Course Title: Install and manage a server
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2015
Course Code: COSC6090C
Course Title: Install and manage a server
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4299 - Certificate IV in Information Technology Networking
Course Contact: Geoff Moss
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4852
Course Contact Email: geoff.moss@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
George Yousif
george.yousif@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 40
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Nil
Course Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to install and manage a server. Server management includes initial configuration and testing as well as ongoing administration and troubleshooting.
Topics include
• Installing a window 2008 domain controller and windows 7 client
• Windows domain: Group policy, Organisational units, groups, GPO
• Associate a group with a login script
• Managing users in the domain
• Windows file server – includes testing for different file permissions and different groups
• Windows domain controller configuration and management. Setting up a DHCP server, setting and testings reverse DNS. Adding a PC to the domain and testing.
• Implementing group policy, Group policy modelling
• Windows Access Control Lists (ACL’s) and the Windows effective permissions inspector
• Printing
• Introduction to memory, processes and threads. Tools to view these in both Linux and Windows environments
• Linux server installation and services.
• Updating Windows and Linux servers
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
ICANWK401A Install and manage a server |
Element: |
1. Prepare to install a server |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Prepare for work, according to site specific safety requirements and enterprise workplace health and safety (WHS) processes and procedures |
Element: |
2. Install Server as required by the specification |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Create disk partitioning scheme |
Element: |
3. Configure and administer the server |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Configure network directory service |
Element: |
4. Monitor and test the server |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Test server for benchmarking against client specification and requirements according to test plan, and record outcomes |
Element: |
5. Complete documentation and clean up work site |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Make and document server configuration and operational changes |
Learning Outcomes
Develope skills to manage servers. Areas include server testing, configuration, profiling, monitoring and troubleshooting.
Details of Learning Activities
A range of learning activities are planned for this course including self-paced and collaborative classroom based activities.
The collaborative classroom based activities will include theory sessions, practical lab sessions, tutorial sessions, and out-of-class research and homework.
We expect you to participate and contribute in all scheduled learning activities.
Teaching Schedule
Semester 1
Week Commencing Topics
Week Number | Date Commencing | Topic | Assessment |
9 | 7-Sep | Introduction to Windows Server Installing Windows Server |
Practical Assessment 1 (Due 21/9/15) |
10 | 14-Sep | Active Directory Windows domain users and groups |
Practical Assessment 1 |
11 | 21-Sep | Active Directory Windows domain users and groups |
Practical Assessment 2 (Due 6/11/15) |
12 | 28-Sep | DHCP | Practical Assessment 2 |
13 | 5-Oct | DNS Reverse DNS |
Practical Assessment 2 |
14 | 12-Oct | Windows Group Policy | Practical Assessment 2 |
15 | 19-Oct | Windows Group Policy | Practical Assessment 2 |
16 | 26-Oct | Windows Group Policy | Practical Assessment 2 |
17 | 2-Nov | Practical Assessment 2 | |
18 | 9-Nov |
Semester 2
Week Commencing Topics
Week Number | Date Commencing | Topic | Assessment |
1 | 8-Feb | Revision | |
2 | 15-Feb | PowerShell Scripting | Practical Assessment 3 (Due 11/3/16) |
3 | 22-Feb | PowerShell Scripting | Practical Assessment 3 |
4 | 29-Feb | Practical Assessment 3 | |
5 | 7-Mar | Practical Assessment 3 | |
6 | 14-Mar | Print Services | Practical Assessment 4 (Due 8/4/16) |
7 | 21-Mar | Print Services | Practical Assessment 4 |
28-Mar | Mid semester break | ||
8 | 4-Apr | Practical Assessment 4 | |
9 | 11-Apr | Backup and Recovery | Practical Assessment 5 (Due 13/5/16) |
10 | 18-Apr | Backup and Recovery | Practical Assessment 5 |
11 | 25-Apr | Backup and Recovery | Practical Assessment 5 |
12 | 2-May | Practical Assessment 5 | |
13 | 9-May | Practical Assessment 5 | |
14 | 16-May | Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting | Practical Assessment 6 (Due 10/6/16) |
15 | 23-May | Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting | Practical Assessment 6 |
16 | 30-May | Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting | Practical Assessment 6 |
17 | 6-Jun | Practical Assessment 6 | |
18 | 13-Jun |
The schedule may be subject to change.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
www.rmit.edu.au/teaching/technology/blackboard
Overview of Assessment
Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of competency to be deemed competent. Skill based assessment.
A range of assessment methods are used to assess practical skills and knowledge, for example
• direct questioning combined with a review of portfolios of evidence
• review of authenticated documents from the workplace or training environment
• demonstration of techniques
Assessment Tasks
Practical Assessment 1
Practical Assessment 2
Practical Assessment 3
Practical Assessment 4
Practical Assessment 5
Practical Assessment 6
All of the practical tasks form the portfolio of evidence.
All practical tasks will involve being assessed by observation and questioning.
Some practical tasks may involve a written technical report.
To be considered competent in this course, you need to achieve competency in all the practicals with opportunities for resubmission as required
Assessment Matrix
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