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LaRoche Skills Institute Center for IT & Virtualization Education

System Administration & Operational Management

Course Code: LSI-SYS-201 | Division of Systems Operations | Kingsbury, NY

Course Curriculum

Foundations of Reliable Enterprise Infrastructure

The System Administration course provides an operational deep dive into managing high-availability virtualized platforms. Students gain hands-on expertise building resilient hypervisor clusters, administering distributed virtual networking, configuring role-based access control, and executing standard maintenance cycles.

Curriculum Units

Unit 1: Hypervisor Deployment & Cluster Hardening

ESXi bare-metal provisioning, NTP synchronization, host profiles, lockdown modes, and centralized syslog forwarding.

Unit 2: Virtual Networking Architecture

Configuring standard and distributed virtual switches (vDS), port groups, NIC teaming policies, VLAN 802.1Q trunking, and traffic shaping.

Unit 3: Role-Based Access Control & Auditing

Defining granular roles and permissions, Active Directory integration, certificate management, and compliance audit trail reviews.

Unit 4: Operational Runbooks & Incident Recovery

Developing predictable operational procedures for host maintenance, non-disruptive firmware updates, and rapid disaster recovery orchestration.

Course Particulars

Course Code: LSI-SYS-201
Instructional Format: Interactive Labs & Faculty Lectures
Prerequisites: Operating system fundamentals (Linux/Windows)
Evaluation: Cluster Deployment Lab Exam
Tuition: Institutional quote based on enrollment cohort

Questions? Call Admissions at +1 (305) 594-2833.