Network Infrastructure 2: Planning and Maintenance
This is a 2-credit Unit intended for candidates who require a detailed understanding of network infrastructure. It is designed to develop an understanding of the issues involved in planning and maintaining a network infrastructure. On completion of the Unit you should be able to:
- Plan and implement server roles and server security.
- Plan, implement and maintain a network infrastructure.
- Plan, implement and maintain routing and remote access.
- Plan, implement and maintain server availability.
- Plan and maintain network security.
In the first part of the course, you will study planning and implementing server roles and server security, including configuring security for servers that are assigned specific roles, planning a secure baseline installation, planning security for servers that are assigned specific roles and evaluating and selecting the operating system to install on computers in an enterprise.
The second section covers planning and maintaining a network infrastructure, including planning a TCP/IP network infrastructure strategy, planning and modifying a network topology, planning an internet connectivity strategy, planning network traffic monitoring, troubleshooting Internet connectivity and TCP/IP addressing and planning and troubleshooting host name resolution.
The third section covers planning, implementing and maintaining routing and remote access, including planning a routing strategy, planning security for remote access users, implementing secure access between private networks and troubleshooting TCP/IP routing.
The fourth section covers planning, implementing and maintaining server availability, including planning services for high availability, identifying system bottlenecks, implementing a cluster server, managing network load balancing and planning a backup and recovery strategy
The final section covers plan and maintain network security, including planning and configuring network protocol security, planning and configuring security for data transmission, planning secure network administration methods, planning security for wireless networks, configuring directory service for certificate publication, planning a public key infrastructure (PKI) that uses certificate services and planning a framework for planning and implementing security.
There will be a closed-book multiple-choice assessment covering all outcomes. You will be presented with 50 questions and expected to answer 75% of these correctly. You will also be expected to keep a checklist or log book recording the practical tasks you have carried out during the Unit. You must satisfy the requirements for these assessments in order to achieve the Unit.
