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CompTIA Server+ 2005 (SK0-002) Training

Summary:

CompTIA's Server+ certification offers industry recognition of server administration, troubleshooting, and management. This online training series equips you with all you need to know in order to pass the 2005 edition of the Server+ test (SK0-002). Learners will be presented with an up-to-date look at current server networking strategies from both the installation and servicing perspectives.

This CompTIA Server+ 2005 (SK0-002) online training series provides 46 hours of self-paced courseware. This web-based training provides 1 year of unlimited access to all of the following lessons:

1 . Server Basics
2 . Server Availability
3 . Multiprocessing and Server Memory
4 . Server Bus Architecture
5 . SCSI Systems
6 . IDE/ATA and RAID Systems
7 . Advanced Storage Arrays
8 . Installing Hardware
9 . Server Management and Configuration
10 . Preparing the Server for Service
11 . Upgrading the Basic System
12 . Adapters, Peripherals, Monitoring Agents and Service Tools
13 . Maintenance and Environmental Issues
14 . Server Problem Determination
15 . Troubleshooting
16 . Disaster Recovery
17 . Practice Exam

Lesson Detail:

Server Basics
This course provides you with the basics of server technology. You will examine the different types of servers and network architectures.

Comparing server systems
General-purpose and appliance servers
Application servers and services
Providing service
Server types
Multi-tiered server architectures

Server Availability
This course provides you with a basic understanding of clustering, scalability, high availability, fault tolerance, and failover.

Server failures and reliable server networks
Clustering
Scalability
High availability
Fault tolerance
Failover

Multiprocessing and Server Memory
This course provides information about multiprocessors, multiprocessing systems and memory types that you will encounter on the CompTIA Server+ 2005 (SK0-002) Exam.

Multiprocessing systems
Symmetric multiprocessing systems
Multiprocessing advantages and disadvantages
Installing multiple processors
Server processor subsystems
Selecting server memory
Error checking and correction
Buffering and cache memory

Server Bus Architecture
This course provides you with a basic understanding of server bus architecture and various hardware technologies used to manage and maintain a server's up time.

Local bus architectures and standards
Server bus management
PCI configuration
PCI bus mastering and hot-swap technology
Hot-plug PCI technology
PCI-X
PCI Express
Hierarchical and peer PCI bus
Intelligent input/output

SCSI Systems
This course provides information about the SCSI standard, including the development of the standard, the types of SCSI connections, and the cables to use. You will also learn about SCSI addressing, terminations, and how the SCSI standard is used over the Internet.

SCSI development
Serial attached SCSI
SCSI cables and connectors
SCSI addressing
SCSI terminations
Internet SCSI

IDE/ATA and RAID Systems
This course provides you with a basic understanding of the various interface standards and RAID systems.

IDE interfacing
Ultra and serial ATA
Serial ATA II
Nearline storage
RAID development
RAID levels
Dual-level RAID systems

Advanced Storage Arrays
This course provides information about Fibre Channel standards, as well as how they are used and properly implemented.

Fibre channel
Fibre channel storage arrays
Fibre channel disk drives and adapters
Fibre channel cables, connectors, and converters
Fibre channel transmission speeds
Fibre channel hardware bus lengths and topologies
Fibre channel bridges
SAN and NAS specifications
iSCSI and FCIP network storage

Installing Hardware
This course provides you with a basic understanding of installation planning, hardware and server installation, and network protocols and infrastructure.

Planning and verifying installation
Server power variations
Network protocols and domain names
Components, cables, and server racks
Server hardware
Server installation
Understanding network infrastructure
Network access protocols

Server Management and Configuration
This course provides information about proper network and storage server management and configuration, as administered by the network administrator or server manager. It also discusses storage virtualization methods, preplanning and planning of network operating system updates, external peripheral configurations, and driver update processes on a network.

Network administration
Storage virtualization
Preplanning and installing updates
Network operating system installation
External peripheral configurations
Driver updates

Preparing the Server for Service
This course provides information about the installation of system service tools, backup software, system monitoring agents, and event logs. It also discusses server baselines, creating server configuration documentation, and implementing the server management plan for OS-dependent and OS-independent components.

SNMP and DMI
Server backup
System monitoring
Server baselines
Establishing conditions
Documenting configurations
Server management plan
Security planning and remote servers

Upgrading the Basic System
This course provides you with a detailed understanding of basic system upgrades and the elements that accompany them. These include scheduling, documenting, and installing.

Scheduling downtime
Performing full system backups
Processor upgrade
Hard drive upgrade
Memory upgrade
BIOS and firmware upgrade

Adapters, Peripherals, Monitoring Agents and Service Tools
This course provides information on adapters, peripherals, monitoring agents, and service tools, and what you need to know about them for the CompTIA Server+ exam.

Upgrading server adapter cards
Upgrading peripheral devices
Uninterruptible power supplies
Server monitoring and management
Monitoring interruption and management software
Network management protocols
Service tool upgrade

Maintenance and Environmental Issues
This course provides you with a basic understanding of server backups and physical security issues.

Performing file backups
Creating and using baselines
Adjusting SNMP thresholds
Server housekeeping
Server management plan
Entrance security
Server room security
Environmental issues

Server Problem Determination
This course explains how to use diagnostic hardware tools and utilities to evaluate problems with the server.

Gathering information and handling escalations
Using server-related documentation
System evaluation
Hardware, software, and configuration problems
Diagnostic tools and utilities
Server operating system shutdowns
Troubleshooting server networks

Troubleshooting
This course provides you with a basic understanding of various system bottlenecks and resource demands.

Optimal performance
Documenting suspected bottlenecks
Identifying performance bottlenecks
Troubleshooting bottlenecks
Physical disk bottlenecks
Memory and network interface bottlenecks
Processor and network redirector bottlenecks
Server bottlenecks and resource handling

Disaster Recovery
This course provides information about disaster recovery as it applies to the Server+ exam.

Disaster recovery plan
System redundancy plan
Hardware and media Backup
Tape drive backup
Advanced digital recording
Automated data tape storage
Backup scheduling
Backup rotation scheme and removable storage

Practice Exam
This course provides information about preparing to take the CompTIA Server+ 2005 (SK0-002) Exam. It also includes two 80-question practice exams.

Practice Exam 1
Practice Exam 2

Certification:
CompTIA Server+ 2005 (SK0-002)

Audience:
This course is for anyone working, or preparing to work, with server networking technology and hardware, or for administrators and technicians preparing to take the CompTIA certification exam SK0-002.

Features:

Flash and audio provide animated, interactive Lesson Introductions, Activities, and Simulations.
Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
A Course Topics list contains active hyperlinks, permitting quick access to specific topics.
Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary. In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.
A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms.
Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.

Technical Requirements:

Internet connection
Browser: Internet Explorer, FireFox, Chrome, Safari, Opera or any standards compliant browser.
Authorware and Macromedia Flash player recommended but not required.
JavaScript must be enabled.

What You Get:

You will receive Unlimited Access to all of the CompTIA Server+ 2005 (SK0-002) training tutorials listed above. Your online training courses will be available from anywhere you have internet access.This e-learning series includes all of the online training tutorials listed and is provided in an interactive, self-paced format. Retake any or all of our computer training as often as you want. Our online tutorials allow you to learn anywhere, anytime from any computer with internet access. All courses allow for 1 year unlimited access (1 user), include a variety of features and qualify for Continuing Education Unit credit.

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