Programma Didattico Corso  CompTIA Server+

1.0 Server Hardware Installation and Management

• Racking
• Power cabling
• Network cabling
• Server chassis types
• Server components
• RAID levels and types
• Capacity planning
• Hard drive media types
• Interface types
• Shared storage
• Out-of-band management
• Local hardware administration
• Components
• Drives
• Hot-swappable hardware
• Basic input/output system (BIOS)/Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

2.0 Server Administration

• Minimum operating system (OS) requirements
• Hardware compatibility list (HCL)
• Installations1
• Partition and volume types
• File system types
• IP configuration
• Virtual local area network (VLAN)
• Default gateways
• Name resolution
• Addressing protocols
• Static vs. dynamic
• MAC addresses
• Server roles requirements
• Directory connectivity
• Storage management/Monitoring/Data migration and transfer
• Administrative interfaces
• Clustering
• Fault tolerance
• Redundant server network infrastructure
• Host vs. guest
• Virtual networking
• Resource allocation and provisioning
• Management interfaces for virtual machines
• Cloud models
• Script types
• Environment variables
• Comment syntax
• Basic script constructs
• Basic data types
• Common server administration scripting tasks
• Asset management
• Documentation management
• Document availability
• Secure storage of sensitive documentation
• Models
• Open source
• Subscription
• License vs. maintenance and support
• Volume licensing
• License count validation
• Version compatibility

3.0 Security and Disaster Recovery

• Encryption paradigms
• Retention policies
• Data storage
• UEFI/BIOS passwords
• Bootloader passwords
• Business impact
• Physical access controls
• Environmental controls
• User accounts
• User groups
• Password policies
• Permissions and access controls
• Auditing
• Multifactor authentication (MFA)
• Single sign-on (SSO)
• Security risks
• Mitigation strategies
• OS hardening
• Application hardening
• Host security
• Hardware hardening
• Patching
• Proper removal procedures
• Media destruction
• Media retention requirements
• Cable remediation
• Electronics recycling
• Backup methods
• Backup frequency
• Media rotation
• Backup media types
• File-level vs. system-state backup
• Restore methods
• Backup validation
• Media inventory before restoration
• Site types
• Replication
• Testing

4.0 Troubleshooting

• Identify the problem and determine the scope
• Establish a theory of probable cause (question the obvious).
• Test the theory to determine the cause.
• Establish a plan of action to resolve the problem.
• Implement the solution or escalate.
• Verify full system functionality and, if applicable, implement preventive measures.
• Troubleshoot common hardware failures, storage problems, common OS and software
• problems, network connectivity issues, security problems
• Common problems
• Causes of common problems
• Tools and techniques