CS6401 OPERATING SYSTEMS|Syllabus

CS6401 OPERATING SYSTEMS L T P C 3 0 0 3

 OBJECTIVES:

The student should be made to:

 Study the basic concepts and functions of operating systems.
 Understand the structure and functions of OS.
 Learn about Processes, Threads and Scheduling algorithms.
 Understand the principles of concurrency and Deadlocks.
 Learn various memory management schemes.
 Study I/O management and File systems.
 Learn the basics of Linux system and perform administrative tasks on Linux Servers.

UNIT I                   OPERATING SYSTEMS OVERVIEW                                    ( 9)

 Computer System Overview-Basic Elements, Instruction Execution, Interrupts, Memory Hierarchy, Cache Memory, Direct Memory Access, Multiprocessor and Multicore Organization. Operating system overview-objectives and functions, Evolution of Operating System.- Computer System Organization-Operating System Structure and Operations- System Calls, System Programs, OS Generation and System Boot.

UNIT II                         PROCESS MANAGEMENT                                                ( 9)

 Processes-Process Concept, Process Scheduling, Operations on Processes, Interprocess Communication; Threads- Overview, Multicore Programming, Multithreading Models; Windows 7 - Thread and SMP Management. Process Synchronization - Critical Section Problem, Mutex Locks, Semophores, Monitors; CPU Scheduling and Deadlocks.

 UNIT III                    STORAGE MANAGEMENT                                                     (9)
                                                        
 Main Memory-Contiguous Memory Allocation, Segmentation, Paging, 32 and 64 bit architecture Examples; Virtual Memory- Demand Paging, Page Replacement, Allocation, Thrashing; Allocating Kernel Memory, OS Examples.
UNIT IV                   I/O SYSTEMS                                                                                         (9)

 Mass Storage Structure- Overview, Disk Scheduling and Management; File System Storage-File Concepts, Directory and Disk Structure, Sharing and Protection; File System Implementation- File System Structure, Directory Structure, Allocation Methods, Free Space Management; I/O Systems.

 UNIT V               CASE STUDY                                                                                              ( 9)

 Linux System- Basic Concepts; System Administration-Requirements for Linux System Administrator, Setting up a LINUX Multifunction Server, Domain Name System, Setting Up Local Network Services; Virtualization- Basic Concepts, Setting Up Xen,VMware on Linux Host and Adding Guest OS.

                                                                                                                        TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOK:

1. Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin and Greg Gagne, “Operating System Concepts”, 9th Edition, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2012.

REFERENCES:

1. William Stallings, “Operating Systems – Internals and Design Principles”, 7th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2011.

2. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, “Modern Operating Systems”, Second Edition, Addison Wesley, 2001.

3. Charles Crowley, “Operating Systems: A Design-Oriented Approach”, Tata McGraw Hill Education”, 1996.

4. D M Dhamdhere, “Operating Systems: A Concept-Based Approach”, Second Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2007.

5. http://nptel.ac.in/.