BIT · Semester VIII
Network and System Administration syllabus
Official TU syllabus for Network and System Administration (BIT451): 9 units, 55 topics. Every unit links to its notes and solved questions.
1
Linux Server Fundamentals and Administration
2 Q- Linux server features and characteristics
- Linux server installation process
- Online server upgrade procedures
- User and group management
- Privilege management and permissions
- Linux administration commands
2
Job Scheduling and Service Management
3 Q- Cron and Crontab job scheduling
- Anacron scheduling and purposes
- Difference between Cron and Anacron
- Xinetd and Inetd services
- Service management and configuration
3
TCP/IP Protocol Suite and IP Addressing
5 Q- TCP/IP protocol layers and functionalities
- IPv4 addressing and principles
- IPv6 addressing and differences from IPv4
- Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
- Variable Length Subnet Masking (VLSM)
- CIDR and VLSM benefits and differences
- Multicast addressing and concepts
4
DHCP Configuration and Management
3 Q- DHCP principles and operation
- DHCP server configuration
- DHCP options and common options
- DHCP troubleshooting procedures
- DHCP lease management
5
DNS Configuration and Zone Management
4 Q- DNS principles and fundamentals
- DNS server types and functionalities
- Primary, secondary, and caching DNS servers
- DNS zone transfer concepts
- Full zone transfer (AXFR) process
- Incremental zone transfer (IXFR) process
- Zone transfer security importance
6
Web and Email Services
7 Q- Web server configuration process
- Name-based virtual hosting
- IP-based virtual hosting and advantages
- Proxy ACL configuration
- Proxy caching server configuration and benefits
- SMTP relay and operation
- SMTP, POP3, and IMAP email protocols
- FTP principles and anonymous FTP
7
Firewall and Network Security
3 Q- Firewall concepts and requirements
- Packet-level firewall operation
- Application-level firewall operation
- Firewall configuration using iptables
- Firewall configuration using firewalld
- Access Control Lists (ACL)
- SSH, HTTP, HTTPS port configuration
8
Network Monitoring and Management
4 Q- Server monitoring and management procedures
- Network troubleshooting commands
- Open source networking monitoring tools
- Bandwidth management concepts
- Network performance optimization
9
Printing and Software Defined Networking
5 Q- CUPS printing system
- CUPS configuration and setup
- SDN controller concepts and benefits
- SDN architecture and components
- SDN controller and data plane communication
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