Portland State University
 
Information Technology

Course Number: IT151B
LINUX ESSENTIALS AND ADMINISTRATION

Hardware

  • Describe common hardware components and resources (for example: connectors, IRQs, DMA, SCSI, memory addresses)
  • Configure Modem and Sound cards
  • Diagnose hardware issues using Linux tools (for example: /proc, disk utilities, ifconfig, /dev, live CD rescue disk, dmesg)
  • Identify and configure removable system hardware (for example: PCMCIA, USB, IEEE1394)
  • Configure advanced power management and Advanced
  • Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
  • Identify and configure mass storage devices and RAID (for example: SCSI, ATAPI, tape, optical recordable)

For more details, please contact our Technical Adviser at 503-725-2395 or email it@pdx.edu.