Roles of a Network Administrator

Aims:

• To define and explore the roles of network administrator
• To show that network administration is related to system admnistration
  

Resources:

1. Access to lecture notes (possibly requires access to Unit web site)
2. Access to internet for searching. Useful links include:

• Chapter 1 Introduction from Principles of Network and System Administration by Mark Burgess
  
• WikipediA
• System Administration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_administrator
• Network Management http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_management
  
• Network Administration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_administration
• FCAPS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCAPS
  
• Australian System Administrator's Guild site http://www.sage-au.org.au/
• League of Professional System Adminsitrators site http://lopsa.org/
  

Exercises:

1. List the functions performed by a network administrator.
2. Rank these functions in order of importance.
3. Why did you choose that particular sequence of functions?
4. Examine the job descriptions guidelines available on the SAGE web site at http://www.sage.org/field and identify the parts that also apply to the network administration role