Computer Science 535 – Spring 2014
Network Configuration and Control Systems (Windows 2012 Server)
Section#: 3114
Professor: Aaron Weathersby weatheae@piercecollege.edu
Syllabus – Subject to change – Check Moodle for Details
Course:
Prerequisites:
Required Texts:
CS535 Network Configuration and Control Systems
CS587 Intro to Computer Networks
Book- Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Exam 70-410
Access Code- MOAC Access Code for Installing and Configuring
Windows Server 2012
A bundle containing both the access code and the book can be purchased
from the bookstore ISBN: 1-1186-5620-2 ($217.00)
USB Flash Drive
Day/Time/Location: Class: Mondays, 5:45pm-7:50pm (required attendance)
Lab: Mondays, 7:55pm-10pm (required attendance)
Instructor:
Aaron Weathersby: I am an IT professional with 13 years of experience in
active directory, networking, server support, and databases.
Important Links:
Class Website – http://moodle.piercecollege.edu
Please bookmark this. If you can’t keep track of them, how do you
expect to become a networking professional?
Contacting me:
Use my email address of weatheae@piercecollege.edu You MUST start
the subject of the email with Server or CS535 Also, you MUST include
your full name in the email message body. If your email address is
something like coolsnowboarder@aol.com and you don’t include your
name in the message, I will delete it because I won’t know who you are.
Student Outcomes:
What you learn will be assessed by a combination of online quizzes,
numerous labs, a final project, and a final exam. At the end of this course,
you will either know, or be able to do the following:
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Select, evaluate, implement, configure, and support file and print server services on
Windows Servers
Select, evaluate, implement, configure, and support Web and FTP Server services on
Windows Servers
Select, evaluate, implement, configure and support Terminal Services on Windows
Servers
THINGS YOU’LL DO IN THIS CLASS:
Brief Course Outline of Main Topics Covered In This Class:
1. Application Server Deployment
2. File Server Services
3. Print and Fax Server Services
4. IIS (Web Server) Services, including basic IIS Security and Web Applications
5. Terminal Services
6. Network Application Services
7. High Availability Options (SAN, Clustering, and Virtualization)
Student Website - Required Activity: Immediately: create an account for yourself at
http://moodle.piercecollege.edu Use a combination of your first and last name for your ID. Go to
the Pierce CS578 portion of the site and post a short bio in the Introductions forum there.
Required Activities: All Items in "Assignments, Labs, and Activities" section of Moodle
This will be posted at the Moodle site (http://moodle.piercecollege.edu) . Important note:
Unless there is a specific written exemption to this list, all items on the list are your
responsibility.
About Learning Links: Posting Links
Create a minimum of 3 posts in the Learning Links forum where you share a link to a webbased article (not just a site) dealing with servers, firewalls, or networking that is relevant to this
class. Create a one sentence description of the article.
About Learning Links: Replying to Links
Create a minimum of 3 replies where you read an article posted by fellow students and write a
brief review of the article. The review should be a minimum of 1-2 paragraphs. Here are some
examples of replies and how I grade them:
This one gets an F: Wow, great link. I learned a lot about group policy objects.
Thanks for posting it, it was really helpful.
This one gets an A: Wow, great link. I learned a lot about Group Policy
Objects. For example, policies can be created at any of the following locations;
locally on the computer itself and only applied to that computer and user; at the
domain level and applied to all computers and all users (with some exceptions); at
the Organizational Unit level and only applied to computers or users in that OU;
or finally at a Site, which would apply to all computers in IP Subnets associated
with a site. A site policy appears to be a great place to assign the policy about
which server has updates, as you can reduce WAN traffic by making this a local
server.
Policies:
1) All questions about the content of this course should be dealt with either in class, at the
student website (http://moodle.piercecollege.edu ) There is a general Discussion forum
where these can be addressed. I prefer this because a lot of times multiple students will
have the same question. Also, I prefer that students answer other student's questions
(which will help your participation score in the class). You may also see me in my office
during my posted office hours.
2) All personal issues (Let me know if you are going to miss a class, etc.) can be addressed
by sending me email at weatheae@piercecollege.edu (don’t forget to put CS535 in the
subject and your full name in the email) or contacting me in my office.
3) Late assignments: Don’t bother unless you have made previous arrangements with me
4) Grades of Incomplete (I): I almost never give them and on the rare occasions when I do,
I usually will want to see documentation on why you were unable to complete the course
5) You MUST take the final exam and deliver the final project to complete the course
6) Plagiarism, if you are not sure about what this is, ask me. First offense; A score of zero
on the assignment. Second offense: Referral to the Dean for disciplinary action. The
campus maintains a database of students who are caught engaging in plagiarism. I report
all instances to this database. Plagiarism is always subject to academic discipline.
Contact the counseling office for more details.
7) Withdrawing from a class is YOUR responsibility. I don't do this for you.
8) Turn off your cell phones and pagers while in my class. If you put them in silent mode
and MUST answer them, exit the classroom BEFORE you answer the call. Cell phones,
pagers, and other communication devices are NOT allowed in the classroom at all during
formal exams and the final exam.
9) Please read and adhere to all policies in the school's catalog and schedules.
Office Hours: Posted on my office door at Room COSC: 1505A (inside the lab). Generally I
am in my office from
 4:45-5:45pm Mondays and Wednesday
 7:30am-8:45am Tuesdays and Thursdays;
 12:30-1pm Tuesdays.
No appointment is needed for posted office hours. Appointments <may> be possible at other
times. Also, use the student web site for help, at http://moodle.piercecollege.edu
How You’ll Give Yourself a Grade:
Chapter Review Quizzes (Best 11 out of 12):
Midterm & Final Lab
Learning links posted (3%), reviewed (6%), + 1% if all are complete
Homework Labs (16 labs)
Midterm exam
Final exam
Participation (in class labs)
10% of total
25% of total
10% of total
30% of total
10% of total
10% of total
5% of total
Notice: This syllabus is subject to change. All changes will be posted at the student website at
http://moodle.piercecollege.edu All of my classes use a standard grading scale of A=90+,
B=80+, C=70+, D=60+, and F=59 or lower. Students seeking recommendations must earn an A.
Have Fun!
CS535 Road Map
- Quizzes and Homework is due Sunday Night the week it is assigned
o Late homework and quizzes will not be accepted
o This is not group work.
- Quizzes will be done using Moodle
- Homework will be done online using the MOAC virtual website.
- Students are encouraged to download and install Windows Server within a virtual
environment at home using Dreamspark (see instructor).
- Final and Midterms exams are done in class
o No notes will be allowed.
o Will be partially made up of quiz questions
- Final and Midterm Labs are down at home and in class
o Notes are allowed.
- During each lab session an in class lab will be performed.
o This counts as participation.
o In class lab cannot be made up.
Week
Date
Material Covered
Homework
Due
none
1
2/10/14
Chapter 1: Installing
Servers
2
2/17/14
Chapter 2: Configuring
Servers
MOAC 1
(2/16)
3
2/24/14
4
3/3/14
MOAC 2
(2/23)
MOAC 3 (3/2)
5
3/10/14
6
3/17/14
7
3/24/14
8
3/31/14
9
4/7/14
10
4/14/14
Chapter 3: Configuring
Local Storage
Chapter 4: Configuring
File and Share Access
Chapter 5: Configuring
Print and Document
Services
Chapter 6: Configuring
Servers for Remote
Management
Chapter 7: Creating
and Configuring
Virtual Machine
Settings
Chapter 8: Creating
and Configuring
Virtual Machine
Storage
Chapter 9: Creating
and Configuring
Virtual Networks
Chapter 10:
MOAC 4 (3/9)
MOAC 5
(3/16)
In Class Lab
Exams Due
Lab1- Oracle
Virtual Box
101
Lab 2Windows
2012 Basics
Lab 3- Disk
Storage
Lab 4- File
Shares
Lab 5Printers
none
Quiz 1
(2/16)
Quiz 2
(2/23)
Quiz 3 (3/2)
Quiz 4 (3/9)
Lab 6Remote
Management
Midterm Lab
Quiz 5
(3/16)
MOAC 7
(3/30)
Midterm Lab
MOAC 8 (4/6)
Lab 9Virtualization
Quiz 7
(3/30)
Midterm
Exam (1-7)
Quiz 8 (4/6)
MOAC 9
Lab 10-
MOAC 6
(3/23)
Quiz 6
(3/23)
Quiz 9
11
4/21/14
12
4/28/14
13
5/5/14
14
5/12/14
15
5/19/14
16
5/26/14
6/3/14
Configuring Ipv4 and
IPv6 addressing
(4/13)
Chapter 11: Deploying
and Configuring the
DHCP Service
Chapter 12: Deploying
and Configuring DNS
Service
Chapter 13: Installing
domain Controllers
MOAC 10
(4/20)
Chapter 14: Creating
and Managing Active
Directory Users and
Computers
Chapter 15: Creating
and Managing Active
Directory Groups and
Organizational Units
Chapter 1
MOAC 13
(5/11)
MOAC 11
(4/27)
MOAC 12
(5/4)
MOAC
14(5/18)
MOAC 15
Subnet 101
(Paper
Assignment)
Lab 11DHCP
Assignment
Lab 12- DNS
Assignment
(4/13)
Quiz 10
(4/20)
Quiz 11
(4/27)
Lab 13Active
Directory
Lab 14Active
Directory
Group Policy
Final Project
Quiz 12
(5/4)
Final Project
Quiz 15
(5/25)
Quiz 16
(6/2)
Final Exam
(chapter 815)
none
Quiz 13
(5/11)
Quiz 14
(5/18)