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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By : Ron Price
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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By: Ron Price

Overview of this book

CompTIA Server+ Certification is one of the top 5 IT certifications that is vendor neutral.System administrators opt for CompTIA server+ Certification to gain advanced knowledge of concepts including troubleshooting and networking. This book will initially start with the configuration of a basic network server and the configuration for each of its myriad roles. The next set of chapters will provide an overview of the responsibilities and tasks performed by a system administrator to manage and maintain a network server. Moving ahead, you will learn the basic security technologies, methods, and procedures that can be applied to a server and its network. Next, you will cover the troubleshooting procedures and methods in general, and specifically for hardware, software, networks, storage devices, and security applications. Toward the end of this book, we will cover a number of troubleshooting and security mitigation concepts for running admin servers with ease. This guide will be augmented by test questions and mock papers that will help you obtain the necessary certification. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to clear Server+ Certification with ease.
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
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Section 1: System Architecture
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Section 2: Administration
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Section 3: Security
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Section 4: Troubleshooting
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  • 1000BaseT: Gigabit Ethernet standard with a range reduced to 75 meters.
  • 100BaseFX: A fiber optic cable specification implemented on either a single-mode or multi-mode cable. It has a range of 10,000 meters in single-mode and a range of 412 meters in multi-mode.
  • 100BaseTX: A Fast Ethernet specification with 100 Mbps baseband signaling on a UTP cable.
  • 10Base2: A 10 Mbps baseband coaxial cable with an attenuation distance of 185 meters.
  • 10Base5: Another coaxial baseband cable with a speed of 10 Mbps over 500 meters.
  • 10Base-FL: A 10 Mbps baseband standard that runs on a fiber optic link (FL).
  • 10BaseT: Represents a 10 Mbps baseband UTP or STP cable.
  • 10GbE: This standard transmits at a speed of 10 Gbps at a range of up to 40 km.
  • 80-plus: This is a voluntary certification for a computer's PSU electrical efficiency.