration (CSC486) — Notes, Syllabus & Past Questions

Managing enterprise server environments and network services.

Elective Course8 Chapters
Chapter 1Past Questions

Networking Overview

Overview of Reference Model (OSI, TCP/IP); Overview of IPv4 and IPv6 addressing; Windows and Linux Networking Basics; Switching and Routing basics; Overview of SDN and OpenFlow.

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Chapter 2Past Questions

Server Administration Basics

Open Source Server and Client Installation, Linux installation, disk partitioning, logical volume manager, Boot Process and Startup Services: Xinetd/Inetd.

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Chapter 3Past Questions

Network Configuration Basics

Network Interface Configuration, Diagnosing Network startup issues, Linux and Windows Firewall configuration, Network troubleshooting commands, Introduction to network programming with Mininet.

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Chapter 4Past Questions

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

DHCP Principle; DHCP Options, Scope, Reservation and Relaying; DHCP Troubleshooting.

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Chapter 5Past Questions

Name Server and Configuration

DNS principles and Operations, Basic Name Server and Client Configuration, Caching Only name server, Primary and Slave Name Server, DNS Zone Transfers, DNS Dynamic Updates, DNS Delegation.

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Chapter 6Past Questions

Web and Proxy Server Configuration

HTTP Server Configuration Basics; Virtual Hosting; HTTP Caching; Proxy Caching Server Configuration; Proxy ACL; Proxy-Authentication Mechanisms; Troubleshooting.

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Chapter 7Past Questions

FTP, File, and Print Server

General Samba Configuration; CUPS configuration basics; FTP Principles; Anonymous FTP Server; Troubleshooting.

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Chapter 8Past Questions

Mail Server basics

SMTP, POP and IMAP principles; SMTP Relaying Principles; Mail Domain Administration; Basic Mail Server Configuration (Sendmail, postfix, qmail, exim; ); SPAM control and Filtering; Troubleshooting.

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