The life of a Systems Engineer requires a fundamental understanding of various hardware, software, operating systems, and virtualization concepts. This Learning Path is designed to provide exposure to those foundational concepts so that upon completion the participant has the essential skills to understand how Nutanix Virtualization works.

The life of a VMware Virtualization Engineer requires a fundamental understanding of various hardware, software, operating systems and virtualization concepts. This Learning Path is designed to provide exposure to those foundational concepts so that upon completion the participant has the essential skills to understanding how VMware Virtualization works.

For an Engineer who has a solid understanding of the intermediate aspects of VMware Virtualization, this Learning Path will dive deeper into some of the more detailed aspects of additional components that can exist in a typical environment.

In this learning path, we explore the software based orechestration and management of the Cisco Secure AI Factory data center. We explore Cisco Intersight, a SaaS-baased management platform, which allows a data center engineer to orchestrate and automate physical and virtual infrastructure. We also have a lab around the Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller.

For the Engineer with a solid understanding of the fundamental aspects of Microsoft Hyper-V, this Learning Path will start to dive deeper into the configuration and management of Hyper-V.

Hyper-V: Microsoft's Virtualization Platform Hyper-V is a hardware virtualization tool from Microsoft that allows users to create and manage virtual machines (VMs) on a single system. It helps optimize resource use, run legacy software, test applications across multiple platforms, and improve IT efficiency with features like isolated environments for enhanced security. Available on Windows and Windows Server, Hyper-V supports Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD as guest operating systems. It offers key benefits like better resource management and security, but has limitations with hardware-dependent or latency-sensitive applications. Overall, Hyper-V is a powerful solution for efficient, scalable virtualization.

For the Engineer with a solid understanding of the fundamental aspects of Microsoft SCCM, this Learning Path will start to dive deeper into the configuration and management of SCCM.

For an Engineer who has a solid understanding of the fundamental aspects of VMware Virtualization, this Learning Path will start to dive deeper into some of the more detailed aspects of additional components that can exist in a typical environment.

For the Engineer with a solid understanding of the fundamental aspects of Microsoft Server, this Learning Path will start to dive deeper into the configuration and management of Windows Server.

For the Engineer with a solid understanding of Microsoft SCCM, this Learning Path will dive deeper into the management of endpoints utilizing SCCM.

A server is a crucial piece of hardware in every organization's data center. Its primary role is to support the success of an organization's web-tier, mid-tier, database, and AI application stack from a networking, processing, and storage standpoint regardless if the application is deployed within a natively installed operating system, in a virtual machine, or as a cloud-native or edge-native application. The server components that make up this hardware system can vary depending on the specific needs and requirements of the organization. The main components commonly found in a server include CPU (central processing unit), Memory, Network Interface Cards, Storage Devices, and in some cases accelerators like DPUs (data processing unit) and GPUs (graphical processing unit). In this Learning Path engineers can learn about the latest solutions on the market today that they can integrate into their solutions to help drive their business forward most effectively and efficiently.

This learning path focuses on core Kubernetes concepts with an approach centered on infrastructure professionals. It covers the fundamentals and components of Kubernetes and its various forms, then provides hands-on lab environments to reinforce learning. The labs guide learners through traditional Kubernetes deployments, from initial installation through multi-node cluster operation, networking, storage, and application deployment, building a strong Kubernetes foundation across differing environments.