Installing and Managing Server Hardware Components Online Training

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UPDATED: June 2, 2022

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This entry-level Installing and Managing Server Hardware Components training prepares learners to handle the installation and management of server hardware. Learn the hands-on steps to get servers up and running, ensuring stability and performance in data centers. This CompTIA training is perfect for onboarding new network administrators, or as a CompTIA reference resource.

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What you'll learn

Handling, installing and deploying motherboards in your servers
Choosing the best processor and storage for your network
Ensuring network connections are appropriate to your needs
Balancing power supply, cabling and physical limitations

FAQs

What will you learn in this server hardware components training?

This course teaches everything you need to get started installing network server hardware. You could think of this like a visual tutorial of all the different ways that a server, racks, and cables can be arranged and installed. This foundational knowledge can be put to use immediately by anyone working in networking or the physical parts of IT.

Who should take this server hardware installation course?

Systems administrators, network technicians, network administrators, service desk technicians, field service reps, even non-technical professionals – the list of who could benefit from this course goes on and on. If the job you have or that you want to have has anything at all to do with servers, data centers, or making networks work properly, you should take this course.

Is this training in installing and deploying server hardware associated with any certifications?

Although this course is a great introduction to some of the hardware and installation topics that can be found on CompTIA's IT Fundamentals+ and Network+, this course isn't meant to be only exam prep. This course is first and foremost an easy and approachable introduction to the hardware that makes networks possible and how to install and deploy them.

What certification should you consider after taking this course in installing and deploying server hardware?

The IT Fundamentals+ (ITF+) from CompTIA is an entry-level cert that covers a huge range of topics and demonstrates you're ready for a career in IT – hardware installation is an important part of its exam. Network+ (also from CompTIA) is more specialized and more advanced, and also includes sections on hardware installation.

Why should you take this server hardware components training?

You should take this course so that you understand servers, server rooms, racks, and all the other hardware that makes servers and data centers work. It doesn't matter if you're an IT student, experienced sysadmin or manager, you should know how your network's hardware physically functions if you ever want to master it completely.

Who is this for?

This Installing and Managing Server Hardware Components training is considered administrator-level CompTIA training, which means it was designed for network administrators. This networking skills course is valuable for new IT professionals with at least a year of experience with hardware troubleshooting and experienced network administrators looking to validate their CompTIA skills.

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Study plan

Download the free Installing and Managing Server Hardware Components Online Training study plan to complete this course in about 5 hours.

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