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Systems and Network Administration - ZEIT8137

Faculty: UNSW Canberra at ADFA

School: School of Engineering & Information Technology @ UNSW Canberra at ADFA

Course Outline: ZEIT8137 Course Outline

Campus: UNSW Canberra at ADFA

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Restricted to students enrolled in Graduate Diploma or Masters programs.

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course will cover systems administration in depth. While there are numerous brands of systems in use today, the fundamental architecture remains constant. As such, the practical elements of this course will be based on a single operating system, Linux. Hence some working knowledge in Linux will be helpful. This course will introduce you to the skills, methodologies and activities required to administer a computer system which consists of various hardware, software and users within an organisational infrastructure. In particular, students will be introduced to user, device and file system administration, computer and network security, system monitoring, administrative support tools, network, server and client administration.

Please Note

The additional information below reflects the most recent offering and may be subject to change.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, you should be able to:
1. Perform routine administration tasks of server and
client systems.
2. Investigate and troubleshoot systems problems.
3. Engage in independent and reflective learning,
leading to discovering creative and efficient way to
administer systems.

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Disctance

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