Exam 18: Virtualization

Name one bare-metal hypervisor.

A(n) _______________ is the part of an operating system that handles low-level interaction between hardware and software.

What company makes ESXi?

What is the difference between a host operating system and a guest operating system?

A(n) _______________ environment is called a virtual machine (VM).

Which tool requires an underlying operating system in order to create and manage virtual machines?

Many virtual machine managers replace the CTRL-ALT-DELETE key sequence with _______________.

PaaS stands for _______________.

With virtualization, a(n) _______________ operating system is physically installed on a machine.

What term refers a large number of networked, virtualized servers combined with a powerful front end?

Discuss how virtualization enables hardware consolidation.

What does the abbreviation IaaS stand for?

What is a hardware concern of emulation?

The term "bare-metal" virtualization software refers to _______________.

Explain why the use of "bare-metal" hypervisors is better in a large-scale implementation.

A point-in-time backup of a virtual machine is called a _______________.

Describe the hardware factors that affect virtualization scalability.

List five advantages of virtualization.

Describe the concept of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Describe the difference between emulation and virtualization.