SIT277 - Enterprise Network Management
Unit details
Year: | 2020 unit information |
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Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester. Last updated: 2 June 2020 |
Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
Previously coded as: | SIT377 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Shang Gao |
Prerequisite: | SIT272 |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | SIT377 and SIT702 |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 2 x 1 hour class per week, 1 x 2 hour practical per week. |
Content
This unit examines the management of modern computer networks and the application of WAN technologies for interconnecting networks. Topics studied include redundancy, aggregation, monitoring, security, and troubleshooting aspects for network management. Students will also learn how to interconnect networks using WAN technologies including point-to-point, frame relay, and broadband connections. Students will learn how to manage and interconnect such networks by undertaking a study of the Cisco Academy CCNA curriculum.
| These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit At the completion of this Unit | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
ULO1 | Describe and apply techniques for making computer networks resilient | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Explain and implement techniques for dynamic routing in a computer network | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO3 | Identify and resolve computer network problems using troubleshooting | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO4 | Define and implement approaches for connecting computer networks and for connecting to such networks | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
Supervised multiple choice tests | Two online tests, approximately 60 questions each | 30% (2 x 15%) | Weeks 6 and 11 |
Practical tests | Two practical tests | 70% (2 x 35%) | Weeks 6 and 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
Prescribed text(s): Cisco Networking Academy, 2017, Scaling Networks V6 Companion Guide, 1st edition, Pearson Education.
Cisco Networking Academy, 2017, Connecting Networks V6 Companion Guide, 1st edition, Pearson Education.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SIT277 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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