CompTIA Server+ 2009: System Hardware New Horizons Lebanon
Price: TBA
  • Duration: 3 Hours

Course details

Being a good server administrator means that you understand your systems from the ground up both the software and the hardware. Today's server hardware is sophisticated and specialized to support multiple users, applications and processors, as well as provide fault tolerant, highly available services. This course begins the look at server hardware architecture, starting with server system boards, chassis, memory, and the brain of the server the CPU. The course also describes the various types of expansion cards and the supporting architectures and explains when and why you would upgrade and configure your system's firmware. The course maps to CompTIA's Server+ exam, SK0-003, and covers the following exam objectives: 1.4 Explain the importance of a Hardware Compatibility List (HCL); 1.1 Differentiate between system board types, features, components, and their purposes; 1.2 Deploy different chassis types and the appropriate components; 1.3 Differentiate between memory features/types and given a scenario select appropriate memory; 1.5 Differentiate between processor features/types and given a scenario select the appropriate processor; 1.6 Given a scenario, install appropriate expansion cards into a server while taking fault tolerance into consideration; and 1.7 Install, update, and configure appropriate firmware.

  • identify the importance of a hardware compatibility list
  • match components of a motherboard with their corresponding purposes
  • match chassis types with their corresponding purposes
  • distinguish between different types of RAM
  • recognize compatibility issues that must be considered when installing additional memory
  • match chip processing methods with their corresponding characteristics
  • identify characteristics of modern processors
  • determine the appropriate server form factor based on a scenario
  • determine the appropriate system memory installation based on a scenario
  • determine the appropriate processor given a scenario
  • match motherboard features with their corresponding descriptions
  • identify steps for installing an expansion card
  • recognize appropriate actions to take when upgrading firmware
  • distinguish between firmware and the BIOS
  • recognize the procedure for configuring firmware options
  • install appropriate expansion cards
  • perform a firmware upgrade
Updated on 14 November, 2015

About New Horizons Lebanon

As changes in technology have accelerated, it’s become even more essential for people to master technology to be productive, invaluable employees who optimize, program and invent solutions—and even grow companies of their own. With over 300 centers in 60 countries, New Horizons is the world’s largest independent IT and Business training company. Over the past 35 years, New Horizons has delivered a full range of IT and business skills/Management training through innovative learning methods that have transformed businesses and helped over 35 million students reach their goals. New Horizons Lebanon branch was established in 1996.

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