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CompTIA Server+ SK0-002 Online Course Tutorial Details

Total Lessons: 9
Total Time: 25 hour(s)
Subscription Term: 12 month(s)

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Summary:

This series teaches the information that is required to meet the objectives in the Server+ exam: you will learn about the concepts and technologies of networking. The series also takes you through the processes and procedures used to plan, install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot a network, including the installation and configuration of the network operating system. You'll also learn the processes used to ensure the integrity of a network's data, and the technologies and procedures used to secure a network and its servers. The final part of the series provides practice test questions, with sample questions from each domain of test objectives.

Features and Benefits of our Tutorial:
* Exercises that allow users to practice the application
* A file containing the text of the exercises
* Activities that allow users to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment
* Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the application
* A glossary
* A Skill Assessment

Lesson 1 Network Terminology and Operating Systems - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Explain common networking terms
* Distinguish network cabling types
* Describe networking devices and their uses
* Perform basic administrative tasks in Windows NT/2000, Unix, NetWare, and OS/2
* Differentiate the major network

Lesson 2 Servers, Bus Structures, and Caching - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Understand the role of Primary Domain Controllers and Backup Domain Controllers
* Explain cache memory
* Install a cache module
* Install WINS
* Use DHCP
* Explain the process of routing data
* Understand firewalls and proxy servers
* Use the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service
* Explain system buses and I/O bus architectures
* Know the characteristics of Pentium-class processors
* Differentiate multitasking from multiprocessing

Lesson 3 Memory - 2 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Identify the uses of RAM
* Identify the uses of ROM
* Associate processors with the kinds of inline memory modules they support
* Differentiate between DRAM an SRAM
* Identify causes of several memory-related error messages
* Upgrade system memory

Lesson 4 Data Storage Systems - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Describe components of a hard disk drive
* Identify a track, sector, cylinder, and cluster on a hard disk
* Identify what SCSI is and describe how it works
* Describe characteristics of six popular file systems
* Define RAID and identify characteristics of five RAID levels
* Identify four disk swap techniques

Lesson 5 Interfacing with the Network - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Identify common network topologies
* Name common network cable types and their properties
* Explain network adapter principles
* List common TCP/IP protocols
* Detail IP addressing
* Define DHCP
* Identify TCP/IP well-known ports

Lesson 6 Installing Network Hardware - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* List the steps of preinstallation planning
* Explain the need to document a server's configuration
* Define the tools used to verify hardware compatibility
* Explain the various environmental conditions affecting a server
* Detail the steps used to assure network availability
* Describe the procedures for installing hardware in a server
* Detail the steps to install a server in a rackmount system
* Explain the use of a KVM switch
* Configure external SCSI devices
* Define the steps used to create a server baseline

Lesson 7 Upgrading BIOS and Installing the Operating System - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Explain BIOS and ROM chips
* Determine when the system BIOS needs to be upgraded
* Define a BIOS upgrade checklist
* Perform a BIOS upgrade
* List the process used to install and configure a network operating system
* Define network operating system functions and processes
* Detail the procedure used to verify network connectivity
* Explain the use of network administration and monitoring tools

Lesson 8 Preventing Disaster - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Define data back-up procedures
* List back-up media
* Explain proper storage and safekeeping of back-up media
* Detail disaster recovery planning
* Detail network security concepts
* Define the attributes, function, and purpose of SNMP and RMON
* Use maintenance, service, and security logs to monitor network activities
* Define the need for antivirus software

Lesson 9 Practice Exam - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
*Practice for and evaluate your current skill level for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-002 Exam