CompTIA Server+

Certification Exam
Objectives
EXAM NUMBER: SK0-005
 About the Exam
Candidates are encouraged to use this document to help prepare for the CompTIA
Server+ (SK0-005) certification exam. The CompTIA Server+ certification exam will
verify the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to:
• Install, configure, and manage server hardware and server operating systems
• Implement proper server hardening and security controls
• Successfully troubleshoot common server problems
• Demonstrate an understanding of key disaster recovery, high-availability, and backup concepts
This is equivalent to two years of hands-on experience working in a server environment.
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construed as a comprehensive listing of all the content of this examination.
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CompTIA Server+ Certification Exam Objectives 2.0 (Exam Number: SK0-005)

 TEST DETAILS
Required exam SK0-005
Number of questions 90
Types of questions Multiple choice and performance-based
Length of test 90 minutes
Recommended experience • Two years of hands-on experience working in a server environment
• CompTIA A+ certified or equivalent knowledge
Passing score 750

EXAM OBJECTIVES (DOMAINS)

The table below lists the domains measured by this examination
and the extent to which they are represented.

DOMAIN PERCENTAGE OF EXAMINATION

1.0 Server Hardware Installation and Management 18%

2.0 Server Administration 30%
3.0 Security and Disaster Recovery 24%
4.0 Troubleshooting 28%
Total 100%

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 1.0 Server Hardware Installation
and Management
1.1 Given a scenario, install physical hardware.
• Racking - Separate providers • Server chassis types
- Enclosure sizes - Power connector types - Tower
- Unit sizes - Cable management - Rack mount
- 1U, 2U, 3U, etc. • Network cabling - Blade enclosure
- Rack layout - Redundant networking • Server components
- Cooling management - Twisted pair - Hardware compatibility list (HCL)
- Safety - Fiber - Central processing unit (CPU)
- Proper lifting techniques - SC - Graphics processing unit (GPU)
- Rack balancing - LC - Memory
- Floor load limitations - Single mode - Bus types
- Power distribution unit (PDU) - Multimode - Interface types
- Keyboard-video- - Gigabit - Expansion cards
mouse (KVM) placement - 10 GigE
- Rail kits - Small form factor pluggable (SFP)
• Power cabling - SFP+
- Redundant power - Quad small form factor pluggable (QSFP)
- Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) - Cable management
- Separate circuits

1.2 Given a scenario, deploy and manage storage.

• RAID levels and types - Write intensive - External serial advanced
-0 - Hard disk drive (HDD) technology attachment (eSATA)
-1 - Rotations per minute (RPM) - Universal serial bus (USB)
-5 - 15,000 - Secure digital (SD)
-6 - 10,000 • Shared storage
- 10 - 7,200 - Network attached storage (NAS)
- Just a bunch of disks (JBOD) - Hybrid - Network file system (NFS)
- Hardware vs. software • Interface types - Common Internet file system (CIFS)
• Capacity planning - Serial attached SCSI (SAS) - Storage area network (SAN)
• Hard drive media types - Serial ATA (SATA) - Internet small
- Solid state drive (SSD) - Peripheral component computer systems interface (iSCSI)
- Wear factors interconnect (PCI) - Fibre Channel
- Read intensive - Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

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 1.0 Server Hardware Installation and Management

1.3 Given a scenario, perform server hardware maintenance.

• Out-of-band management • Components
- Remote drive access - Firmware upgrades
- Remote console access • Drives
- Remote power on/off • Hot-swappable hardware
- Internet protocol keyboard- - Drives
video-mouse (IP KVM) - Cages
• Local hardware administration - Cards
- Keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) - Power supplies
- Crash cart - Fans
- Virtual administration console • Basic input/output system (BIOS)/Unified
- Serial connectivity Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
- Console connections

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 2.0 Server Administration
2.1 Given a scenario, install server operating systems.
• Minimum operating system - Additional applications  - Template deployment
(OS) requirements and utilities - Physical to virtual (P2V)
• Hardware compatibility list (HCL) - Patches • Partition and volume types
• Installations - Media installation type - Global partition table (GPT)
- Graphical user interface (GUI) - Network vs. master boot record (MBR)
- Core - Optical - Dynamic disk
- Bare metal - Universal serial bus (USB) - Logical volume management (LVM)
- Virtualized - Embedded • File system types
- Remote - Imaging - ext4
- Slip streamed/unattended - Cloning - New technology file system (NTFS)
- Scripted installations - Virtual machine (VM) cloning - VMware file system (VMFS)
- Additional drivers - Physical clones - Resilient file system (ReFS)
- Z file system (ZFS)

2.2 Given a scenario, configure servers to use

network infrastructure services.
• IP configuration • Addressing protocols • Static vs. dynamic
• Virtual local area network (VLAN) - IPv4 - Dynamic host configuration
• Default gateways - Request for comments protocol (DHCP)
• Name resolution (RFC) 1918 address spaces - Automatic private IP address (APIPA)
- Domain name service (DNS) - IPv6 • MAC addresses
- Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) • Firewall
- Hosts file - Ports

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 2.0 Server Administration

2.3 Given a scenario, configure and maintain

server functions and features.
• Server roles requirements - Disk quotas - Alerting
- Print - Compression - Reporting
- Database - Deduplication - Retention
- File • Monitoring - Rotation
- Web - Uptime • Data migration and transfer
- Application - Thresholds - Infiltration
- Messaging - Performance - Exfiltration
- Baselining - Memory - Disparate OS data transfer
- Documentation - Disk - Robocopy
- Performance metrics - Input output operations - File transfer
• Directory connectivity per second (IOPS) - Fast copy
• Storage management - Capacity vs. utilization - Secure copy protocol (SCP)
- Formatting - Network • Administrative interfaces
- Connectivity - Central processing unit (CPU) - Console
- Provisioning - Event logs - Remote desktop
- Partitioning - Configuration - Secure shell (SSH)
- Page/swap/scratch location and size - Shipping - Web interface

2.4 Explain the key concepts of high availability for servers.

• Clustering • Fault tolerance - Most recently used (MRU)
- Active-active - Server-level redundancy vs. - Network interface card (NIC)
- Active-passive component redundancy teaming and redundancy
- Failover • Redundant server network infrastructure - Failover
- Failback - Load balancing - Link aggregation
- Proper patching procedures - Software vs. hardware
- Heartbeat - Round robin

2.5 Summarize the purpose and operation of virtualization.

• Host vs. guest • Resource allocation and provisioning • Management interfaces
• Virtual networking - CPU for virtual machines
- Direct access (bridged) - Memory • Cloud models
- Network address translation (NAT) - Disk - Public
- vNICs - NIC - Private
- Virtual switches - Overprovisioning - Hybrid
- Scalability

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 2.0 Server Administration

2.6 Summarize scripting basics for server administration.

• Script types • Basic script constructs • Common server administration
- Bash - Loops scripting tasks
- Batch - Variables - Startup
- PowerShell - Conditionals - Shut down
- Virtual basic script (VBS) - Comparators - Service
• Environment variables • Basic data types - Login
• Comment syntax - Integers - Account creation
- Strings - Bootstrap
- Arrays

2.7 Explain the importance of asset management and documentation.

• Asset management - Serial number - Company policies and procedures
- Labeling - Asset tag - Business impact analysis (BIA)
- Warranty • Documentation management - Mean time between failure (MTBF)
- Leased vs. owned devices - Updates - Mean time to recover (MTTR)
- Life-cycle management - Service manuals - Recovery point objective (RPO)
- Procurement - Architecture diagrams - Recovery time objective (RTO)
- Usage - Infrastructure diagrams - Service level agreement (SLA)
- End of life - Workflow diagrams - Uptime requirements
- Disposal/recycling - Recovery processes • Document availability
- Inventory - Baselines • Secure storage of sensitive
- Make - Change management documentation
- Model - Server configurations

2.8 Explain licensing concepts.

• Models - Physical vs. virtual • License count validation
- Per-instance - Node-locked - True up
- Per-concurrent user - Signatures • Version compatibility
- Per-server • Open source - Backward compatible
- Per-socket • Subscription - Forward compatible
- Per-core • License vs. maintenance and support
- Site-based • Volume licensing

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 3.0 Security and Disaster Recovery
3.1 Summarize data security concepts.
• Encryption paradigms • UEFI/BIOS passwords
- Data at rest • Bootloader passwords
- Data in transit • Business impact
• Retention policies - Data value prioritization
• Data storage - Life-cycle management
- Physical location storage - Cost of security vs. risk
- Off-site vs. on-site and/or replacement

3.2 Summarize physical security concepts.

• Physical access controls - Security guards - Mantraps
- Bollards - Security cameras - Safes
- Architectural reinforcements - Locks • Environmental controls
- Signal blocking - Biometric - Fire suppression
- Reflective glass - Radio frequency - Heating, ventilation,
- Datacenter camouflage identification (RFID) and cooling (HVAC)
- Fencing - Card readers - Sensors

3.3 Explain important concepts pertaining to identity and

access management for server administration.
• User accounts - Scope based • Multifactor authentication (MFA)
• User groups - Segregation of duties - Something you know
• Password policies - Delegation - Something you have
- Length • Auditing - Something you are
- Lockout - User activity • Single sign-on (SSO)
- Enforcement - Logins
• Permissions and access controls - Group memberships
- Role-based - Deletions
- Rule-based

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3.4 Explain data security risks and mitigation strategies.

• Security risks - Breaches - Regulatory constraints
- Hardware failure - Identification - Governmental
- Malware - Disclosure - Individually privileged information
- Data corruption • Mitigation strategies - Personally identifiable
- Insider threats - Data monitoring information (PII)
- Theft - Log analysis - Payment Card Industry Data
- Data loss prevention (DLP) - Security information and Security Standard (PCI DSS)
- Unwanted duplication event management (SIEM) - Legal considerations
- Unwanted publication - Two-person integrity - Data retention
- Unwanted access methods - Split encryption keys tokens - Subpoenas
- Backdoor - Separation of roles
- Social engineering

3.5 Given a scenario, apply server hardening methods.

• OS hardening • Host security • Patching
- Disable unused services - Antivirus - Testing
- Close unneeded ports - Anti-malware - Deployment
- Install only required software - Host intrusion detection - Change management
- Apply driver updates system (HIDS)/Host intrusion
- Apply OS updates prevention system (HIPS)
- Firewall configuration • Hardware hardening
• Application hardening - Disable unneeded hardware
- Install latest patches - Disable unneeded physical
- Disable unneeded services, ports, devices, or functions
roles, or features - Set BIOS password
- Set boot order

3.6 Summarize proper server decommissioning concepts.

• Proper removal procedures • Media retention requirements
- Company policies • Cable remediation
- Verify non-utilization - Power
- Documentation - Networking
- Asset management • Electronics recycling
- Change management - Internal vs. external
• Media destruction - Repurposing
- Disk wiping
- Physical
- Degaussing
- Shredding
- Crushing
- Incineration
- Purposes for media destruction

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 3.0 Security and Disaster Recovery

3.7 Explain the importance of backups and restores.

• Backup methods • Backup frequency • Restore methods
- Full • Media rotation - Overwrite
- Synthetic full • Backup media types - Side by side
- Incremental - Tape - Alternate location path
- Differential - Cloud • Backup validation
- Archive - Disk - Media integrity
- Open file - Print - Equipment
- Snapshot • File-level vs. system-state backup - Regular testing intervals
• Media inventory before restoration

3.8 Explain the importance of disaster recovery.

• Site types - Application consistent
- Hot site - File locking
- Cold site - Mirroring
- Warm site - Bidirectional
- Cloud • Testing
- Separate geographic locations - Tabletops
• Replication - Live failover
- Constant - Simulated failover
- Background - Production vs. non-production
- Synchronous vs. asynchronous

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 4.0 Troubleshooting
4.1 Explain the troubleshooting theory and methodology.
• Identify the problem and • Establish a theory of probable
determine the scope. cause (question the obvious). • Implement the solution or escalate.
- Question users/stakeholders - Determine whether there is - Make one change at a time
and identify changes to a common element or symptom and test/confirm the change
the server/environment. causing multiple problems. has resolved the problem.
- Collect additional • Test the theory to determine the cause. - If the problem is not resolved,
documentation/logs. - Once the theory is confirmed, reverse the change, if appropriate,
- If possible, replicate the determine the next steps to and implement a new change.
problem as appropriate. resolve the problem. • Verify full system functionality
- If possible, perform backups - If the theory is not confirmed, and, if applicable, implement
before making changes. establish a new theory. preventive measures.
- Escalate, if necessary. • Establish a plan of action • Perform a root cause analysis.
to resolve the problem. • Document findings, actions, and
- Notify impacted users. outcomes throughout the process.

4.2 Given a scenario, troubleshoot common hardware failures.

• Common problems - Light-emitting diode (LED) - Environmental
- Predictive failures - Liquid crystal display - Dust
- Memory errors and failures (LCD) panel readouts - Humidity
- System crash - Auditory or olfactory cues - Temperature
- Blue screen  - POST codes • Tools and techniques
- Purple screen - Misallocated virtual resources - Event logs
- Memory dump • Causes of common problems - Firmware upgrades or downgrades
- Utilization - Technical - Hardware diagnostics
- Power-on self-test (POST) errors - Power supply fault - Compressed air
- Random lockups  - Malfunctioning fans - Electrostatic discharge
- Kernel panic  - Improperly seated heat sink (ESD) equipment
- Complementary metal-oxide-  - Improperly seated cards - Reseating or replacing
semiconductor (CMOS) battery failure - Incompatibility of components components and/or cables
- System lockups  - Cooling failures
- Random crashes  - Backplane failure
- Fault and device indication  - Firmware incompatibility
- Visual indicators  - CPU or GPU overheating

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 4.0 Troubleshooting

4.3 Given a scenario, troubleshoot storage problems.

• Common problems • Causes of common problems - Improper RAID configuration
- Boot errors - Disk space utilization - Mismatched drives
- Sector block errors  - Insufficient disk space - Backplane failure
- Cache battery failure - Misconfigured RAID • Tools and techniques
- Read/write errors - Media failure - Partitioning tools
- Failed drives - Drive failure - Disk management
- Page/swap/scratch file or partition - Controller failure - RAID and array management
- Partition errors - Hot bus adapter (HBA) failure - System logs
- Slow file access - Loose connectors - Disk mounting commands
- OS not found - Cable problems - net use
- Unsuccessful backup - Misconfiguration - mount
- Unable to mount the device - Corrupt boot sector - Monitoring tools
- Drive not available - Corrupt filesystem table - Visual inspections
- Cannot access logical drive - Array rebuild - Auditory inspections
- Data corruption - Improper disk partition
- Slow I/O performance - Bad sectors
- Restore failure - Cache battery failure
- Cache failure - Cache turned off
- Multiple drive failure - Insufficient space

4.4 Given a scenario, troubleshoot common OS and software problems.

• Common problems - Architecture - Scheduled reboots
- Unable to log on - Update failures - Software firewalls
- Unable to access resources - Missing updates - Adding or removing ports
- Unable to access files - Missing dependencies - Zones
- System file corruption - Downstream failures due to updates - Clocks
- End of life/end of support - Inappropriate application- - Network time protocol (NTP)
- Slow performance level permissions - System time
- Cannot write to system logs - Improper CPU affinity and priority - Services and processes
- Service failures • OS and software tools and techniques - Starting
- System or application hanging - Patching - Stopping
- Freezing - Upgrades - Status identification
- Patch update failure - Downgrades - Dependencies
• Causes of common problems - Package management - Configuration management
- Incompatible drivers/modules - Recovery - System center configuration
- Improperly applied patches - Boot options manager (SCCM)
- Unstable drivers or software - Safe mode - Puppet/Chef/Ansible
- Server not joined to domain - Single user mode - Group Policy Object (GPO)
- Clock skew - Reload OS - Hardware compatibility list (HCL)
- Memory leaks - Snapshots
- Buffer overrun - Proper privilege escalations
- Incompatibility - runas/Run As
- Insecure dependencies - sudo
- Version management - su

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 4.0 Troubleshooting

4.5 Given a scenario, troubleshoot network connectivity issues.

• Common problems - Component failure - ip addr
- Lack of Internet connectivity - Incorrect OS route tables - ping
- Resource unavailable - Bad cables - tracert
- Receiving incorrect DHCP information - Firewall (misconfiguration, - traceroute
- Non-functional or unreachable hardware failure, software failure) - nslookup
- Destination host unreachable - Misconfigured NIC - netstat
- Unknown host - DNS and/or DHCP failure - dig
- Unable to reach remote subnets - DHCP server misconfigured - telnet
- Failure of service provider - Misconfigured hosts file - nc
- Cannot reach server by hostname/ • Tools and techniques - nbtstat
fully qualified domain name (FQDN) - Check link lights - route
• Causes of common problems - Confirm power supply
- Improper IP configuration - Verify cable integrity
- IPv4 vs. IPv6 misconfigurations - Check appropriate cable selection
- Improper VLAN configuration - Commands
- Network port security  - ipconfig

4.6 Given a scenario, troubleshoot security problems.

• Common concerns • Security tools
- File integrity - Port scanners
- Improper privilege escalation - Sniffers
- Excessive access - Telnet clients
- Applications will not load - Anti-malware
- Cannot access network fileshares - Antivirus
- Unable to open files - File integrity
• Causes of common problems - Checksums
- Open ports - Monitoring
- Services - Detection
- Active - Enforcement
- Inactive - User access controls
- Orphan/zombie - SELinux
- Intrusion detection configurations  - User account control (UAC)
- Anti-malware configurations
- Improperly configured
local/group policies
- Improperly configured firewall rules
- Misconfigured permissions
- Virus infection
- Malware
- Rogue processes/services
- Data loss prevention (DLP)

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CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005) Acronym List

The following is a list of acronyms that appear on the CompTIA

Server+ exam. Candidates are encouraged to review the complete
list and attain a working knowledge of all listed acronyms as a
part of a comprehensive exam preparation program.

ACRONYM SPELLED OUT ACRONYM SPELLED OUT

ACL Access Control List GPU Graphics Processing Unit
AD Active Directory GUI Graphical User Interface
APIPA Automatic Private IP Address HBA Host Bus Adapter
BCP Business Continuity Plan HCL Hardware Compatibility List
BIA Business Impact Analysis HID Human Interface Device
BIOS Basic Input/Output System HIDS Host Intrusion Detection System
BSOD Blue Screen of Death HIPS Host Intrusion Prevention System
CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
CIFS Common Internet File System HTTPS Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
CIMC Cisco Integrated Management Controller HVAC Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
CLI Command Line Interface IDF Intermediate Distribution Frame
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor iDRAC Integrated Dell Remote Access Control
COOP Continuity of Operations IDS Intrusion Detection System
CPU Central Processing Unit IIS Internet Information Services
CRU Customer Replaceable Unit iLO Integrated Lights Out
DAS Direct Attached Storage IMAP4 Internet Mail Access Protocol version 4
DC Domain Controller Intel-VT Intel Virtualization Technology
DDoS Distributed Denial of Service IOPS Input Output Operations per Second
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol IP Internet Protocol
DLP Data Loss Prevention IP KVM Internet Protocol Keyboard-Video-Mouse
DLT Digital Linear Tape IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface
DMZ Demilitarized Zone IPS Intrusion Prevention System
DNS Domain Name System IPSEC Internet Protocol Security
DR Disaster Recovery IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6
ECC Error Checking and Correction iSCSI Internetworking Small Computer System Interface
EFS Encrypting File System ISO International Organization for Standardization
eSATA External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks
ESD Electrostatic Discharge KVM Keyboard-Video-Mouse
FAT File Allocation Table LAN Local Area Network
FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet LC Lucent Connector/Little Connector
FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name LCD Liquid Crystal Display
FRU Field Replaceable Unit LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
FTP File Transfer Protocol LED Light Emitting Diode
FTPS File Transfer Protocol over SSL LTO Linear Tape-Open
GFS Grandfather Father Son LUN Logical Unit Number
GPO Group Policy Object LVM Logical Volume Management
GPT GUID Partition Table MAC Media Access Control

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ACRONYM SPELLED OUT ACRONYM SPELLED OUT
MBR Master Boot Record SAS Serial Attached SCSI
MDF Main Distribution Frame SATA Serial ATA
MFA Multifactor Authentication SC Standard Connector
MIB Management Information Base SCCM System Center Configuration Management
MMC Microsoft Management Console SCP Secure Copy Protocol
MRU Most Recently Used SCSI Small Computer System Interface
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure SD Secure Digital
MTTR Mean Time to Recover SELinux Security Enhanced Linux
NAC Network Access Control SFP Small Form Factor Pluggable
NAS Network Attached Storage SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol
NAT Network Address Translation SLA Service Level Agreement
NetBIOS Network Basic Input Output System SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
NFS Network File System SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
NIC Network Interface Card SQL Structured Query Language
NIDS Network Intrusion Detection System SSD Solid State Drive
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology SSH Secure Shell
NLB Network Load Balancing SSL Secure Sockets Layer
NOS Network Operating System SSO Single Sign-On
NTFS New Technology File System ST Straight Tip
NTP Network Time Protocol TACACS Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer TCP Transmission Control Protocol
OS Operating System TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
OTP One-Time Password TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
OU Organizational Units TLS Transport Layer Security
P2V Physical to Virtual UAC User Account Control
PAT Port Address Translation UDP User Datagram Protocol
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
PCI DSS Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard UID Unit Identification
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
PCI-X Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended URL Universal/Uniform Resource Locator
PDU Power Distribution Unit USB Universal Serial Bus
PII Personally Identifiable Information UUID Universal Unique Identifier
PKI Public Key Infrastructure VBS Visual Basic Script
POST Power on Self-Test VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
PSU Power Supply Unit VM Virtual Machine
PXE Preboot Execution Environment VMFS VMWare File System
QSFP Quad-Small Form Factor Pluggable VNC Virtual Network Computing
RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service vNIC Virtual Network Interface Card
RAID Redundant Array of VoIP Voice over IP
Inexpensive/Integrated Disks/Drives VPN Virtual Private Network
RAM Random Access Memory VSS Volume Shadow Copy Service
RAS Remote Access Server VT Virtualization Technology
RDP Remote Desktop Protocol WDS Windows Deployment Services
ReFS Resilient File System WINS Windows Internet Naming Service
RFC Request for Comments WMI Windows Management Instrumentation
RFID Radio Frequency Identification WOL Wake on LAN
RIS Remote Installation Service WSUS Windows Software Update Services
RJ45 Registered Jack 45 WWNN World Wide Node Name
RPM Rotations per Minute WWPN World Wide Port Name
RPO Recovery Point Objective XD Execute Disable
RTO Recovery Time Objective ZFS Z File System
SAN Storage Area Network

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Server+ Proposed Hardware and Software List
CompTIA has included this sample list of hardware and software to assist
candidates as they prepare for the Server+ exam. This list may also be helpful
for training companies that wish to create a lab component for their training
offering. The bulleted lists below each topic are samples and are not exhaustive.

HARDWARE SOFTWARE
• Computer capable of virtualization • Server operating system
• Cables • Virtualization software
• USB flash drive • Antivirus/anti-malware
• KVM*
• Rack*
• UPS*
• Switch*
• Storage device*

*Ideal, but not necessary for lab setup

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