Welcome to
CIS 527

Enterprise Systems Administration

Instructor: Russell Feldhausen

• Office: 212 Nichols Hall
• Email: russfeld AT ksu DOT edu
• Office Phone: (785) 532-7929
• Mobile Phone: (785) 292-3121 (Google Voice)
• Office Hours: MW 10:00 - 11:00 am

Technical Advisor:

• Seth Galitzer - sgsax AT ksu DOT edu

Teaching Assistant:

• Vijay Chakravaram -
  chakravaram AT ksu DOT edu

Icebreaker Activity:

1. Find a partner
2. Learn a little about your partner (name, hometown, interests, hobbies, etc.)
3. Be prepared to introduce your partner to the class
4. Come up with a couple of questions to ask the instructor to learn more about him

Syllabus: Read these topics later

• Course Objectives
• Major Course Topics
• Academic Honesty
• Students with Disabilities
• Expectations for Classroom Conduct
• Campus Safety

Course Structure:

• 7-8 lab assignments (biweekly)
• 4 lectures of material per lab assignment
• Final Presentation at end of semester
• Weekly lab help sessions Friday

Grading:

• 80% Lab Assignments
  • 6-7 labs graded (drop lowest score)
  • Each lab is ~12-14% of total
  • Half of your lowest lab score will be extra credit if you complete all labs
  • Some extra credit may be available (Open House)
• 20% Final Presentation

Letter Grades:

• 90% - 100% - A
• 80% - 89.99% - B
• 70% - 79.99% - C
• 60% - 69.99% - D
• 00% - 59.99% - F

My philosophy: do your work completely, turn it in on time, and you should have no issues getting a 'B'.

Late work: 5% of the possible points will be deducted for each day it is late.
Make arrangements with the instructor if extenuating circumstances arise.

(He really is a nice guy and will help you out if needed!)

Recommended Textbooks: Purchase a subscription to Safari Books Online. It should cost around $20 per month ($100 for the semester). We will use lots of material from that site.

Recommended Reading:
“The Practice of System and Network Administration” by Thomas Limoncelli, Christina Hogan and Strata Chalup. ISBN 0321492668

Not available on Safari, but a good read for students interested in the field as a career.

Subject to Change
This is the 2nd semester of this class
Things may change quickly

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Lab 1 - Secure Workstations

• OS Installation & Configuration
• User Management & Permissions
• Services & Software
• Security

CIS 225 Review

Lab 2 - Configuration Management

• Configuration Management
• Puppet 1 - Users
• Puppet 2 - Software
• Puppet 3 - Security

Lab 1 redone using Puppet

Lab 3 - Core Networking Services

• Networking Overview
• DHCP & DNS
• SNMP & More
• Network Monitoring

CIS 525 Material with Sysadmin Twist

Lab 4 - Directory Services & SSO

• Directory Services Overview
• Windows Domains
• Linux Networking
• Interoperability - Samba

Single Sign-on Infrastructures

Lab 5 - File Servers & Sharing

• File Systems Overview
• Network File Systems
• Windows & Linux Sharing
• Large Scale File Systems

Enterprise File Sharing

Lab 6 - Web & Application Servers

• Web Servers Overview
• Internet Information Services (IIS)
• Apache
• Application Servers (ASP.NET, PHP)

Backbone of Online Companies

Lab 7 - Backups & Monitoring

• Backups
• System Monitoring
• Leftovers

99.99% Uptime

Final Presentation

• Demonstrate your Knowledge of Enterprise System Administration
• Communicate Technical Information
• Perform Independent Study & Research
• Details TBA Later in Semester