Operating System Shell Commands

IT 600 Module Two Journal Guidelines and Rubric Overview : There are five journal assignments in this course, many of which have a hands -on element to them in that they will ask you to perform functions or commands on your computer . After completing the hands -on requirements , you will write a journal entry in which you will answer questions related to what you did. This assignment will prepare you to conduct the organizational profile needed for your final project . You w ill apply the operating system co ncepts you read about in the course text book to the real world. Windows, Linux, and OS X provide command line utilities that display system architecture information as well as how the operating system is configured to interface with hardware. The goal is to leverage the operating system on the computer you are using for this course to report on its architecture. You will use knowledge gained from running the commands to complete the technical description portion of the final project . Prompt : For this as signment, you will need to: 1) Execute one of the commands below in the command shell that comes with your operating system. For example, if you are using W indows, you will run the systeminfo command. Here are the optional commands:  Windows: Execute the com mand systeminfo  Linux: Execute the command cat /proc/cpuinfo  Max OS X: Execute the command system_profiler SPHardwareDataType 2) Review the output fr om a command above and write a j ournal entry that describes the following critical elements:  the name and de scription of the pr ocessor  the number of cores  the amount of memory  any particular information you find i mportant and why For example , Windows displays the installation date and when the system was last booted. Linux displays the number of bogomips (unre liable CPU performance metric) for each processor or core. Of particularly interest from a historical perspective, Mac OS X will likely display an I ntel processor running on Apple hardware. In your journal entry , explain at least one system call from the c ourse textbook that the operating system executed in order to create the output you reviewed. Hint : Each of the commands above creates a new process, so Windows will leverage a WIN32 system call from Section 1.6.5 and Linux /OS X will execute a variant of one of the system calls listed in Figure 1 -18. Guidelines for Submission: Your work must be submitted as a journal en try. Instructor Feedback : This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Cente r. For more information, review these instructions . Rubric Critical Element Proficient (100%) Not Evident (0%) Value Name and Des cription of Processor Includes name and description of the processor Does not include name and description of the processor 40 Number of cores Number of cores is correct Number of cores is not correct or is not provided 10 Amount of Memory The amount of memory is provided The a mount of memory is not provided 10 Additional Information Add itional information is provided Additio nal information is not provided 30 Articulation of response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling , syntax, or organization Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or orga nization that prevent understanding of ideas 10 Earned Total 100%