| Week |
Objectives and Tasks |
Assigned Reading |
Labs / Exercises
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| Week 1
January 9 - 13
|
Installing Linux
- Manually Creating Partitions
- Installing Fedora
- Boot loaders
|
- Introduction to Linux (YouTube Videos):
- [ Part1 ] [ Part2 ] [ Part3 ]
|
- OPS235 Lab 1
|
| Week 2
January 16 - 20
|
Using Virtual Machines
- Installing and Using Virtualization Software
- Installing Guest VMs
|
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- OPS235 Lab 2
|
| Week 3
January 23 - 27
|
- Logical Volume Management
- Software Package management with rpm and yum
|
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- OPS235 Lab 3
|
| Week 4
January 30 - February 3
|
Continue working on:
- Logical Volume Management
- Installing / Removing Applications with Yum
|
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| Week 5
February 6 - 10
|
- Creating / Managing Virtual Partitions
- Mounting / Unmounting File Systems
- Automatically Mount File Systems Upon Boot-up
- User and Group Management
|
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- OPS235 Lab 4
|
| Week 6
February 13 -17
|
- Using Filesystems in Regular Files
- Using Archive Files (tar, tar.gz, tgz)
- Compiling Software from Source Code
- Catch up / Review for Practical and Written tests
- Work on assignment
|
|
- OPS235 Lab 5
- (N/A)
|
| Week 7
February 20 -24
|
- Practical Test 1 (covering weeks 1-5)
- Written Test 1 (covering weeks 1-5)
|
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| Study Week - February 27 - March 2
|
| Week 8
March 5 - 9
|
- Static Network Configuration
- Network Configuration with a DHCP client
- Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstat
|
Networking with Virtual Machines (Introduction)
|
- OPS235 Lab 6
- (N/A)
|
| Week 9
March 12 - 16
|
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- OPS235 Lab 7
- (N/A)
|
| Week 10
March 26 - 30
|
|
- DHCP Server Definition:
[1]
|
- OPS235 Lab 8
- (N/A)
|
| Week 11
April 2 - 6
|
- Assignment 2 released
- Review for Practical and Written Tests
|
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| Week 12
April 9 - 13
|
- Written Test 2
- Practical Test 2
|
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| Week 13
April 16 - 20
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- Assignment 2 Due
- Review for Exam
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| Exam Week - April 23 - 27
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