| Section | Weight | Objectives |
| Storage Systems | 19% | - RAID Levels and Implementation
- 1. Hardware vs software RAID
- 2. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
- Storage Interfaces and Management
- 1. SCSI, Fibre Channel, IDE
- 2. Hot-swappable devices
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| Security and Environment | 12% | - Physical and Logical Security
- 1. Access control, BIOS passwords
- 2. OS security settings
- Power and Cooling
- 1. Thermal management, airflow
- 2. UPS, power distribution
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| Disaster Recovery and Fault Tolerance | 8% | - Backup Strategies
- 1. Full, incremental, differential backups
- 2. Backup media and rotation
- Redundancy and Recovery
- 1. Recovery procedures
- 2. Clustering, high availability
|
| Networking and Connectivity | 13% | - Network Infrastructure
- 1. Switches, routers, DNS, DHCP
- Network Components
- 1. TCP/IP configuration
- 2. NICs, cabling, protocols
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| Server Operating Systems | 18% | - Server Roles and Services
- 1. File, print, application, database servers
- 2. Network services configuration
- OS Installation and Configuration
- 1. Windows Server, Linux, UNIX, NetWare
- 2. Drivers, firmware, BIOS/CMOS
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| Server Hardware | 21% | - Processors and Memory
- 1. Multi-CPU configurations
- 2. RAM types, ECC, registered memory
- Server Architecture and Form Factors
- 1. Bus types, expansion slots, SCSI, IDE/ATA
- 2. Tower, rack-mount, blade servers
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| Troubleshooting and Maintenance | 9% | - Hardware Troubleshooting
- 1. Component replacement
- 2. Diagnostic tools, error codes
- Preventive Maintenance
- 1. Cleaning, inspections, firmware updates
- 2. Log analysis, performance monitoring
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