COURSE OUTLINE
SIT 385 System Administration – 42 Hours
Pre-requisite:
SIT 250 Database Systems
SIT 230 Computer and information Security
Purpose of the Course
The course helps candidates achieve mastery in seven fundamental fields: server architecture
(configuration and support of server components), server administrations (managing and
maintaining servers), storage (supporting storage devices), security (physical and network
security techniques), Networking (Configuring servers)
Expected Learning Outcomes of the course
At the end of the course unit, the student should be able to:
i. Install, support, and maintain servers or other computer systems
ii. Plan for and respond to service outages and other problems.
iii. Script or do light programming, project management for systems-related projects
Course Content
# Week Topic
1 Week 1 Introduction
2 Week 2 Roles of systems administrator
3 Week 3 Server room set up
4 Week 4 Server services
5 Week 5 Configuration management
6 Week 6 CAT
7 Week 7 Introduction to Cloud computing
8 Week 8 Cloud computing models
9 Week 9 User management
10 Week 10 Backup management, Security management
11 Week 11 Assignment
12 Week 12 Disaster recovery
13 Week 13 Resource management
14 Week 14 Automation management (automatic job scheduling)
Mode of Delivery
Lectures, practical and tutorial sessions in Computer Laboratory, individual and group
assignments, exercises and project work
Instructional Materials and/or Equipment
Overhead projector and computer, handouts, white boards, Textbooks, appropriate software.
Course Assessment
30% Continuous Assessment
70% End of Semester Examination.
Core Textbooks
i. Cannon, J. (2016). Linux Administration: The Linux Operating System and Command
Line Guide for Linux Administrators. Kindle Edition ASIN: B01BJ8GCPS
ii. Soyinka, W. (2015). Linux Administration: A Beginner’s Guide, 7th
Edition. McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN-10: 0071845364
iii. Nemeth, E. (2017). UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition).
Addison-Wesley Professional. ISBN-10: 0134277554
Core Journals
i. Subhadra, R. Preeti, S. Seffali, S. & Shaikh Y. (2018). Future Trends in Fiber Optics
Communication. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON CYBERNETICS & INFORMATICS:.
6(1)
ii. Soo-young, J. & Chae, L. KAIST, K. (2018). Flexible FEC and Fair Selection of Scalable
Units for High Quality VOD Streaming Service Over Wireless Networks. International
Journal Of Managing Information Technology. Issn : 0975-5586 10( 2)
iii. Michaela, B. Jaroslav, P. (2014)DSL-driven generation of Graphical User
InterfacesCentral European Journal of Computer Science 4(4).
Recommended Reference Textbooks
i. Hogan, C. (2016). The Practice of System and Network Administration. DevOps and
other Best Practices for Enterprise IT (3rd Ed) Addison-Wesley Professional; ISBN-
10: 9780321919168
ii. Chalup, R. (2014). The Practice of Cloud System Administration: DevOps and SRE
Practices for Web Services, 21st Ed. Addison-Wesley Professional. ISBN-
10: 032194318X
Recommended Referencejournals
i. Michal,K. Karol, M. Marek, K. (2014). Complex time management in databases.
Central European Journal of Computer Science. 4(4).
ii. Michaela, B. Jaroslav, P. (2014). DSL-driven generation of Graphical User
Interfaces. Central European Journal of Computer Science. 4(4)
