BCIS 4680 -- DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS and DATA COMMUNICATIONS
Mr. Cengiz Capan -- Spring 2007
Office :
BA 171, College of Business Administration building
Office Hours: Tu &Th 8:00 am 9:00 am, 11:00 am 1:00 pm, or by appointment/drop-in
Telephone: 940-565-4660
Web Page: http://www.coba.unt.edu/bcis/faculty/capan/capan.htm
E-Mail: Capan@unt.edu
Course
Objectives
1. Develop an understanding of the data communications
industry, its players, and the skills necessary to successfully participate in
this industry.
2. Develop an understanding of how to
combine the fundamental concepts of data communications and networking with
particular applications. While
technology and applications change rapidly, the fundamental concepts evolve
much more slowly. This course provides
the foundation from which new data communications and networking technologies
and applications can be compared, understood, and evaluated.
3.
Develop
an understanding of logical network analysis and design with a hands on team
project creating a logical design of a company network.
4.
Develop
an understanding of Local Area Network (LAN) hardware and software
configurations via a hands on team project configuring the file server hardware
and installing the network operating system.
5.
Develop
an understanding of a network administrators responsibilities via a hands on
team project installing a company network from the previously designed logical
network (users, groups, applications, and data).
6.
Develop
an understanding of Wide Area Networking (WAN) and its relationship to the
telecommunications industry and its services.
7.
Develop
an understanding of principles of Wide Area Networking such as switching and
transmission architectures and exploring the emerging WAN services and
technologies such as ISDN, frame relay, NONET, SMDS, and ATM.
8.
Develop
an understanding of enterprise networks and client-server architectures.
9.
Develop
a dynamic thinking process to be able to operate as information architects in
an often confusing and changing industry.
Required Text
Jerry FitzGerald
and Allan Dennis, Business Data Communications and Networking (BDC) ninth edition,
Wiley, 2007.
Ted Simpson, Hands-On
Novell Enterprise Server for Netware and Linux (HNN), Course Technology, 2007.
Course
Content
Please see the attached course
outline.
Student
Evaluation
ACTIVITY
PERCENT
1.
Test 1
25
2.
Test 2
30
3.
Test 3
25
4.
Assignments
Company Network Logical Design (LD)... 10
Server and Workstation Installation............ 10
TOTAL
.
100
Software to be Used in this Class
Novel NetWare 6.1, ConsoleOne,
eDirectory LDAP, and Windows XP
Course
Policy:
1. Assignments are due by the beginning of
class on the due date. Late assignments will not be accepted and
a grade of zero will be assigned for the missing work. Incomplete or incorrect
assignments will be heavily penalized.
2.
The
grade of "I" is not given except for appropriately documented
emergencies (illness or death) and then only within the guidelines of stated
University policy.
3. Students will adhere to the highest
professional and ethical standards. Those caught cheating are penalized to the
maximum allowed by University policy, which includes a final course grade of
"F" and referral to the Dean of Students for disciplinary action.
Cheating
includes collaboration on any outside assignments, which might be made on an
individual basis for a grade, including regular homework assignments and the
preparation of projects for submission. It also includes plagiarism,
unauthorized preparation of notes for use on examinations, use of such notes
during an examination, looking at another student's examination answers,
allowing another student to look at your own examination answers, or the
requesting or passing of information during an examination.
This
policy is intended to protect the honest student from unfair competition with
unscrupulous individuals who might attempt to gain an advantage through
cheating. Students who become aware of suspicious activities on the part of
others are asked to promptly notify the professor so that immediate corrective
action can be taken.
4.
It is the student's responsibility to satisfy
all requirements of this course as specified in the course outline, by the
instructors, in the University catalogues, and by the academic calendar. This
outline and the academic calendar are published to allow students to schedule
their activities in advance. Hence, ignorance of class or university
requirements will not be acceptable. Check the academic calendar for drop
dates.
5. The
DATE TOPIC
1/16 THE NEW WORLD and THE GROWING
IMPORTANCE OF DATA COMMUNICATIONS
Real
Time-the collapse of time and space; the changing technology infrastructures
Assignment: http://www.learnTCPIP.com
Learn these
modules available at this site:
How the OSI Model Works.com
The
LearntoSubnet.com Lecture Series (Binary Math, IP Addressing, Default Subnet
Masks, The Address Resolution Protocol, Subnetting and Creating Custom Subnet
Masks)
How TCP/IP (Networking) Works.com Lecture Series
(only the available modules)
1/18 INTRODUCTION TO DATA
COMMUNICATIONS -- (BDC, ch 1)
History
of data communications; data communications networks; network models-Open
Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model; network standards; future trends
1/23 &25 Binary Math, IP Addressing, Default Subnet Masks, The Address Resolution Protocol, Subnetting and Creating Custom Subnet Masks
1/30 APPLICATION LAYER -- (BDC, ch 2)
Application architectures
(host-based architectures, client-based architectures, client-server
architectures); World Wide Web (how the Web works, inside an HTTP request,
inside and HTTP response, electronic mail, inside an SMTP packet, attachments
in MIME); File Transfer Protocol (FTP); Telnet: instant messaging;
videoconferencing
2/1 & 6 NETWORK
AND TRANSPORT LAYERS -- (BDC, ch 5)
Transport and network layer
protocols (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP),
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange (IPX/SPX, X.25, System
Network Architecture (SNA)); Transport Layer functions (linking to the
Application Layer, segmenting, reliable delivery); addressing (assigning
addresses, address resolution); routing (types of routing, routing protocols,
multicasting); TCP/IP examples (known addresses same subnet, known address
different subnet, unknown address, TCP connections, TCP/IP and network layers)
2/8 DATA
LINK LAYER -- (BDC, ch 4)
Media
access control (controlled access, contention, relative performance); error
control (sources of error, error prevention, error detection, error correction,
forward error correction); data link protocols (asynchronous transmission,
asynchronous file transfer protocol, synchronous transmission); transmission
efficiency
2/13 PHYSICAL LAYER -- (BDC,
ch 3)
Circuits (circuit
configuration, data flow, communication media); digital transmission of digital
data (coding, transmission modes, digital transmission, how Ethernet transmits
data); analog transmission of digital data (modulation, capacity of a voice
circuit, how modems transmit data); digital transmission of analog data
(translating from analog to digital, how telephones transmit voice data);
analog digital modems; multiplexing (frequency division multiplexing, time
division multiplexing, how DSL transmits data)
2/15 ===== TEST
ONE =====
DATE TOPIC
2/20 THE NETWORK PROJECT OVERVIEW Team Project
2/22 DESIGNING
THE NETWORK -- THE LOGICAL DESIGN
2/27 INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK
ADMINISTRATION -- (HNN, ch 1)
Introduction to network components
(network hardware components, network protocols and rules, network software
components); introduction to network operating systems (directory services,
Novell Netware, Novell SUSE Linux 10, Windows Server 2003)
3/1 & 6 INSTALLING NETWARE 6.1 AND WINDOWS XP (Handouts)
NetWare network operating system
installation; workstation NetWare client software installation; software
components; the network shell; NetWare client 32 settings; workstation
operating system installation; logging into the network; viewing NetWare
resources; verifying the installation
3/8 WORKING
WITH THE NETWARE FILE SYSTEM --
(HNN, ch 3)
NetWare file system components ( disk
partitions, storage pools, NSS volumes, directories and subdirectories);
implementing the NetWare file system (define processing needs, planning and
implementing NetWare volumes, planning and implementing the directory
structure); accessing the NetWare file system
3/13 NOVELL
eDIRECTORY SERVICES -- (HNN, ch 4)
Overview of Directory Services (X.500
directory standard, the LDAP directory standard); eDirectory architecture,
identifying eDirectory components (the root object, container objects, leaf
objects, object naming); planning eDirectory tree structure (creating
eDirectory objects, implementing eDirectory replicas and partitions); working
with Novell client
3/15 CREATING AND SECURING USER AND
GROUP OBJECTS -- (HNN, ch 5)
Introduction to NetWare
management utility ConsoleOne; establishing login security (setting up user
account restrictions, implementing intruder detection limits, increase Admin
user security); creating and managing users and groups (defining and creating
groups, creating user templates, using templates to set default security rights
for new users, creating user objects from templates); updating multiple user
accounts; importing LDAP objects; deleting, renaming and moving objects
3/20 & 22 SPRING VACATION
UNIVERSITY CLOSED
3/27 SECURING THE FILE
SYSTEM -- (HNN, ch 6)
Access right security;
trustee assignments; inherited rights; planning and implementing file system
security; implementing trustee assignments; trustee assignment using Windows;
trustee assignment using NetWare Administrator; documenting trustee
assignments; file and directory attribute security
3/29 IMPLEMENTING
NETWORK PRINTING -- (HNN, ch 8)
Network printing overview; queue-based
printing - setting up queue-based printing; Novel Distributed Print Services
(NDPS) printers, printer agents, NDPS manager, brokers, gateways, clients;
defining a printing environment; setting up the printing environment; managing
network printing; creating print job configurations
4/3 CONFIGURING THE USER WORKSTATION
ENVIRONMENT -- (HNN, ch9)
Types of login scripts
container login scripts, user login scripts, default login scripts; login
script programming login script variables, writing login script commands,
profile login script; implementing login script identifying login script
requirements, writing login scripts, testing and debugging login scripts
4/5 ===== TEST TWO =====
DATE TOPIC
4/10 LOCAL AREA NETWORKS -- (BDC, ch 6)
Dedicated-Server versus Peer-to-Peer
LANs; LAN components (network interface cards, network cables, network hubs,
network operating systems); traditional Ethernet - IEEE 802.3 (topology, media
access control, types of Ethernet); Switched Ethernet (topology, media access
control, performance benefits); the best practice LAN design (effective data
rates, costs, recommendations); improving LAN performance
4/12 WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS -- (BDC, ch 7)
WLAN components (network interface
cards, access points, radio frequencies); Wi-Fi (topology, media access
control, types of Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi as public Internet access); WiMAX (topology,
media access control, types of WiMAX); Bluetooth (topologies, media access
control); the best practice WLAN design; improving WLAN performance
4/17 BACKBONE
NETWORKS -- (BDC, ch 8)
Backbone network components (switches, routers, gateways); backbone network
architectures (backbone architecture layer, routed backbone, collapsed
backbone, virtual LAN); backbone technologies (asynchronous transfer mode); the
best practice backbone design (architecture, effective data rate, conversion
between protocols); improving backbone performance (improving computer and
device performance, improving circuit capacity, reducing network demand)
4/19 METROPOLITAN AND WIDE AREA NETWORKS -- (BDC, ch 9)
Circuit-switched networks (basic
architecture, plain old telephone service, integrated services
digital network); dedicated-circuit networks (basic architecture, T-carrier
services, synchronous optical networks);
packet switched networks (basic architecture, X.25, Asynchronous
Transfer Mode (ATM), Frame Relay, Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS),
Ethernet/IP Packet networks; virtual private networks (basic architecture, VPN
types); the best practice MAN/WAN design; improving MAN/WAN performance
4/24 NETWORK SECURITY - (BDC, ch.11)
Why
network need security; types of security threats; network controls; risk
assessment (develop a control spreadsheet, identify and document the controls,
evaluate the networks security); controlling disruption, destruction and
disaster; controlling unauthorized access
4/26 NETWORK
DESIGN -- (BDC, ch 12)
The
traditional network design process; needs analysis (geographic scope,
application systems, network users, categorizing network needs, deliverables);
technology design (designing clients and servers, designing circuits and
devices, network design tools, deliverables); cost assessment (request for
proposal, selling the proposal to management, deliverables); designing the
network performance (managed networks, network circuits, network devices,
minimizing network traffic)
5/1 &3 NETWORK MANAGEMENT - (BDC, ch.13)
Organizing
the network management function (the shift to LANs and the Internet,
integrating LANs, WANs, and the Internet, integrating voice and data
communications); configuration management (configuring the network and client
computers, documenting the configuration); performance and fault management
(network monitoring, failure control function, performance and failure
statistics); end-user support (resolving problems, providing end-user
training); cost management (source of cost, reducing cost)
5/8 ===== TEST THREE =====
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN ITDS CLASSES
The ITDS Department expects its students to behave at all times in an
ethical and legal manner. There are at
least two reasons for this. First,
ethical behavior affirms the personal value and worth of the individual. Second, both IT and Decision Science
professionals frequently handle confidential information on behalf of their
employers and clients. Thus employers of
BCIS and DSCI graduates expect ethical conduct from their employees because
that behavior is crucial to the success of the organization.
Academic dishonesty is a major violation of ethical
and legal behavior. The ITDS Department
defines academic dishonesty as claiming the work of others as your own, or
using illegal or unapproved means to raise your grade in a class. Examples include: copying answers from
another persons paper; using unapproved notes during an exam; copying computer
code from another persons work; having someone else complete your assignments
or take tests on your behalf; stealing code printouts, software, or exams;
recycling assignments submitted by others in prior or current semesters as your
own; and copying the words or ideas of others from books, articles, reports,
presentations, etc. for use as your own thoughts without proper attribution
(i.e., plagiarism). It does not matter
whether you received permission from the owner of the copied work; claiming the
material as your own is still academic dishonesty.
The ITDS Department believes it is very important to
protect honest students from unfair competition with anyone trying to gain an
advantage through academic dishonesty.
Consequently, there will be in-class testing to validate all major
assignments you complete out of class. This may be accomplished by examination,
oral reports, individual interviews or any other means your professor may deem
appropriate. You must pass these
validation tests with a grade of C or better to have your out-of-class work
count in your term grade. Further, the student grade for academic dishonesty in ITDS
classes is an immediate F for the course involved and referral of the case to
the COBA Academic Advising Office.
By my signature below, I attest that I understand the above policy. I will behave ethically in this class, and
will encourage my classmates to behave ethically. I also understand that I have a moral
responsibility to report to my instructor any suspected case of academic
dishonesty in this class.
On the line above, please print your name and give your signature.
On the line above, please give your student ID number, and provide todays date.