CXS-200-1I Implementing Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 5.0 — A 2-Day Course

Course Synopsis

This CXS-200-1I course also known as CXS2001I, CXS-2001I, CXS-2001, CXS2001) prepares learners to deploy and manage XenServer Enterprise Edition 5.0 and XenCenter. Through hands-on labs, learners will gain experience in installing and configuring a virtualisation server and connecting to the server with XenCenter; creating virtual machines and managing virtual machine life-cycle operations; and creating a XenServer resource pool and connecting to remote storage.

In addition, learners will explore advanced XenServer capabilities such as XenMotion and automatic virtual machine placement.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, learners are able to demonstrate the following objectives:

Identify and view tools for upgrading and troubleshooting XenServer Enterprise Edition 5.0
Identify the purpose and functionality of the xe CLI and perform basic commands
Identify the requirements for high availability and disaster recovery
Configure resource pools and move virtual machines from one server to another
Configure local and remote storage
Perform searches to sort searching and grouping in XenCenter and view VM performance statistics
Manage virtual machine resources and life cycle operations
Identify and explain the uses for XenConvert
Create virtual machines and templates
Install XenCenter
Install XenServer Enterprise Edition 5.0 and configure CPU, network and storage resources
Describe the difference between Xen open source project and XenServer commercial products
Describe the difference between Xen hypervisor and other virtualization methods

Suitable For

This course is designed for IT professionals, Architects, Systems Engineers and Citrix Partner Network members.

Course Prerequisities

Before taking this course, Citrix recommends that learners have:

Basic knowledge of storage terminology and technologies, including partitions, SANs, LUNs, iSCSI, and NFS and CIFS file shares
Intermediate knowledge of network devices and site architecture, including configuring vLANs
Basic experience installing and administering Linux variants
Basic experience installing and administering Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008
An understanding of computing architecture, including network and storage devices, device drivers and operating systems
A basic knowledge of the purpose and goals of virtualization technology

Certification

CXS-200-1I prepares learners for exam A09 Implementing Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 5.0, the requirement for the CCA for Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 5.

Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices

London — £955 (+VAT)

8–9 Apr 2010
6–7 May 2010
1–2 Jun 2010
4–5 Nov 2010

Outline Course Contents

Virtualization Overview

Benefits
Types of virtualization

Product Overview

Product architecture
Architecture features
Product Installation

Hardware requirements

Installing XenServer
Installing XenCenter

Windows Virtual Machines

Creating ISO libraries
Architecture
Creating Windows VMs

Linux Virtual Machines

Architecture
Creating Linux VMs

Templates and Life-cycle Operations

VM templates
Life-cycle 0perations

XenConvert

Resource Management

Offline and online adjustment
Enhanced resource controls
Alerts and performance statistics

Networking

Physical networking
Virtual networking
NIC bonds

Storage

Physical storage
Virtual storage

Remote Storage

Fibre Channel
iSCSI
NFS
NetApp
Multipathing

Resource Pools

Resource pool architecture
Working with pools
Configuring resource pools
Automatic VM placement
XenMotion live migration

Business Continuity

High availability
Disaster recovery

Command Line Interface

Accessing and understanding the xe CLI
Using basic commands to create objects and perform maintenance

Troubleshooting

Viewing event logs and reports
Identifying tools
Upgrades and patches

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