CompTIA Cloud+Certification Exam
Objectives
EXAM NUMBER: CV0-003

About the Exam
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Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification exam. The CompTIA Cloud+ certification exam willverify the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to:• Understand cloud architecture and design• Deploy cloud services and solutions• Successfully maintain, secure, and optimize a cloud environment• Troubleshoot common issues related to cloud management
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CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Exam Objectives Version 2.0 (Exam Number: CV0-003)

TEST DETAILS
Required exam

CV0-003

Number of questions

Maximum of 90

Types of questions

Multiple choice and performance-based

Length of test

90 minutes

Recommended experience • At least 2—3 years of work experience in IT
systems administration or IT networking• CompTIA Network+ and Server+ or equivalent knowledge• Familiarity with any major hypervisor
technology for server virtualization• Knowledge of cloud service models• Knowledge of IT service management• Hands-on experience with at least one
public or private cloud IaaS platform

Passing score

750 (on a scale of 100—900)

EXAM OBJECTIVES (DOMAINS)
The table below lists the domains measured by this examinationand the extent to which they are represented:
DOMAINPERCENTAGE OF EXAMINATION

1.0 Cloud Architecture and Design
2.0 Security
3.0 Deployment
4.0 Operations and Support
5.0 Troubleshooting
Total

13%
20%
23%
22%
22%
100%

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1.0 Cloud Architecture and Design
1.1

Compare and contrast the different types of cloud models.
• Deployment models- Public- Private- Hybrid- Community- Cloud within a cloud- Multicloud- Multitenancy

1.2• Shared responsibility model

Explain the factors that contribute to capacity planning.
• Requirements- Hardware- Software- Budgetary- Business need analysis• Standard templates• Licensing- Per-user- Socket-based- Volume-based- Core-based- Subscription

1.3• Service models- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)- Platform as a Service (PaaS)- Software as a Service (SaaS)• Advanced cloud services- Internet of Things (IoT)- Serverless- Machine learning/
Artificial intelligence (AI)• User density• System load
• Trend analysis- Baselines- Patterns- Anomalies• Performance capacity planning

Explain the importance of high availability
and scaling in cloud environments.
• Hypervisors- Affinity- Anti-affinity• Oversubscription- Compute- Network- Storage• Regions and zones• Applications• Containers• Clusters• High availability of network functions- Switches- Routers- Load balancers- Firewalls

CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Exam Objectives Version 2.0 (Exam Number: CV0-003)• Avoid single points of failure• Scalability- Auto-scaling- Horizontal scaling- Vertical scaling- Cloud bursting1.0 Cloud Architecture and Design
1.4

Given a scenario, analyze the solution design in supportof the business requirements.
• Requirement analysis- Software- Hardware- Integration- Budgetary- Compliance- Service-level agreement (SLA)- User and business needs- Security- Network requirements
		- Sizing
		- Subnetting
		- Routing• Environments- Development- Quality assurance (QA)
- Staging- Blue-green- Production- Disaster recovery (DR)• Testing techniques- Vulnerability testing- Penetration testing- Performance testing- Regression testing- Functional testing- Usability testing

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2.0 Security
2.1

Given a scenario, configure identity and access management.
• Identification and authorization- Privileged access management- Logical access management- Account life-cycle management
		 - Provision and		deprovision accounts- Access controls
		- Role-based		- Discretionary
		- Non-discretionary
		- Mandatory

2.2• Directory services- Lightweight directory
access protocol (LDAP)• Federation• Certificate management• Multifactor authentication (MFA)• Single sign-on (SSO)- Security assertion
markup language (SAML)• Public key infrastructure (PKI)• Secret management• Key management

Given a scenario, secure a network in a cloud environment.
• Network segmentation- Virtual LAN (VLAN)/Virtual
extensible LAN (VXLAN)/
Generic network virtualization
encapsulation (GENEVE)- Micro-segmentation- Tiering• Protocols- Domain name service (DNS)
		 - DNS over HTTPS (DoH)/		DNS over TLS (DoT)		 - DNS security (DNSSEC)- Network time protocol (NTP)		 - Network time security (NTS)- Encryption
		- IPSec		 - Transport layer security (TLS)		 - Hypertext transfer
		protocol secure (HTTPS)- Tunneling		 - Secure Shell (SSH)		 - Layer 2 tunneling protocol (L2TP)/		
Point-to-point		tunneling protocol (PPTP)		 - Generic routing
		
encapsulation (GRE)• Network services- Firewalls
		- Stateful		- Stateless- Web application firewall (WAF)- Application delivery controller (ADC)- Intrusion protection system (IPS)/
Intrusion detection system (IDS)- Data loss prevention (DLP)- Network access control (NAC)- Packet brokers

CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Exam Objectives Version 2.0 (Exam Number: CV0-003)• Log and event monitoring• Network flows• Hardening and configuration changes- Disabling unnecessary
ports and services- Disabling weak protocols and ciphers- Firmware upgrades- Control ingress and egress traffic
		 - Allow list (previously
known as whitelisting) or		blocklist (previously known as
blacklisting)		 - Proxy servers- Distributed denial ofservice (DDoS) protection

2.0 Security
2.3

Given a scenario, apply the appropriate OS
and application security controls.
• Policies- Password complexity- Account lockout- Application approved list
(previously known as whitelisting)- Software feature- User/group• User permissions• Antivirus/anti-malware/endpoint
detection and response (EDR)• Host-based IDS (HIDS)/
Host-based IPS (HIPS)

2.4• Segmentation• Access control• Impact of laws and regulations- Legal hold
• Records management- Versioning- Retention- Destruction- Write once read many
• Data loss prevention (DLP)• Cloud access security broker (CASB)

Given a scenario, implement measures to meet security requirements.
• Tools- Vulnerability scanners- Port scanners• Vulnerability assessment- Default and common credential scans- Credentialed scans- Network-based scans- Agent-based scans

2.6• Encryption- Application programming
interface (API) endpoint- Application- OS- Storage- Filesystem• Mandatory access control• Software firewall

Given a scenario, apply data security and compliance
controls in cloud environments.
• Encryption• Integrity- Hashing algorithms- Digital signatures- File integrity monitoring (FIM)• Classification

2.5• Hardened baselines- Single function• File integrity• Log and event monitoring• Configuration management• Builds- Stable- Long-term support (LTS)- Beta- Canary• Operating system (OS) upgrades- Service availabilities• Security patches- Hot fixes- Scheduled updates- Virtual patches- Signature updates- Rollups• Risk register• Prioritization of patch application• Deactivate default accounts• Impacts of security tools on
systems and services• Effects of cloud service models
on security implementation

Explain the importance of incident response procedures.
• Preparation- Documentation- Call trees- Training- Tabletops- Documented incident
types/categories- Roles and responsibilities•

Incident response procedures- Identification
		- Scope- Investigation- Containment, eradication,and recovery
		- Isolation
		 - Evidence acquisition

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		 - Chain of custody- Post-incident and lessons learned
		 - Root cause analysis

3.0 Deployment
3.1

Given a scenario, integrate components into a cloud solution.
• Subscription services- File subscriptions- Communications
		- Email		 - Voice over IP (VoIP)
		- Messaging- Collaboration- Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)- Directory and identity services- Cloud resources
		- IaaS
		- PaaS
		- SaaS

3.2• Provisioning resources- Compute- Storage- Network• Application- Serverless• Deploying virtual machines(VMs) and custom images• Templates- OS templates- Solution templates• Identity management• Containers- Configure variables- Configure secrets- Persistent storage• Auto-scaling• Post-deployment validation

Given a scenario, provision storage in cloud environments.
• Types- Block		 - Storage area network (SAN)			- Zoning- File		 - Network attached storage (NAS)- Object		- Tenants
		- Buckets• Tiers- Flash- Hybrid- Spinning disks- Long-term• Input/output operations per
second (IOPS) and read/write• Protocols- Network file system (NFS)- Common Internet file system (CIFS)- Internet small computer
system interface (iSCSI)- Fibre Channel (FC)- Non-volatile memory express
over fabrics (NVMe-oF)• Redundant array of
inexpensive disks (RAID)
-0
-1
-5
-6
- 10

CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Exam Objectives Version 2.0 (Exam Number: CV0-003)• Storage system features- Compression- Deduplication- Thin provisioning- Thick provisioning- Replication• User quotas• Hyperconverged• Software-defined storage (SDS)3.0 Deployment
3.3

Given a scenario, deploy cloud networking solutions.				
• Services- Dynamic host configuration
protocol (DHCP)
- NTP
- DNS
- Content delivery network (CDN)- IP address management (IPAM)• Virtual private networks (VPNs)- Site-to-site- Point-to-point- Point-to-site- IPSec- Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS)

3.4

Given a scenario, configure the appropriatecompute sizing for a deployment.
• Virtualization- Hypervisors
		 - Type 1
		 - Type 2- Simultaneous multi-threading (SMT)- Dynamic allocations- Oversubscription• Central processing unit (CPU)/virtual CPU (vCPU)

3.5• Virtual routing- Dynamic and static routing- Virtual network interface
controller (vNIC)- Subnetting• Network appliances- Load balancers- Firewalls• Virtual private cloud (VPC)- Hub and spoke- Peering• VLAN/VXLAN/GENEVE• Graphics processing unit (GPU)- Virtual
		- Shared- Pass-through• Clock speed/Instructions per cycle (IPC)• Hyperconverged• Memory- Dynamic allocation- Ballooning

Given a scenario, perform cloud migrations.
• Physical to virtual (P2V)• Virtual to virtual (V2V)• Cloud-to-cloud migrations- Vendor lock-in- PaaS or SaaS migrations
		 - Access control lists (ACLs)
		- Firewalls• Storage migrations- Block- File- Object• Database migrations- Cross-service migrations- Relational- Non-relational

CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Exam Objectives Version 2.0 (Exam Number: CV0-003)• Single root input/output
virtualization (SR-IOV)• Software-defined network (SDN)4.0 Operations and Support
4.1

Given a scenario, configure logging, monitoring,
and alerting to maintain operational status.
• Logging- Collectors
		 - Simple network		
management protocol (SNMP)
		- Syslog- Analysis- Severity categorization- Audits- Types		- Access/authentication
		- System
		- Application- Automation- Trending

4.2• Monitoring- Baselines- Thresholds- Tagging- Log scrubbing- Performance monitoring		- Application
		 - Infrastructure components- Resource utilization- Availability
		 - SLA-defined uptime requirements- Verification of continuous
monitoring activities- Service management tool integration• Alerting- Common messaging methods- Enable/disable alerts		 - Maintenance mode
- Appropriate responses- Policies for categorizing
and communicating alerts

Given a scenario, maintain efficient operation of a cloud environment.
• Confirm completion of backups• Life-cycle management- Roadmaps- Old/current/new versions- Upgrading and migrating systems- Deprecations or end of life
• Change management• Asset management- Configuration management
database (CMDB)• Patching- Features or enhancements- Fixes for broken or criticalinfrastructure or applications- Scope of cloud elements to be patched		- Hypervisors
		- VMs
		 - Virtual appliances		 - Networking components
		- Applications
		 - Storage components		 - Firmware
		- Software		- OS- Policies
		- n-1- Rollbacks• Impacts of process
improvements on systems• Upgrade methods- Rolling upgrades- Blue-green- Canary- Active-passive- Development/QA/production/DR

CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Exam Objectives Version 2.0 (Exam Number: CV0-003)• Dashboard and reporting- Tagging- Costs
		- Chargebacks
		- Showbacks- Elasticity usage- Connectivity- Latency- Capacity- Incidents- Health- Overall utilization- Availability

4.0 Operations and Support
4.3

Given a scenario, optimize cloud environments.
• Right-sizing- Auto-scaling- Horizontal scaling- Vertical scaling- Cloud bursting• Compute- CPUs- GPUs- Memory- Containers

4.4- Edge computing			 - CDN• Placement- Geographical- Cluster placement- Redundancy- Colocation• Device drivers and firmware- Generic- Vendor- Open source

Given a scenario, apply proper automationand orchestration techniques.
• Infrastructure as code
- Infrastructure components
and their integration• Continuous integration/
continuous deployment (CI/CD)• Version control• Configuration management- Playbook

4.5• Storage- Tiers
		 - Adaptive optimization- IOPS- Capacity- Deduplication- Compression• Network- Bandwidth- Network interface controllers (NICs)- Latency- SDN• Containers• Automation activities- Routine operations- Updates- Scaling- Shutdowns- Restarts- Create internal APIs

• Secure scripting- No hardcoded passwords- Use of individual service accounts- Password vaults- Key-based authentication• Orchestration sequencing

Given a scenario, perform appropriate backup and restore operations.
• Backup types- Incremental- Differential- Full- Synthetic full
- Snapshot• Backup objects- Application-level backup- Filesystem backup- Database dumps- Configuration files• Backup targets- Tape- Disk- Object• Backup and restore policies- Retention- Schedules- Location- SLAs- Recovery time objective (RTO)- Recovery point objective (RPO)

CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Exam Objectives Version 2.0 (Exam Number: CV0-003)- Mean time to recovery (MTTR)- 3-2-1 rule		 - Three copies of data		 - Two different media
		 - One copy off site
• Restoration methods- In place- Alternate location- Restore files- Snapshot

4.0 Operations and Support
4.6

Given a scenario, perform disaster recovery tasks.
• Failovers• Failback• Restore backups• Replication• Network configurations• On-premises and cloud sites- Hot- Warm- Cold• Requirements
- RPO
- RTO
- SLA
- Corporate guidelines• Documentation- DR kit- Playbook- Network diagram• Geographical datacenter requirements

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5.0 Troubleshooting
5.1

Given a scenario, use the troubleshooting
methodology to resolve cloud-related issues.
• Always consider corporate
policies, procedures, and impacts
before implementing changes.
1. Identify the problem- Question the user and identify userchanges to the computer and performbackups before making changes- Inquire regarding environmental
or infrastructure changes

5.2

4. Establish a plan of action to resolve theproblem and implement the solution
5. Verify full system functionality
and, if applicable, implement
preventive measures
6. Document the findings, actions, andoutcomes throughout the process.

Given a scenario, troubleshoot security issues.
• Privilege- Missing- Incomplete- Escalation- Keys• Authentication• Authorization• Security groups- Network security groups- Directory security groups

5.3

2. Establish a theory of probablecause (question the obvious)- If necessary, conduct external orinternal research based on symptoms
3. Test the theory to determine cause- Once the theory is confirmed,
determine the next steps
to resolve the problem- If the theory is not confirmed,
re-establish a new theory or escalate• Keys and certificates- Expired- Revoked- Trust- Compromised- Misconfigured• Misconfigured or misapplied policies• Data security issues- Unencrypted data
- Data breaches- Misclassification- Lack of encryption in protocols- Insecure ciphers• Exposed endpoints• Misconfigured or failed
security appliances
- IPS
- IDS
- NAC
- WAF
• Unsupported protocols• External/internal attacks

Given a scenario, troubleshoot deployment issues.
• Connectivity issues- Cloud service provider (CSP) or
Internet service provider (ISP) outages• Performance degradation- Latency• Configurations- Scripts• Applications in containers• Misconfigured templates• Missing or incorrect tags
• Insufficient capacity- Scaling configurations- Compute- Storage- Bandwidth issues- Oversubscription

CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Exam Objectives Version 2.0 (Exam Number: CV0-003)• Licensing issues• Vendor-related issues- Migrations of vendors or platforms- Integration of vendors or platforms- API request limits- Cost or billing issues

5.0 Troubleshooting
5.4

Given a scenario, troubleshoot connectivity issues.
• Network security group
misconfigurations- ACL- Inheritance• Common networking
configuration issues- Peering- Incorrect subnet- Incorrect IP address- Incorrect IP space- Routes
		- Default
		- Static
		- Dynamic- Firewall
		 - Incorrectly administered		
micro-segmentation

5.5• Network troubleshooting tools- ping- tracert/traceroute- flushdns- ipconfig/ifconfig/ip- nslookup/dig- netstat/ss- route- arp- curl- Packet capture- Packet analyzer- OpenSSL client

Given a scenario, troubleshoot common performance issues.
• Resource utilization
- CPU
- GPU
- Memory- Storage
		- I/O
		- Capacity- Network bandwidth

5.6- Network address translation (NAT)		- VPN
		- Source
		- Destination- Load balancers
		- Methods
		- Headers		- Protocols
		- Encryption
		 - Back ends
		 - Front ends
- DNS records- VLAN/VXLAN/GENEVE- Proxy- Maximum transmission unit (MTU)- Quality of service (QoS)- Time synchronization issues- Network latency- Replication- Scaling• Application- Memory management- Service overload• Incorrectly configured or
failed load balancing

Given a scenario, troubleshoot automation or orchestration issues.
• Account mismatches• Change management failures• Server name changes• IP address changes• Location changes• Version/feature mismatch• Automation tool incompatibility- Deprecated features- API version incompatibility• Job validation issue• Patching failure

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Cloud+ (CV0-003) Acronym List
The following is a list of acronyms that appear on the CompTIA Cloud+ exam.
Candidates are encouraged to review the complete list and attain a working
knowledge of all listed acronyms as part of a comprehensive exam preparation.

ACRONYM

DEFINITIONACRONYM

DEFINITION

AAA
ACL
ADC
AES
AI
API
ARP
BCP
BGP
BIA
CAB
CAS
CASB
CD
CDN
CI
CIFS
CIIS
CMDB
CMS
CNA
COL
COOP
CPU
CRL
CRM
CSP
DAC
DAS
DBaaS
DBMS
DDoS
DFS
DHCP
DLP

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
Access Control List
Application Delivery Controller
Advanced Encryption Standard
Artificial Intelligence
Application Programming Interface
Address Resolution Protocol
Business Continuity Plan
Border Gateway Protocol
Business Impact Analysis
Change Advisory Board
Content Addressed Storage
Cloud Access Security Broker
Continuous Deployment
Content Delivery Network
Continuous Integration
Common Internet File System
Client Integration Implementation Service
Configuration Management Database
Content Management System
Converged Network Adapter
Co-Location
Continuity of Operations Plan
Central Processing Unit
Certificate Revocation List
Customer Relationship Management
Content Service Provider
Discretionary Access Control
Direct Attached Storage
Database as a Service
Database Management Server
Distributed Denial of Service
Distributed File System
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Data Loss Prevention

DMZ
DNS
DNSSEC
DoH
DoT
DR
DRP
DSA
EDR
FC
FCoE
FIM
FTP
FTPS
GENEVE
GPT
GPU
GRE
GUI
HA
HBA
HIDS
HIPS
HTTPS
I/O
IaaS
ICMP
IDS
IFCP
IGRP
IOPS
IoT
IPAM
IPC
IPMI

Demilitarized Zone
Domain Name Service
DNS Security
DNS over HTTPSDNS over TLS
Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery Plan
Distributed Services Architecture
Endpoint Detection and Response
Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
File Integrity Monitoring
File Transfer Protocol
FTP over SSL
Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation
GUID Partition Table
Graphics Processing Unit
Generic Routing Encapsulation
Graphical User Interface
High Availability
Host Bus Adapter
Host-Based IDS
Host-Based IPSHypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
Input/Output
Infrastructure as a Service
Internet Control Management Protocol
Intrusion Detection System
Internet Fibre Channel Protocol
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Input/Output Operations Per Second
Internet of Things
IP Address Management
Instructions Per Cycle
Intelligent Platform Management Interface

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ACRONYM

DEFINITIONACRONYM

DEFINITION

IPS
IPSec
IQN
iSCSI
ISNS
ISP
JBOD
KVM
KVM
L2TP
LAN
LDAP
LTS
LUN
MAC
MBR
MDF
MFA
ML
MPIO
MPLS
MSP
MTBF
MTTF
MTTR
MTU
NAC
NAS
NAT
NFS
NIC
NIS
NOC
NPIV
NTFS
NTP
NTS
NVMe
NVMe-oF
ODBC
OLA
OS
OSPF
P2P
P2V
PaaS
PAT

Intrusion Prevention System
IP Security
Initiator Qualified Name
Internet Small Computer System Interface
Internet Storage Name Service
Internet Service Provider
Just a Bunch Of Disks
Kernel Virtual Machine
Keyboard Video Mouse
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
Local Area Network
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Long Term Support
Logical Unit Number
Mandatory Access Control
Master Boot Record
Main Distribution Facility
Multi-Factor Authentication
Machine Learning
MultiPath I/OMultiprotocol Label Switching
Managed Service Provider
Mean Time Between Failure
Mean Time To Failure
Mean Time To Repair
Maximum Transmission Unit
Network Access Control
Network Attached Storage
Network Address Translation
Network File System
Network Interface Controller
Network Information Service
Network Operations Center
N_Port ID Virtualization
New Technology File System
Network Time Protocol
Network Time Security
Non-Volatile Memory Express
NVMe over Fabrics
Open Database Connectivity
Operational Level Agreement
Operating System
Open Shortest Path First
Physical to PhysicalPhysical to Virtual
Platform as a Service
Port Address Translation

PBX
PIT
PKI
PPTP
QA
QoS
RAID
RDP
ReFS
RPO
RTO
SaaS
SAML
SAN
SAS
SATA
SCP
SCSI
SDLC
SDN
SDS
SFTP
SHA
SIP
SLA
SMB
SMT
SNMP
SR-IOV
SSD
SSH
SSL
SSO
TCO
TCP
TKIP
TLS
TPM
TTL
UAT
UDP
UPS
V2P
V2V
VAT
vCPU
VDI

Private (or Public) Branch Exchange
Point-in-Time (backup or snapshot)
Public Key Infrastructure
Point-to-point Tunneling Protocol
Quality Assurance
Quality of Service
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
Remote Desktop Protocol
Resilient File System
Recovery Point Objective
Recovery Time Objectives
Software as a Service
Security Assertion Markup Language
Storage Area Network
Serial Attached SCSI
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
Session Control Protocol
Small Computer System Interface
Software Development Life Cycle
Software-Defined Network
Software-Defined Storage
Secure FTP
Secure Hash Algorithm
Session Initiation Protocol
Service Level Agreement
Server Message Block
Simultaneous Multi-Threading
Simple Network Management Protocol
Single-Root Input/ Output Virtualization
Solid State Disk
Secure Shell
Secure Sockets Layer
Single Sign-On
Total Cost of Operations
Transmission Control Protocol
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
Transport Layer Security
Trusted Platform Module
Time to Live
User Acceptance Testing
Universal Datagram Protocol
Universal Power Supply
Virtual to Physical
Virtual to Virtual
Virtual Allocation Table
Virtual CPU
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

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ACRONYM

DEFINITION

vGPU
VHD
VLAN
VM
VMFS
VNC
vNIC
VoIP
VPC
VPN
vRAM
vSAN
vSwitch
VTL
VXLAN
WAF
WAN
WMI
WWNN
WWPN
XaaS
ZFS

Virtual Graphics Processing Unit
Virtual Hard Disk
Virtual LAN
Virtual Machine
Virtual Machine File System
Virtual Network Computing
Virtual NIC
Voice over IP
Virtual Private Cloud
Virtual Private Network
Virtual RAM
Virtual SAN
Virtual Switch
Virtual Tape Library
Virtual extensible LAN
Web Application Firewall
Wide Area Network
Windows Management Implementation
World Wide Node NameWorld Wide Port Nameanything as a Service
Z File System

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Cloud+ Proposed Hardware and Software List
CompTIA has included this sample list of hardware and software to assist
candidates as they prepare for the Cloud+ exam. This list may also be helpful fortraining companies that wish to create a lab component to their training offering.
The bulleted lists below each topic are sample lists and are not exhaustive.
HARDWARE

SOFTWARE

OTHER• Computer capable ofrunning virtualization• Network switch**• Network router**• Compute (CPU, RAM, etc.)**• NAS or SAN**• Cables**• Automation tools• Hypervisor (Type 1, Type 2)• Client (and server) OS• Various web browsers• CLI**• Virtualization format converter**• Internet access• Access to SaaS, PaaS, or
IaaS environments• Remote access to cloud service
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