Acknowledgements

This book is the result of years of efforts by dedicated technical and training professionals in the Compaq and Hewlett-Packard Industry-Standard Server training group. We would like to jointly recognize the following individuals who have contributed greatly to the training materials and other technical resources that were used liberally in the creation of this work:

The ISS Training team: led by Brian Duelm, Chris Walsh, Ron Felder, Ken Clark, and Steve Pryor. Contributing members of this team include Ellen Chadick, Gretchen Holloman, Richard Hykel, Brent Keadle, Jason McGee, Bill Patton, Stephanie Pounds, Chris Powell, Bill Shields, and Lance Taylor.

The HP Certified Professional team: Brian Beneda, Chuck Mundt, Karen Petrini, for their work on the competency model and exam development for the ProLiant AIS and ASE programs.

Renata Golden, owner of Golden-Ink, contributed to the writing and editing of much of the content used throughout this study guide.

Contributing subject-matter experts include Georg Fest (Navcom Switzerland) and Radomir Bozic (2ETC, Belgrade).

We would want to express our appreciation to the outstanding team at Pearson Education: Jill Harry for her unwavering support, extreme patience, and excellent project management skills; Andrew Wahnsiedler for his editorial contributions; and Brenda Mulligan for her outstanding administrative assistance.

Bryan and Shawn

I would like to thank my family for their support and patience.

I would like to thank my friends and associates throughout HP. Thanks especially to Ron Felder for his management sponsorship, guidance, and encouragement of the new ProLiant AIS and ASE programs.

Thanks also to my coauthor and friend, Shawn Rogers, who has provided the book-writing expertise to transform this unruly content into a usable study guide. It has been an honor and pleasure working and learning from Shawn over the past seven years.

Bryan Weldon

I would like to thank Kellie, Cameron, and Carlie for their love and support. As with all of my other authoring endeavors over the years, the sacrifice to give Daddy "book time" was real and required an extra measure of patience and endurance.

I would like to thank my friends and associates in the HP Certified Professional Program. Thanks especially to Tony Croes and Susan Underhill for their encouragement and support for my authoring efforts.

Thanks also to my coauthor and friend, Bryan Weldon, who has provided the technical and content leadership for this book. I have worked with Bryan for many years and found him to be the consummate IT professional, an exemplary Compaq/HP customer advocate, a dedicated Scouter, and an all-around nice guy.

Shawn Rogers