IT601 Official Handouts

➢ Computers and networks are now a days a vital part of the daily life.

➢ System administration matters because computers and networks matter

▪ Applications are every where e.g SOHO, SME, NGOs, Government and Educational Institutes

▪ User of Computers have increased, esp the networked computers

▪ Technologies are diversified and heterogeneous

▪ Architectural approaches are also diversified

➢ The need to have specialized people to operate and maintain computers and networks

▪ Build the infrastructure · ▪ Operate and maintain · ▪ Provide Support to users · Books

➢ Following are text and reference books in addition to various articles from internet

• The Practice of System and Network Administration, Second Edition by Thomas Limoncelli, Christina Hogan and Strata Chalup, Addison-Wesley Professional; 2nd Edition (2007). ISBN-10: 0321492668
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Bible: Administering Enterprise Linux Systems by William vonHagen, 2011
• Studyguide for Practice of System and Network Administration by Thomas A. Limoncelli, Cram101; 2nd Edition (2011). ISBN-10: 1428851755
• Networking Systems Design and Development by Lee Chao, CRC Press; 1st Edition (December 21, 2009). ISBN-10: 142009159X (TB2)
• The Practice of System and Network Administration, Third Edition by Thomas Limoncelli, Christina Hogan and Strata Chalup, Addison-Wesley Professional; 2nd Edition (2017). ISBN-10: 0321492668