Network+/Architecture/Virtualization and Cloud

This lesson covers unified virtualization and cloud concepts.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the virtualization and cloud concepts portion of Network+ certification include:

• Compare and contrast technologies that support cloud and virtualization
  • Virtualization
    • Virtual switches
    • Virtual routers
    • Virtual firewall
    • Virtual vs physical NICs
    • Software defined networking
  • Storage area network
    • iSCSI
    • Jumbo frame
    • Fibre Channel
    • Network attached storage
  • Cloud concepts
    • Public IaaS, SaaS, PaaS
    • Private IaaS, SaaS, PaaS
    • Hybrid IaaS, SaaS, PaaS
    • Community IaaS, SaaS, PaaS

Readings

1. Read Wikipedia: Virtualization.
2. Read Wikipedia: Storage area network.
3. Read Wikipedia: Cloud computing.

Multimedia

1. Watch YouTube: Virtualization - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.11.
2. Watch YouTube: Storage Area Networks - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.11.
3. Watch YouTube: Cloud Technologies - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.11.