Monday, 30 June 2014
CCNA 200-120 Latest Dumps
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxR3InYMbztvRWx5TmZFa0tETFU/edit?usp=sharing
Friday, 13 June 2014
CCNP ROUTE SWITCH & TSHOOT PPT's
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxR3InYMbztva2FmT0ZNNF9HV0E/edit?usp=sharing
CCNA ROUTING & SWITCHING 200-120 PPT's
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxR3InYMbztvdDVqcU90TktYRnM/edit?usp=sharing
CCNA EXPLORATION OLD 640-802 PPT's
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxR3InYMbztvWllMUVBiTEhXRVE/edit?usp=sharing
CCNA Routing and Switching Bridging Materials:New Topics
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxR3InYMbztvVHEwZmxWaVNZS2c/edit?usp=sharing
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
ESXi 5.5 vs Hyper-V 2012 R2 Technology War
VMware has just announced the release of ESXi 5.5 and the contest with Hyper-V 2012 R2 couldn’t be any hotter. In this post, we will compare some of the configuration maximums for the two hypervisors. In addition to raising the limits within the hypervisor, each product has added a ton of new features to draw buyers and existing customers to purchase or upgrade to one of these products.
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Scaling
| System | Resource | Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2 | VMware vSphere 5.5 | |||
| Free Hypervisor | Essential Plus | Enterprise Plus | ||||
| Host | Logical Processors | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | |
| Physical Memory | 4 TB | 4 TB? | 4 TB | 4 TB | ||
| Virtual CPUs per Host | 2048 | 4096 | 4096 | 4096 | ||
| Nested Hypervisor | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| VM | Virtual CPUs per VM | 64 | 8 | 8 | 64? | |
| Memory per VM | 1 TB | 32 GB | 1 TB | 1 TB? | ||
| Maximum Virtual Disk | 64 TB | 64 TB – 1% | 64 TB – 1% | 64 TB – 1% | ||
| Hot-Add | Only disks* | Disks/vNIC/USB | Disks/vNIC/USB | All | ||
| Active VMs per Host | 1024 | 512 | 512 | 512? | ||
| Cluster | Maximum Nodes | 64 | N/A | 32 | 32? | |
| Maximum VMs | 8000 | N/A | 4000 | 4000? | ||
Storage
| Capability | Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2 | VMware vSphere 5.5 | ||
| Free Hypervisor | Essential Plus | Enterprise Plus | ||
| Thin disks | Yes (dynamic disks) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Differential disks | Yes | No (only with API) | No (only with API) | No (only with API) |
| SAN | iSCSI/FC | iSCSI/FC | iSCSI/FC | iSCSI/FC |
| NAS | SMB 3.0 | NFS 3 over TCP | NFS 3 over TCP | NFS 3 over TCP |
| Virtual Fiber Channel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 3rd Party Multipathing (MPIO) | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Native 4-KB Disk Support | Yes | No | No | No? |
| Maximum Virtual Disk Size | 64TB (VHDX) | 64 TB – 1% | 64 TB – 1% | 64 TB – 1% |
| Hot Virtual Disk resize | Yes (VHDX) | Yes (only increase) | Yes (only increase) | Yes (only increase) |
| Virtual Disk sharing | Yes (VHDX) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Maximum Pass Through Disk Size | 265TB+ | 64TB | 64TB | 64TB |
| Storage Offload | Yes (ODX) | No | No | Yes (VAAI) |
| Storage Virtualization | Storage Spaces | No (only 3rd part) | VSA and VSAN | VSA and VSAN |
| Storage QoS | Yes | No | No | SIOC |
| Storage Encryption | Yes | No | No | No |
| Caching | Yes (CSV read-only cache) | No | No | Flash Read Cache |
Networking
| Capability | Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2 | VMware vSphere 5.5 | ||
| Free Hypervisor | Essential Plus | Enterprise Plus | ||
| NIC Teaming | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Extensible Switch | Yes | No | No | Replaceable |
| PVLAN Support | Yes | No | No | Yes (DVS or 3rd part) |
| ARP/ND Spoofing Protection | Yes | No | No | vCNS/Partner |
| DHCP Snooping Protection | Yes | No | No | vCNS/Partner |
| Virtual Port ACLs | Yes | No | No | vCNS/Partner |
| Trunk Mode to Virtual Machines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Port Monitoring | Yes | Per Port Group | Per Port Group | Yes |
| Port Mirroring | Yes | Per Port Group | Per Port Group | Yes |
| Dynamic Virtual Machine Queue | Yes | NetQueue | NetQueue | NetQueue |
| IPsec Task Offload | Yes | No | No | No |
| SR-IOV | Yes | Yes (No Live Migration support) | Yes (No Live Migration support) | Yes (No Live Migration support) |
| Network Virtualization | NVGRE | No | No | VXLAN / NSX |
| Network QoS | Yes | No | No | DVS or 3rd part |
| Quality of Service | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Data Center Bridging (DCB) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
High Availability & Resource control & Resiliency
| Capability | Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2 | VMware vSphere 5.5 | ||
| Free Hypervisor | Essential Plus | Enterprise Plus | ||
| Nodes per Cluster | 64 | N/A | 32 | 32 |
| VMs per Cluster | 8000 | N/A | 4000 | 4000 |
| Virtual Machine Live Migration | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Shared-Nothing Live Migration | Yes | No | Yes (only from Web Client) | Yes (only from Web Client) |
| CPU Compatibility for Live Migration | Per VM (only one baseline) | No | Cluster EVC (several baselines) | Cluster EVC (several baselines) |
| Guest Clustering with Live Migration Support | Yes | N/A | No | No |
| Automated Live Migration | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes (DRS/DPM) |
| Simultaneous Live Migrations | Unlimited | N/A | 4 (1GigE) or 8 (10GigE) | 4 (1GigE) or 8 (10GigE) |
| Live Storage Migration | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Simultaneous Live Storage Migrations | Unlimited | N/A | N/A | 4 |
| Hot and Incremental Backups | Yes | No (some 3rd part tools) | Yes | Yes |
| VM Replication | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Integrated High Availability | Yes (Fail-Over Cluster) | No | Yes (VMware HA) | Yes (VMware HA) |
| VM Lockstep Protection | No (3rd part tools) | No | No | Yes (VMware FT) |
| Guest OS Application Monitoring | Yes | N/A | No | App HA |
| HA handle storage failure | Yes | N/A | No | No |
| Cluster-Aware Updating | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes |
| Failover Prioritization | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes |
| Resource Pool | Yes (host groups) | Yes | No | Yes (DRS is needed) |
| Affinity & Anti-Affinity Rules | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes |
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Active Directory Administrative Center 2008 R2 & 2012
In the Windows Server® 2003 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems, administrators could manage and publish information in their Active Directory® environments by using the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in. Beginning in Windows Server 2008 R2, in addition to using Active Directory Users and Computers, administrators can manage their directory service objects by using the new Active Directory Administrative Center.
You can use Active Directory Administrative Center to perform the following Active Directory administrative tasks:
- Create new user accounts or manage existing user accounts
- Create new groups or manage existing groups
- Create new computer accounts or manage existing computer accounts
- Create new organizational units (OUs) and containers or manage existing OUs
- Connect to one or several domains or domain controllers in the same instance of Active Directory Administrative Center, and view or manage the directory information for those domains or domain controllers
- Filter Active Directory data by using query-building search
Install Active Directory Administrative Center
You can install Active Directory Administrative Center any of the following ways:
- By default, when you install the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) server role through Server Manager
- By default, when you make a Windows Server 2008 R2 server a domain controller by running Dcpromo.exe
- With Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT).
- Active Directory Administrative Center can be installed on computers running Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 or later. Active Directory Administrative Center cannot be installed on computers running Windows® 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Vista.
- You cannot use Active Directory Administrative Center to manage Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) instances and configuration sets.
- For Windows Server 2012, Active Directory Administrative Center can be run on any computer that can run Remote Server Administration Tools.
- For Windows Server 2008 R2, Active Directory Administrative Center is available in the following editions:
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
- Active Directory Administrative Center is not available in the following editions of Windows Server 2008 R2:
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems
- Windows Web Server 2008 R2
- The Server Core option of any edition of Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems
Manage Different Domains in Active Directory Administrative Center
To open Active Directory Administrative Center, in Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Administrative Center.
"Another way to open Active Directory Administrative Center is to click Start, and then type dsac.exe."
To open Add Navigation Nodes, click Manage, then click Add Navigation Nodes as shown in the following illustration.
In Add Navigation Nodes, click Connect to other domains as shown in the following illustration.
- In Connect to, type the name of the foreign domain that you want to manage (for example, contoso.com), and then click OK.
- When you are successfully connected to the foreign domain, browse through the columns in the Add Navigation Nodes window, select the container or containers to add to your Active Directory Administrative Center navigation pane, and then click OK.
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Friday, 6 June 2014
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Vs Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Feature Comparison
Processor and Memory Support
| Processor/Memory Feature | Windows Server 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2012 |
| Logical processors on hardware | 64 | 320 |
| Physical memory | 1 TB | 4 TB |
| Virtual processors per host | 512 | 2,048 |
| Virtual processors per virtual machine | 4 | 64 |
| Memory per virtual machine | 64 GB | 1 TB |
| Active virtual machines | 384 | 1,024 |
| Maximum cluster nodes | 16 | 64 |
| Maximum cluster virtual machines | 1,000 | 8,000 |
Network
| Network Feature | Windows Server 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2012 |
| NIC Teaming | Yes, through partners | Yes, Windows NIC Teaming in box |
| VLAN Tagging | Yes | Yes |
| MAC spoofing protection | Yes, with R2 SP1 | Yes |
| ARP spoofing protection | Yes, with R2 SP1 | Yes |
| SR-IOV networking | No | Yes |
| Network QoS | No | Yes |
| Network metering | No | Yes |
| Network monitor modes | No | Yes |
| IPsec task offload | No | Yes |
| VM Trunk Mode | No | Yes |
Storage
| Storage Feature | Windows Server 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2012 |
| Live storage migration | No, quick storage migration through System Center Virtual Machine Manager | Yes, with no limits (as many as the hardware will allow) |
| Virtual machines on file storage | No | Yes, Server Message Block 3.0 (SMB3) |
| Guest Fibre Channel | No | Yes |
| Virtual disk format | VHD up to 2 TB | VHD up to 2 TB VHDX up to 64 TB |
| Virtual machine guest clustering | Yes, through iSCSI | Yes, through iSCSI, Fibre Channel, or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) |
| Native 4 KB disk support | No | Yes |
| Live virtual hard disk merge | No, offline | Yes |
| Live new parent | No | Yes |
| Secure offloaded data transfer | No | Yes |
Manageability
| Manageability Feature | Windows Server 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2012 |
| Hyper-V PowerShell | No | Yes |
| Network PowerShell | No | Yes |
| Storage PowerShell | No | Yes |
| REST APIs | No | Yes |
| SCONFIG | Yes | Yes |
| Enable/Disable shell | No, server core at operating system setup | Yes |
| VMConnect support for RemoteFX | No | Yes |
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Thursday, 5 June 2014
Installing And Configuring Windows Server 2012 Exam Ref 70-410
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxR3InYMbztvbnJCaGdnNkhnZFk/edit?usp=sharing
Installing And Configuring Windows Server 70-410
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxR3InYMbztvMk1mR2dvX1J0U3M/edit?usp=sharing
Active Directory 2008 PPT
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxR3InYMbztvYlJtSWZUaVZKYlU/edit?usp=sharing
70-640 Active Directory 2008
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxR3InYMbztvQU1DMVpZemNxV1U/edit?usp=sharing
Sunday, 1 June 2014
Windows Server 2012 Edition's
Edition
|
Intent
|
Major feature
|
Licensing
|
Clients
|
List price
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Datacenter
|
Highly virtualized
environments
|
Unlimited virtual
instance rights
|
Processor x 2
|
Per CAL
|
$4,809 per 2 procs
|
Standard
|
Little
virtualization, low density
|
Two virtual
instances
|
Processor x 2
|
Per CAL
|
$882
per 2 procs
|
Essentials
|
Small business
|
Simple
administration, no virtualization rights
|
Per Server
|
25 accounts
|
$425
|
Foundation
|
Entry level, economy
server
|
General purpose
server, no virtualization rights
|
Per Server
|
15 accounts
|
OEM only
|
Editions
|
Foundation
|
Essentials
|
Standard
|
Datacenter
|
Distribution
|
OEM Only
|
Retail, volume licensing, OEM
|
Retail, volume licensing, OEM
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Volume licensing and OEM
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Licensing
Model
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Per Server
|
Per Server
|
Per CPU pair + CAL/DAL
|
Per CPU pair + CAL/DAL
|
Processor
Chip Limit
|
1
|
2
|
64
|
64
|
Memory
Limit
|
32GB
|
64GB
|
4TB
|
4TB
|
User
Limit
|
15
|
25
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
File
Services limits
|
1 standalone DFS root
|
1 standalone DFS root
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Network
Policy & Access Services limits
|
50 RRAS connections and 10 IAS connections
|
250 RRAS connections, 50 IAS connections, and 2 IAS Server
Groups
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Remote
Desktop Services limits
|
50 Remote Desktop Services connections
|
Gateway only
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Virtualization
rights
|
n/a
|
Either in 1 VM or 1 physical server, but not both at once
|
2 VMs
|
Unlimited
|
DHCP,
DNS, Fax server, Printing, IIS Services
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Windows
Server Update Services
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Active
Directory Services
|
Yes, Must be root of forest and domain
|
Yes, Must be root of forest and domain
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Active
Directory Certificate Services
|
Certificate Authorities only
|
Certificate Authorities only
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Windows
Powershell
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Server
Core mode
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Hyper-V
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
On the 1st of August, 2012 Microsoft released Windows Server 2012– the sixth release of the Windows Server product family. On May 21st 2013, Windows Server 2012 R2 was introduced and is now the latest version of Windows Server in the market. Microsoft has released four different editions of Windows Server 2012 varying in cost, licensing and features. These four editions of Windows Server 2012 R2 are: Windows 2012Foundation edition, Windows 2012 Essentials edition, Windows 2012 Standard edition and Windows 2012 Datacenter edition.
WINDOWS SERVER 2012 FOUNDATION EDITION
This edition of Windows Server 2012 is targeted towards small businesses of up to 15 users. The Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundationedition comes pre-installed on hardware server with single physical processor and up to 32GB of DRAM memory. Foundation editioncan be implemented in environments where features such as file sharing, printer sharing, security and remote access are required. Advanced server features such as Hyper V, RODC (Read Only Domain Controller), data deduplication, dynamic memory, IPAM (IP Address Management), server core, certificate service role, hot add memory, windows update services and failover clustering are not available in theFoundation edition.
WINDOWS SERVER 2012 ESSENTIALS EDITION
The Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials edition is the next step up, also geared towards small businesses of up to 25 users. Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials edition is available in retail stores around the world making it easy for businesses to install the new operating system without necessarily purchasing new hardware. Similar to the Foundation edition, the Essentials edition does not support many advanced server features, however it does provide support of features like Hyper V, dynamic memory and hot add/remove RAM.
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials edition can run a single instance of virtual machine on Hyper V, a feature that was not available in Windows Server 2012 Essentials (non-R2) edition. This single virtual machine instance can be Windows Server 2012 R2 Essential edition only, seriously limiting the virtualization options but allowing companies to begin exploring the benefits of the virtualization platform.
WINDOWS SERVER 2012 STANDARD EDITION
The Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard edition of windows server is used for medium to large businesses that require additional features not present in the Foundation & Essential edition. The Standard edition is able to support an unlimited amount of users, as long as the required user licenses have been purchased.
Advanced features such as certificate services role, Hyper V, RODC (Read Only Domain Controller), IPAM (IP Address Management), Data deduplication, server core, failover clustering and more, are available to Windows Server 2012 Standard edition. We should note that the Standard edition supports up to 2 Virtual Machines.
WINDOWS SERVER 2012 DATACENTER EDITION
The Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter edition is the flagship product created to meet the needs of medium to large enterprises. The major difference between the Standard and Datacenter edition is that the Datacenter edition allows the creation of unlimited Virtual Machines and is therefore suitable for environments with extensive use of virtualization technology.
Before purchasing the Windows Server 2012 operating system, it is very important to understand the difference between various editions, the table below shows the difference between the four editions of Windows Server 2012:
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