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Citrix Training in XenServer 6.0 released by Unitek Education

June 20, 2012 By

June 21, 2012 (San Francisco, CA) – Leading IT training organization, Unitek Education, has released its upcoming schedule of Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administration training classes. The training course focuses on building the required knowledge and skill sets to install, configure, administer and troubleshoot XenServer 6.0 and Provisioning Services 6.0. During this training program, students are able to apply the knowledge learned in the classroom through extensive time spent in Unitek Education’s state of the art labs.

Xen technology is known for being the fastest, most secure virtualization software in the industry. The demand for Citrix XenServer 6.0 training is on the rise as organizations are integrating the virtualization platform into their IT infrastructure.

The XenServer 6.0 class is designed for all IT professionals, Architects, Systems Engineers and Citrix Partner Network members. It is highly recommended that students posses a basic knowledge of virtualization technology and a basic understanding of computing architecture before enrolling in the course.

Some of the key skills covered in this Citrix XenServer 6.0 training include:

  • Installing and Implementing XenServer
  • Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
  • Configuring the Network
  • Configuring Storage
  • Creating, Configuring, and Managing Resource Pools
  • Configuring the Distributed Virtual Switch (DVS)

The course is available as a 5-day training class or as a self-paced online module. Students completing the course will be prepared to sit for the A26 Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administration Exam, a requirement for the CCA for Citrix XenServer 6.

About Unitek Education 

Unitek IT Education is the premier Authorized Citrix training center in the United States and has trained enterprise clients nationwide on Citrix installation, administration and security. Unitek Education’s cutting-edge training solutions have received accolades from many enterprise companies, including Citrix itself. Unitek Education has been honored with multiple Learning Partner of the Year and Learning Partner of the Quarter awards by Citrix Systems.

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Your Virtualization Farm- how many servers should you allocate?

March 5, 2012 By

A student recently was worried about the number of servers that they had allocated for their virtualization farm. There are a few tools out there that can do a pretty in depth analysis of your physical environment and usage and give you an estimate as to what resources you would need to virtualize all of your physical systems.  VMware’s  Capacity Planner tool is the most notable of these types of systems. But it costs and can take quite a while to gather enough information – usually at least 30 days.

For small companies this might not be feasible so you can get a rough, very rough estimate of the number of servers that you need by using this formula.

Number of VMs X amount of RAM needed by each VM = Total RAM

Total RAM / 4 = Total number of Cores

You can then use this number to figure out how many physical machines you need based upon the number of cores available. Then give it enough Physical RAM to support the Virtual Machines, allowing 10% of RAM for Service Console and VMKernel, etc.

Example:

So for 30 VMs that need 2 GB of RAM each you need at least 60 GB of RAM for the ESXi Server. You then calculate the number of Cores by dividing 60 by 4, which gives you 15 cores. If say you have 2 Way Quad Core machines with 32 GB RAM, you have 8 cores per machine. Thus each host can only support 16 VMs at most. But on the safe side you need to factor in 10% of the RAM will be used by the service console, VMKernel and other agents running on the host. Ten percent of 32 is 3.2, rounding up we get 4 GB of RAM thus we only really have 28 GB of RAM available and can only really support 14 VMs per host. Thus to support at least 30 VMs we need 3 hosts and if we want to failover support we will need an extra host. So to safely support at least 30 VMs we need 4 hosts.

Blog Author: Alicia T, brings to her classroom two decades of teaching experience and the expertise that comes from a prior career as an IT consultant. Specializing in teaching Microsoft, NetApp, and VMWare training software and programs, Alicia understands and emphasizes the connections between various tools and platforms in order to maximize student proficiency.

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Want to get Cisco certified?

February 2, 2012 By

We want to minimize the things you have to worry about.  By enrolling in a Expected to Run (ETR) or a Guaranteed to Run (GTR) class, you are doing away with the need to reschedule or redo travel and hotel plans.  A few less things to worry about, so you can focus on what’s really important- your training and certification. 

A shout out to all you network professionals. Here are Guaranteed to Run dates for our upcoming CCNA classes, CCNP Boot Camps, VMWare vsphere Boot Camp amongst a few.

Our certified and acclaimed CCNA, VMWare and CCNP instructors are scheduled to run classes in the coming two weeks. Check out the schedule-

Guaranteed to Run Boot Camps
Course Title Location Start Date
CCNP Voice (CCVP) + CCNA Voice Dual-Certification Fremont – San Francisco Bay Area, CA 2/6/2012
CCNA Training Boot Camp Dallas, TX 2/13/2012
VMWare vSphere 5.0 Certification Boot Camp Fremont – San Francisco Bay Area, CA 2/13/2012
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Boot Camp Fremont – San Francisco Bay Area, CA 2/20/2012
CCNA Training Boot Camp Fremont – San Francisco Bay Area, CA 2/20/2012

 

 

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Which are the best Cisco certifications to boost your IT career?

January 25, 2012 By

Within the IT and technology industries, the options for career paths are often varied and numerous. There are many employment opportunities, areas of expertise, and certifications to obtain, so how does one figure out what to pursue?

The decision will comes to rest on several crucial factors, such as your current career status, your desired salary, where you want to end up, and what you need to do in order to arrive at that destination. One of the most universally-recognized brands for any IT professional to be affiliated with is Cisco Systems and the various certifications they offer. But what should you choose to become certified in?

IT Professionals can choose from among a wide menu of options when it comes to skills they want to become proficient in. Below is a guide to some of the most basic and fundamental areas of Cisco training—preliminary areas of expertise that you can build upon to increase your career success.

Cisco CCNA training program 

Becoming familiar with the procedures, strategies, and techniques of Cisco networks is integral to the curriculum one must study in order to gain certification as a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).  A CCNA certiification serves as a gateway for further personal development. Cisco CCNA Training allows you to not only master the basics of setting up and troubleshooting networks with regard to both hardware and software, but to progress onward to other certifications and career opportunities, such as CCNP and CCIE.

Cisco CCNP certification

Once you’ve obtained the prior certification and have the knowledge necessary to operate Cisco networks on a preliminary level, you’ll want to consider climbing the ladder even further by enrolling in a CCNP course. In the progression of licensed Cisco courses, Network Professional designation immediately follows that of a Network Associate. By studying for your CCNP certifications, you will become familiar with how to implement proprietary IP routing, switched networks, and how to maintain such networks. Some programs also offer a unique combined training program for both certifications, in which students learn the basics of both technologies.

Cisco CCNA Security certification

Possessing CCNA Security certification indicates that you are familiar not only with basic CCNA technologies, but that you are able to perceive and address threats to the infrastructure of information systems. These include weaknesses in networks and potential harmful threats from external sources. Cisco CCNA Security certification is a benefit for any IT professional regardless of your specific career path: holding the certification attests to your commitment to safety, and your awareness of the importance of securing data that is vital to a company’s operation.

Cisco CCNA Voice certification

For anyone working with a company that utilizes voice technologies, having this certification is an absolute must. This certification trains and prepares individuals for work in the areas of VoIP technologies, including IP telephony and IP PBX. Students also learn about how to solve problems with call control, voicemail, and other features of a voice-integrated information system. This certification prepares one well for work as a voice manager, voice engineer, or an administrator for similar technologies.

Cisco CCNA Wireless certification

An education provided by the leading providers of courses in Cisco CCNA Wireless certification offers one a solid background in the pillars of wireless technology, covering such topics as wireless regulatory bodies, WLAN RF principles, topologies, and the interactions of WLANs with wireless interfaces. Once completed, individuals will know how to install and configure wireless controllers with confidence, and to make use of a variety of wireless clients and techniques.

About Cisco Training

Professionals who are highly proficient in the employment of Cisco operational systems supervise the Cisco courses offered at Unitek Education. Instructors are familiar with CCNP and CSP1 tracks as well as CCNA curriculum, are Cisco certified, and also serve as consultants to Unitek Education.

 

About Unitek Education 
Unitek Education is well known as an IT training provider for skilled professionals seeking Cisco certification. As a Cisco Learning Partner (CLP), it offers highly focused training for individuals and corporations through accelerated training boot camps in Cisco CCNA and CCNP at its cutting-edge training centers in the United States. The acclaimed CCNA training program is a highly specialized course teaching both ICND1 and ICND2 using official Cisco training curriculum. To learn more about CCNA training courses, please visit www.unitek.com/training/cisco/ccna-training.php   or call toll free 1-888-825-6273.

 

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