Course Outline

1 Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics for government
  • Course objectives

2 vSphere and Virtualization Overview

  • Explain fundamental virtualization concepts
  • Describe the role of vSphere in software-defined data centers and cloud infrastructure for government
  • Identify user interfaces for accessing vSphere
  • Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, storage, and GPUs

3 Installing and Configuring ESXi

  • Install an ESXi host for government environments
  • Recognize best practices for ESXi user account management
  • Configure ESXi host settings using the DCUI and VMware Host Client

4 Deploying and Configuring vCenter

  • Understand communication between ESXi hosts and vCenter for government operations
  • Deploy the vCenter Server Appliance
  • Configure vCenter settings for optimal performance
  • Use the vSphere Client to manage license keys
  • Create and organize vCenter inventory objects
  • Recognize rules for applying vCenter permissions in a government context
  • View vCenter logs and events for enhanced monitoring

5 Configuring vSphere Networking

  • Configure and view standard switch settings
  • Configure and view distributed switch settings
  • Differentiate between standard switches and distributed switches for government networks
  • Explain how to set networking policies on standard and distributed switches for enhanced security

6 Configuring vSphere Storage

  • Recognize vSphere storage technologies for government use
  • Identify types of vSphere datastores for efficient storage management
  • Describe Fibre Channel components and addressing for secure data transfer

Requirements

This course requires the following prerequisites:

• Experience in system administration on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems for government.

 35 Hours

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