CISS 234Server Technologies 3*
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I. General Information
Department
Information Technology
II. Course Specification
Course Type
Program Requirement
Credit Hours Narrative
3 Credits
Semester Contact Hours Lecture
15
Semester Contact Hours Lab
60
Prerequisite Narrative
CISS 233
Grading Method
Letter grade
III. Catalog Course Description
Focusing on Windows Server 2016, this course covers installing Active Directory, management and maintaining AD DS. Creating and managing group policy. Implementing Active Directory Certificate Services. Implementing identity federation and access solutions. This course maps to the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) examination 70-742.
IV. Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- To develop competency with HyperVisor terminology, design, implementation and troubleshooting
- To customize HyperVisor Virtualization hardware hosts, networking, and failover, and monitoring configuration.
V. Topical Outline (Course Content)
To develop competency with HyperVisor terminology, design, implementation and troubleshooting
To customize HyperVisor-Virtualization hardware hosts, networking, and failover, and monitoring configuration.
VI. Delivery Methodologies
Required Assignments
Configure Hyper-V (35?40%)
Create and configure virtual machine (VM) settings
Configure dynamic memory, configure smart paging, configure Resource Metering, configure guest integration services, create and configure Generation 1 and 2 virtual machines, configure and use extended session mode, and configure RemoteFX
Create and configure virtual machine storage
Create VHDs and VHDx, configure differencing drives, modify VHDs, configure pass-through disks, manage checkpoints, implement a virtual Fibre Channel adapter, configure storage Quality of Service
Create and configure virtual networks
Configure Hyper-V virtual switches, optimize network performance, configure MAC addresses, configure network isolation
, configure synthetic and legacy virtual network adapters, configure NIC teaming in virtual machines
Configure and manage virtual machine high availability (15?20%)
Configure failover clustering with Hyper-V
Configure shared storage, configure Quorum, configure cluster networking, restore single node or cluster configuration, implement Cluster Aware Updating, upgrade a cluster, configure and optimize clustered shared volumes, and configure clusters without network names
Manage failover clustering roles
Configure role-specific settings, including continuously available shares, configure VM monitoring, configure failover and preference settings, and configure guest clustering
Manage virtual machine movement
Perform Live Migration, perform quick migration, perform storage migration, import, export, and copy VMs; configure virtual machine network health protection, configure drain on shutdown, manage virtual-to-virtual (V2V) migrations, and implement virtual machine migration between clouds
Implement a server virtualization infrastructure (35?40%)
Implement virtualization hosts
Implement delegation of virtualization environment (hosts, services, and virtual machines), including self-service capabilities; implement multi-host libraries, including equivalent objects; implement host resource optimization; integrate third-party virtualization platforms; and deploy Hyper-V
hosts to bare metal
Implement virtual machines
Implement highly available VMs; implement guest resource optimization, including shared VHDx, configure placement rules, create a Virtual Machine Manager template
Implement virtualization networking
Configure Virtual Machine Manager logical networks, including virtual switch extensions and logical switches; configure IP address and MAC address settings across multiple Hyper-V hosts, including network virtualization; configure virtual network optimization; plan and implement Windows Server Gateway; implement VLANs and pVLANs; plan and implement virtual machine networks; and implement converged networks
Implement virtualization storage
Configure Hyper-V host clustered storage; configure Hyper-V virtual machine storage, including virtual Fibre Channel, Internet SCSI (iSCSI), and shared VHDx; plan for storage optimization; and plan and implement storage by using SMB 3.0 file shares
Manage and maintain a server virtualization infrastructure
Manage dynamic optimization and resource optimization, integrate Operations Manager with System Center Virtual Machine Manager and System Center Service Manager, update virtual machine images in libraries, implement backup and recovery of a virtualization infrastructure by using System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Monitor and maintain a server virtualization infrastructure (15?20%)
Plan and implement a monitoring strategy
Planning considerations, including monitoring servers using Audit Collection Services (ACS) and System Center Global Service Monitor, performance monitoring, application monitoring, centralized monitoring, and centralized reporting; implement and optimize System Center 2012 Operations Manager management packs; and plan for monitoring Active Directory
Plan and implement a business continuity and disaster recovery solution
Plan a backup and recovery strategy; planning considerations, including Active Directory domain and forest recovery, Hyper-V replica, including using Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager, domain controller restore and cloning, and Active Directory object and container restore using authoritative restore and Recycle Bin; and plan for and implement backup and recovery by using System Center DPM
Specific Course Activity Assignment or Assessment Requirements
Configure Hyper-V (35?40%)
Create and configure virtual machine (VM) settings
Configure dynamic memory, configure smart paging, configure Resource Metering, configure guest integration services, create and configure Generation 1 and 2 virtual machines, configure and use extended session mode, and configure RemoteFX
Create and configure virtual machine storage
Create VHDs and VHDx, configure differencing drives, modify VHDs, configure pass-through disks, manage checkpoints, implement a virtual Fibre Channel adapter, configure storage Quality of Service
Create and configure virtual networks
Configure Hyper-V virtual switches, optimize network performance, configure MAC addresses, configure network isolation
, configure synthetic and legacy virtual network adapters, configure NIC teaming in virtual machines
Configure and manage virtual machine high availability (15?20%)
Configure failover clustering with Hyper-V
Configure shared storage, configure Quorum, configure cluster networking, restore single node or cluster configuration, implement Cluster Aware Updating, upgrade a cluster, configure and optimize clustered shared volumes, and configure clusters without network names
Manage failover clustering roles
Configure role-specific settings, including continuously available shares, configure VM monitoring, configure failover and preference settings, and configure guest clustering
Manage virtual machine movement
Perform Live Migration, perform quick migration, perform storage migration, import, export, and copy VMs; configure virtual machine network health protection, configure drain on shutdown, manage virtual-to-virtual (V2V) migrations, and implement virtual machine migration between clouds
Implement a server virtualization infrastructure (35?40%)
Implement virtualization hosts
Implement delegation of virtualization environment (hosts, services, and virtual machines), including self-service capabilities; implement multi-host libraries, including equivalent objects; implement host resource optimization; integrate third-party virtualization platforms; and deploy Hyper-V
hosts to bare metal
Implement virtual machines
Implement highly available VMs; implement guest resource optimization, including shared VHDx, configure placement rules, create a Virtual Machine Manager template
Implement virtualization networking
Configure Virtual Machine Manager logical networks, including virtual switch extensions and logical switches; configure IP address and MAC address settings across multiple Hyper-V hosts, including network virtualization; configure virtual network optimization; plan and implement Windows Server Gateway; implement VLANs and pVLANs; plan and implement virtual machine networks; and implement converged networks
Implement virtualization storage
Configure Hyper-V host clustered storage; configure Hyper-V virtual machine storage, including virtual Fibre Channel, Internet SCSI (iSCSI), and shared VHDx; plan for storage optimization; and plan and implement storage by using SMB 3.0 file shares
Manage and maintain a server virtualization infrastructure
Manage dynamic optimization and resource optimization, integrate Operations Manager with System Center Virtual Machine Manager and System Center Service Manager, update virtual machine images in libraries, implement backup and recovery of a virtualization infrastructure by using System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Monitor and maintain a server virtualization infrastructure (15?20%)
Plan and implement a monitoring strategy
Planning considerations, including monitoring servers using Audit Collection Services (ACS) and System Center Global Service Monitor, performance monitoring, application monitoring, centralized monitoring, and centralized reporting; implement and optimize System Center 2012 Operations Manager management packs; and plan for monitoring Active Directory
Plan and implement a business continuity and disaster recovery solution
Plan a backup and recovery strategy; planning considerations, including Active Directory domain and forest recovery, Hyper-V replica, including using Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager, domain controller restore and cloning, and Active Directory object and container restore using authoritative restore and Recycle Bin; and plan for and implement backup and recovery by using System Center DPM