| Week 1- Hypervisors |
| Open VPN |
| Student IP address Pool Reservations & iLO Addresses |
| VMWare Workstation |
| Clone of VM |
| Snapshots |
| Linked Clone of VM |
| Clones, Templates & Snapshots Lab Review |
| Week 2 - vSphere & Software Defined Datacenter |
| Definition of the Software Defined Datacenter |
| Documenting Server Information (Serial, iLO) |
| Intro to vSphere |
| Hardware Discovery |
| Intro to ESXi |
| Week 3 - Hardware Provisioning |
| What is RAID and nested RAID |
| iLO Connectivity |
| BIOS & RAID |
| Week 4 - Hardware Provisioning and Rack Work |
| Quiz2 SDDC & RAID |
| Hardware and Chapter 2 powerpoint |
| Planning & Installing VMWare ESXi |
| Server Hardware Provisioning - Windows install |
| Week 5 - Hardware Testing: Finish server rack |
| Planning & Installing VMWare ESXi Part2 |
| Examining VMWare Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) |
| Boot Servers / Test Network / Remote Connectivity |
| iPerf Testing (in-class lab) |
| Chapter 2 Enterprise Hardware |
| Week 6 - Migrate to Virtualization ESXi Setup |
| Physical to Virtual Machine Migration |
| ESXi Install on HP Proliant Servers |
| Set ESXi Time |
| Set ESXi Hostname |
| Set ESXi Networking |
| Week 7 - Configuring ESXi, Uploading a VM, Setup VMs, Firewall |
| Upload VM from VVMWare Workstation to ESXi |
| Installing Server 2016 on ESXi |
| Create Endian Firewall for Isolated Test Network |
| Configure RDP Port Forward on Endian Firewall |
| Week 8 - Virtual Firewall, isolated test network, documentation |
| Network IP documentation |
| Configure OpenVPN on Endian Firewall |
| Setting Up OpenVPN Client |
| LAB: Set ESXi Auto Startup |
| KeePass Password Database - Intro |
| Week 9 - Configuring & Installing vCenter and Nested Lab Virtualization |
| vCenter intro |
| IP Addressing Needs |
| Visio Diagram of VMWare Enviornment |
| vCenter Server Appliance Prep |
| vCenter Server Virtual Application (VCSA) Installation |
| Week 11 - vCenter Install & Virtual Storage |
| Installing vCenter Server Reading & Review |
| vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (VCSA) Installation |
| vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (VCSA) Initial Configuration |
| vCenter ESXi Nesting |
| Facebook hardware upgrades |
| Week 12 - iSCSI Storage Setup |
| Add ESXi virtual machines to vCenter Datacenter |
| Pre-Configure iSCSI Storage on Windows Server |
| Week 13 - vSphere vMotion; Virutal Networks |
| KeePass Password Database Update |
| vCenter Web Provisioning - Setup iSCSI |
| vCenter Web Provisioning - Setup iSCSI Storage Server |
| Week 14 - VDS Intro, Apply a licence, & vMotion |
| Apply a vSphere Licence |
| vCenter vMotion |
| Week 15 - iSCSI Multipathing & VDS Conversion Finish |
| Chapter 6 storage questions |
| Remove iSCSI storage from bare-metal |
| Remove storage uplink |
| VDS Development |
| Week 16 - MPIO Continued & SDDC Security |
| Chpater 8 Review Questions |
| iSCSI Multipathing and VDS Conversion Finish |
| vCenter Local Single Sign-On Users |
| vCenter Server Licence |
| Week 17 - SDDC Security & Upgrades |
| SDDC Securing |
| vCenter 6.0 Upgrade to 6.7 |
| ESXi upgrade |