CTS 2370 - Configuring and Managing Virtualization

College of Computer & Information Technology

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Fall 2014 (490)

Requisites

Prerequisite CTS 1411 with a minimum grade of C

Course Description

This course equips students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to build and run a virtualized networking environment. It focuses on the installation and configuration of various virtual hosts and virtual servers. It also focuses on the management of virtualized hosts and virtual machines using various hypervisors. This course helps prepare students to achieve the status of VMware® Certified Professional.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the need for virtualization of servers and network storage by:
    1. describing some of the challenges to running a large number of servers in a datacenter.
    2. discussing benefits of virtualizing hardware.
    3. discussing how virtualization technology changes the way servers are provisioned.
    4. describing how the software defined datacenter is considered to be the foundation of cloud computing.
    5. discussing storage concepts.
    6. configuring and managing virtual storage.
  2. The student will demonstrate an understanding of various aspects associated with implementing and maintaining virtual machines and virtual appliances by:
    1. describing a virtual machine and a virtual appliance.
    2. using tools to configure and manage different components of a virtual machine or appliance.
    3. discussing virtual machine hardware.
    4. describing how to import a virtual appliance.
    5. creating and using resource pools on a virtualized host.
  3. The student will demonstrate an understanding of network operations in virtual and wired local area network (LAN) environments by:
    1. defining a virtual network.
    2. describing a virtual switch and virtual switch connection types.
    3. configuring virtual switch policies.
    4. discussing the physical network considerations.
    5. creating a standard switch and port group.
  4. The student will demonstrate an understanding of network operating systems and hypervisors by:
    1. installing guest operating systems into the virtual machine.
    2. describing single sign-on components.
    3. discussing the concept of a hypervisor.
    4. configuring user logins to authenticate with directory services.
    5. managing user roles and access permissions.
  5. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the management tasks involved with maintaining a virtualized networking environment while ensuring business continuity by:
    1. describing datacenter objects.
    2. performing basic inventory operations.
    3. deploying a virtual machine from a template and cloning a virtual machine.
    4. modifying a virtual machine’s hardware and migrating virtual machines.
    5. discussing high availability and fault tolerant solutions.
    6. implementing a cluster.
    7. installing, configuring, and using Update Manager.

Criteria Performance Standard

These course objectives will be tested by using quizzes, exams, and written assignments developed by the instructor. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will, with minimum 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by the individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: 05/31/2013, BOT Approval: 06/17/2014, Effective Term: Fall 2014 (490)

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