Course detail

Network Operating systems

FEKT-KSOSAcad. year: 2012/2013

The Network Operating Systems course is divided into several parts. The first part deals with an overview of operating systems, architectures, processes and threads, memory management, and file systems. The second part focuses on network communication, network services, and network tools. The last part of the course deals with the security of operating systems.

Practicals include: command processor, monolithic kernel, dynamic kernel modules, network configuration, remote access and file transfer, communication tools, network services, network start of operating system, user administration, and firewall configuration.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Dan Komosný, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Telecommunications (UTKO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The students will gain theoretical, and also practical, information about network operating systems. They will gain knowledge about basic and some advanced management of operating systems.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is required.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

60 points - examination, 40 points - computer exercises

Course curriculum

1) Introduction and overview of operating systems
2) Architecture of operating systems
3) Processes and threads
4) Process scheduling
5) Process synchronization
6) Memory management
7) Virtual memory
8) File systems
9) Networking
10) Network services
11) Network resources
12) Security

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide thorough overview of knowledge about network operating systems. The theoretical part is oriented to the principles of operating systems. The practicals give an opportunity to apply the gained theoretical knowledge.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Silberschatz, A., Galvin, P., Gagne, G. Operating systems concepts. John Wiley, 2008. Eight edition, ISBN-13: 978-0470128725. (EN)
Tanenbaum, S. Modern Operating Systems. Prentice Hall PTR., 2007. Third Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0136006633. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC Bc. Bachelor's

    branch BK-TLI , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme EEKR-CZV lifelong learning

    branch EE-FLE , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Dan Komosný, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Operating Systems (OS)- function, division, special functions of network operating systems
OS UNIX - general overview, history, structure, User view to the OS UNIX.
Architecture of OS UNIX, basic data structures, processes, states of processes, synchronization of processes
Filesystem in OS UNIX, I-Node, Buffers, file structure, directory, superblock, special files, pipes, work with files (opening, reading, writing), work with directories, mounting and unmounting of filesystems
Processes - states and state changings, operating memory, regions, pages, context of a process, address-field of a process, control of processes, signals
UNIX Shell, Init process, internal commands of a shell, standard input and output, implementation a pipes
Process management, real-time processing, timers, memory management
Input/Output devices, drivers, interupts, disk devices, streams, interprocess communication, messages, communication management
Tools for network communications in OS UNIX, network applications, configuration of basic network parameters
Administration and maintainance of OS UNIX, filesystem maintanance, backup, user administration, access rights and their configuration
Graphic User Interface of OS UNIX - X-Window, basic architecture of X-Window
OS Windows NT and Windows 2000 - structure, basic modules, memory management in Windows NT, process control in Windows NT
NTFS filesystem, access rights to files and directories, network components in OS Windows NT, implementation of communication protocols, Administration and maintainance of the system

Exercise in computer lab

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Dan Komosný, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Textual user interface of OS UNIX
Command interpreter
Standard input and output, pipes
Programming in shell
Graphical user interface of OS UNIX
Installation of UNIX
Filesystem operations
Communication tools
User profiles
Configuration of network parameters
User management
Network management
Test