Winter 2011 OPS235 Weekly Schedule

OPS235 Weekly Schedule

The course schedule, labs, and links are subject to change.
Check with your professor for details and changes specific to your section.

Week	Objectives and Tasks	Assigned Reading	Labs / Exercises
Week 1	Course overview Welcome to OPS235 Course Format Assigned Readings Required materials Introduction to Linux Introduction to Linux How does a computer boot? Boot Device and Boot Order Booting a "LIVE CD" Storage - Hard Disks and Partioning Devices Hard Disk Partitions File Systems Linux Directory Structure	Intro to Linux Intro to Linux Intro to Open Source The Open Source Definition according to OSI Hard Disks and Partitioning Hard Disk Basics Linux Hard Disk Names Linux Filesystem Options Linux ext4 Filesystem The Linux Filesystem Partitioning with fdisk Filesystems Filesystem Names Explained	Lab 1
Week 2	Installing Linux Installing Fedora Boot loaders	Fedora 13 Installation Guide Installation GRUB Boot Loader Partitioning for Fedora	Lab 2
Week 3	Using Virtual Machines Installing and Using Virtualization Software Installing Guest VMs	Fedora 13 Installation Guide - Advanced Installation Options Automating the Installation with Kickstart Kickstart Installations Kickstart Configurator Fedora 13 Virtualization Guide	Lab 3
Week 4	Logical Volume Management Package management with rpm and yum User and Group Management	Logical Volume Management Package Management UID and GID explained LVM HOWTO - Read chapters 1 - 3	Lab 4
Week 5	Using Filesystems in Regular Files (loopback) Using Archive Files (tar, tar.gz, tgz) Compiling Software from Source Code Customizing System Startup (/etc/rc.d directories)		Lab 5
Week 6	Catch up Review for Practical and Written tests Work on assignment
Week 7	Practical Test 1 (covering weeks 1-5) Written Test 1 (covering weeks 1-5)
Study Week
Week 8	Static Network Configuration Network Configuration with a DHCP client Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstat	Networking with Virtual Machines (Introduction) Virtual Network - Definition Important Linux Networking Commands (Also refer to lab 6 notes) Linux Networking Services View and Configure IPTABLES Firewall (refer to lab 6 notes)	Lab 6
Week 9	Network Services SSH	Network services/ssh SSH Tutorial How to Make SSH More Secure IPTables Interest Topic: Linux Security Tips (See Areas involving Networking)	Lab 7
Week 10	DHCP Server	DHCP Server Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol	Lab 8
Week 11	Assignment 2 released Review for Practical and Written Tests
Week 12	Written Test 2 Practical Test 2
Week 13	Assignment 2 Due Review for Exam
Exam Week

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