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BN206 System Administration
Assignment 2, Trimester T1, 2017
Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Unit Code BN206
Unit Title System Administration
Assessment
Type
Group Assignment (2 or 3 students maximum per Group)
Assessment
Title
Assignment2
Purpose of the
assessment
(with ULO
Mapping)
This assignment provides students with in depth knowledge and advanced
professional skills to manage and maintain network servers. Students will be able
to perform some of the Windows server setup, find out server configuration
using the given scenario. This assignment is designed to acquire practical
knowledge of the existing server operating system such as windows server
2008/2012 R2 with windows and/or other clients.
Weight 20%
Total Marks 50
Word limit 800 words
Due Date Report submission is due in Week 11 (Friday 2nd June, 2017) 5:00 pm
Demonstration will be during the week 11 lab class 31st May, 2017 (Melbourne)
Demonstration will be during the week 11 lab class 2nd June, 2017 (Sydney)
Submission
Guidelines
The report must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a
completed Assignment Cover Page.
The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body)
font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section
headings.
Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed
appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.
Extension If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration
Application must be submitted directly to the School's Administration Officer,
in Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7. You must submit this
application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment.
Further information is available at:
http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policiesprocedures-and-guidelines/specialhttp://www.mit.edu.au/aboutmit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/specialconsiderationdefermentconsiderationdeferment2
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Academic
Misconduct
Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of
the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion
from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves
familiar with the full policy and procedure available at:
http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policiesprocedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-PolicyProcedure. For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity
Section in your Unit Description.
Description:
This assignment is to be discussed every week about half-an-hour during lab hours
with the tutors. Students are required to choose one case from two cases given below.
Students need to configure the domain with using either his own/group member’s
name. Also, they must create a simple webpage (Using header tag only) using the
student ID to display using IIS.
Case 1 (Windows Sever 2008/2012 R2 and Client Environment)
“ABC” is a Melbourne-based IT company. It has around 100 employees working in 4
different departments such as HR, Sales, Finance and Engineering. The management
of the company needs to set up an intranet for the company with following
requirements.
Configure Active Directory Server for Centralized user authentication.
Install and configure SMTP and send a test email.
Network Drive share
Profile Portability
One DHCP server to issue IP addresses for all computers.
An IIS web server for hosting company’s website with default (Index page).
What to do:
You are required to set up an intranet system for “ABC” company. You will first design
a system that satisfies company’s system requirements. You need to show your design
using diagrams and explain the functionality of each component (e.g. Domain
Controller Server, DHCP server, file server, workstations, etc.). Before any hardware
implementation, you would like to test the proposed system using virtual machines
(Virtual box). You will be using Windows Server 2008/2012 R2 as server operating
system, and Windows XP as the workstation operating system.3
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Using Virtual box, you will build a domain controller (DC), a DHCP server, an IIS web
server and a file server. You will also need to build a few Windows XP workstations to
conduct testing/configuration. There is only one domain in the system, with an OU for
each department. You will need to create a number of user accounts and a few
example groups in the active directory (AD). You will configure servers and make sure
that they work as expected.
You will need to write a report to document all your work (including system design
and all practical testing/configuration. The report must be organised in an appropriate
format for technical reports. You will need an Introduction section to provide
background information and set up the scene for your project. You will need a few
core sections to describe your design and implementation. You may want to use
screenshots to show your results in the report. You will need a Summary section to
conclude your report and summarise what you have done in the project. You will list
any references you quote in your report using IEEE referencing style.
Case 2 (Set up a Backup Domain Controller (BDC))
“XYZ” is a Sydney based IT company that has 3 departments such as Sales, Finance,
and HR. The company needs to increase the efficiency of its LAN by adding a backup
domain controller (BDC) to avoid any interruption in work in case of failure of Primary
Domain Controller (PDC). Both PDC and BDC should be synchronised with each other
to accomplish this task. BDC should be able to display the change made in PDC to
provide evidence that they are working as expected.
Configure Active Directory Server for Centralized user authentication.
Set up Group Policy Management Console for users’ access privileges.
Install and configure Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server and send a
test email.
One DHCP Server for assigning IP addresses to all computers.
An IIS web server for hosting company’s website with default (Index page).
What to do:
You are required to set up an intranet system for “XYZ” company. You will first design
a system that satisfies company’s system requirements. You need to draw Network
Diagram and explain the functionality of each component (e.g. Domain Controller
Server, DHCP server, file server, workstations, etc.). Before any hardware
implementation, you would like to test the proposed system using virtual machines4
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(Virtual box). You will be using Windows Server 2008/2012 R2 as server operating
system, and Windows XP as the workstation operating system.
Using Virtual box, you will be required to build a Primary Domain Controller (PDC) and
Back up domain controller (BDC), Implement Group Policy (assign some roles to users),
a DHCP server, an IIS web server to host company’s website with default web page
with header tag only and a STMP server. You will also need to build a few Windows XP
workstations to conduct testing/configuration. There is only one domain in the
system, with an OU for each department. You will need to create a number of user
accounts and a few example groups in the active directory (AD). You will configure
servers and make sure that they work as expected.
You will need to write a report to document all your work (including system design
and all practical testing/configuration. The report must be organised in an appropriate
format for technical reports. You will need an Introduction section to provide
background information and set up the scene for your project. You will need a few
core sections to describe your design and implementation. You may want to use
screenshots to show your results in the report. You will need a Summary section to
conclude your report and summarise what you have done in the project. You will list
any references you quote in your report using IEEE referencing style.
Submission Guideline:
Your assignment should be completed according to the General Guidelines for
Presentation of Academic Work.
1. Write a report on the chosen scenario, which should include the following:
a) A short introduction using 4-5 lines
b) Design of the Network diagram (any software can be used such as Visio,
Netsim etc.)
c) Configuration of the project.
d) Proper labelled Screenshots from implementation
e) Any extra feature that you have added in your project or any difficulties
you faced during your project, if any.
2. Documentation should follow the standard submission guidelines as follow:
a) Front page - indicating your Group members’ names and student IDs,
teaching staff (Lecturer’s and tutor’s name), a statement of what has
been completed and acknowledgement of the names of all assisted5
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you.
b) List of references used (IEEE style) – Reference sources must be cited
in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a
reference list. Only IEEE referencing style is acceptable for this
assignment.
3. The assignment must be submitted using Moodle only. The page numbers of
the assignment must be clear on each page.
4. 15 minutes per demonstration in Lab, which will cover all the features
mentioned within the scope of the given scenario. All the group members will have to
demonstrate. If any member of the group fails to demonstrate, he/she will lose the
demonstration marks.
Marking Criteria for Assignment 2:
Tasks Description Marks
Report
Documentation of the project
which should include design
(Network Diagram), testing,
configuration, screenshots,
summary of the project, IEEE
referencing.
15
Demonstration
Practical configuration of server
and client computers with
proper technical details. The
whole scenario should work.
35
Poor writing
Inadequate structure, careless
presentation, poor referencing
technique or not using at all.
-5
Total 506
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Marking Rubric for Assignment 2:
Student Name:
Student Id:
Submission Due: …./…../2017
Date Submitted: .…/…/ 2017
Marker’s
Name:
Mark
Achieved in
report:
/50
Grade
Mark
HD
40-50
DI
35-44
CR
30-34
P
25-29
Fail
<25
Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfacto
ry
Report
/15
All topics are
pertinent
and covered
in depth.
Ability to
think
critically and
source
material is
referenced
properly in
IEEE
standard.
Topics are
relevant,
covered in
detail and
Soundly
analysed
and
referenced
in IEEE
standard.
Generally
relevant
and
analysed to
some
extent. The
source is
not
referenced
properly in
IEEE
standard.
Some
relevance and
briefly
presented in
report, no
source
material is
referenced.
This is not
relevant to
the
assignment
topic.
Demonstration
/35
Demonstrate
d very well
and excellent
ability to
think
critically with
very good
knowledge of
technical
structure.
configure
and explain
Demonstrat
ed well and
excellent
ability to
think
critically
with sound
knowledge
of technical
structure.
configure
and explain
Demonstrat
ed
reasonably,
ability to
think
critically
with some
technical
knowledge.
Tried to
configure
scenario to
Demonstrate
d to some
extent with
less technical
knowledge.
The
configuration
are not
appropriate
and does not
demonstrate
knowledge of
Did not
demonstrate
at all or no
technical
knowledge
at all.7
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the scenario
with good
technical
knowledge
the scenario
with
reasonable
technical
knowledge
some extent
with some
knowledge
of technical
structure.
technical
structure.