Server Architecture for CompTIA Server+ (SK0-004)
This course covers the Server Architecture objectives, domain 1.0, for the CompTIA Server+ exam.
What you'll learn
This course covers the Server Architecture objectives, domain 1.0, for the CompTIA Server+ exam. Within, we cover server form factors, hardware components (including CPU, memory, network, disk, expansion busses, and firmware), power, and cooling.
Table of contents
- Introduction 5m
- What Are Servers? 3m
- Server Rooms 8m
- Server Form Factors 6m
- Tower Form Factor 6m
- Rack Mount Form Factor 4m
- Rack Units 3m
- Rack Enclosures 7m
- Rail Kits and Cable Management 9m
- Rack Mount Overview 3m
- Blade Servers 7m
- Blade Enclosure 7m
- Managing a Blade 6m
- Decision Points 3m
- Applying What You've Learned 4m
- Business Needs Lead to Technical Specs 3m
- CPU 11m
- Memory Types and NUMA 8m
- Memory Speed and Fault Tolerance Techniques 12m
- Networking 7m
- Storage 10m
- USB 5m
- Expansion Slots and Bus Types 13m
- Riser Cards 2m
- BIOS and UEFI 12m
- Firmware and Hot Swap 9m
- Relative Resource Requirements for Various Server Roles 9m
About the author
John Hales is a trainer, consultant, and courseware developer in the areas of virtualization, storage, and networking. He has published more than 60 books and has written many courses for internal use at Fortune 500 companies. He has also trained in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America.
Brian is an energetic trainer and consultant with nearly 20 years of technical experience in datacenter management and design. As a virtualization instructor, Brian spends much of his time discussing the impact and intricacies of Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC), Software Defined Networking (SDN), and Software Defined Storage (SDS).
