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vmware home lab
i want to throw my hat into the vmware arena and actually become a half way decent admin. So this is what i am looking at doing and would like some advice on it. This is what i plan to buy.
(2) Dell Poweredge T110 ll
Intel Xeon E3-1230 3.20GHz Quad core
8GB mem ( can upgrade to 32GB)
1TB SATA drive
I plan on installing this on 1st Poweredge T110 ll
Windows 2k8 - A/D (i want to get more familiar with group policy-secure domain)
Windows 2k8 - backup domain controller
Ubuntu - DNS, Clonzilla, Ntop
Windows XP client
WIndows 7 client
2nd Poweredge T110 ll
Windows 2k8 DNS
XP client
Windows 7 client
The second poweredge T110 ll will be on a different LAN. On this server i would like to learn how to do disaster recovery using vmware, vmotion and FT.
Another goal i want from this lab is to become a better network admin and learn how to deal with security threats.
This will be the rest of the equipment i will have in the lab.
Cisco ASA 5505 (this will be router between two LANs)
Cisco catalyst 2950 24 switch
Windows XP desktop
Cisco Linksys 4200 wireless router (this is for rest of family to connect to internet)
couple laptops
Goal:
Setup Domain
-192.168.1.1 (Poweredge T110 ll ESXi 5) LAN 1
-192.168.1.2 (Poweredge T110 ll ESXi 5) LAN 2
-192.168.1.3 (wireless network) LAN 3
Disaster Recover from LAN 1 to LAN 2 ESXi 5
Use different group policy to secure network
understand network traffic
Study for Microsoft Certs
become more familair with Linux, so i can start using Backtrack 5 to secure a network
Set NAS/SAN using FreeNas, openfiler or solaris
The main thing i want to do is learn and i feel that reading is not helping me remember enough or giving me any real world experiance. I dont feel like i know enough sometimes to even ask the right question. I am hoping this will give me the basics to build a stronger foundation. I hope this setup will give me some room to grow as i learn. So any advise is appreciate and i hope one day i can help someone else.
(2) Dell Poweredge T110 ll
Intel Xeon E3-1230 3.20GHz Quad core
8GB mem ( can upgrade to 32GB)
1TB SATA drive
I plan on installing this on 1st Poweredge T110 ll
Windows 2k8 - A/D (i want to get more familiar with group policy-secure domain)
Windows 2k8 - backup domain controller
Ubuntu - DNS, Clonzilla, Ntop
Windows XP client
WIndows 7 client
2nd Poweredge T110 ll
Windows 2k8 DNS
XP client
Windows 7 client
The second poweredge T110 ll will be on a different LAN. On this server i would like to learn how to do disaster recovery using vmware, vmotion and FT.
Another goal i want from this lab is to become a better network admin and learn how to deal with security threats.
This will be the rest of the equipment i will have in the lab.
Cisco ASA 5505 (this will be router between two LANs)
Cisco catalyst 2950 24 switch
Windows XP desktop
Cisco Linksys 4200 wireless router (this is for rest of family to connect to internet)
couple laptops
Goal:
Setup Domain
-192.168.1.1 (Poweredge T110 ll ESXi 5) LAN 1
-192.168.1.2 (Poweredge T110 ll ESXi 5) LAN 2
-192.168.1.3 (wireless network) LAN 3
Disaster Recover from LAN 1 to LAN 2 ESXi 5
Use different group policy to secure network
understand network traffic
Study for Microsoft Certs
become more familair with Linux, so i can start using Backtrack 5 to secure a network
Set NAS/SAN using FreeNas, openfiler or solaris
The main thing i want to do is learn and i feel that reading is not helping me remember enough or giving me any real world experiance. I dont feel like i know enough sometimes to even ask the right question. I am hoping this will give me the basics to build a stronger foundation. I hope this setup will give me some room to grow as i learn. So any advise is appreciate and i hope one day i can help someone else.
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Poweredge T310
2.65GHz
16GB
1TB
2 intel pro nic
I am going to use nested esxi5 since i only have the 1 server. I am hoping to buy or setup a NAS/SAN next month but going to use FreeNAS as a VM right now. I will have more questions once i get the server in this week. Again i would like to thank y'all for the articles and advice.