NC4301 Data Centre Networking Syllabus:
NC4301 Data Centre Networking Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Understanding of Network Infrastructure management
Understanding of Server Management and troubleshooting
Understanding of system Resource Management
Understanding of Information Security
UNIT I DATA CENTER ARCHITECTURE
Data center Architecture, Data center prerequisites Data center Requirements, Required Physical Area for Equipment and Unoccupied Space, Required power to run all the devices, Required cooling and HVAC Required weight, Required Network bandwidth Budget Constraints
UNIT II DATA CENTER SAFETY
Selecting a Geographic Location Safety from Natural hazards, Safe from Manmade disaster, Availability of local Technical talent, Abundant and Inexpensive Utilities, Selecting an Existing building.
UNIT III DATA CENTER DESIGN
Data Center design, Characteristics of an Outstanding Design, Guidelines for Planning a Data Center Data Center structures, Raised Floor Design and Deployment, Design and Plan against Vandalism, Data center design case study, Modular Cabling Design, Points of Distribution, Data center servers, Sever Capacity Planning
UNIT IV DATA CENTER NETWORK MAINTENANCE
ISP Network Infrastructure, ISP WAN Links, Data Center Maintenance, Network Operations Center, Network Monitoring, Datacenter physical security, Data center Logical security, Data center Consolidation, Reasons for data center Consolidation, Consolidation opportunity, Server consolidation, Storage Consolidation, Network Consolidation, Service Consolidation, Process Consolidation, Staff Consolidation, Data Consolidation phases
UNIT V DATA CENTER SECURITY AND ADMINISTRATION
System Management Best Practices, Server Cluster Best Practices, Data Storage Best Practices, Network Management Best Practices, Documentation Best Practices, Security Guidelines Internet security, Source Security Issues, Best Practices for System Administration, System Administration Work Automation, Device Naming, Naming Practices, NIS, DNS, LDAP, Load balancing, Terminology, Advantages, Types of load balancing, Implementing a Network with Load-Balancing Switches
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to
CO1: Manage Server Systems and Data Centres Infrastructure Management
CO2:Utilize the Storage, Bandwidth, Efficiency of systems and other resources for Data centre.
CO3:Monitor the Networks and Resources.
CO4:Plan for Flexible resource allocation.
CO5:To understand how the natural disaster plays role in Data Networking
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
REFERENCES
1. Administering Data Centers: Servers, Storage and Voice over IP, Kailash Jayaswal, John Wiley & Sons, Oct 28, 2005
2. Data center fundamentals, Mauricio Arregoces, Maurizio Portol, Cisco Press, 2003