Using VMware VCenter lab manager in undergraduate education for system administration and network security
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
12-6-2010
Abstract
We have developed and managed a virtual laboratory environment by deploying the VMware vCenter Lab Manager and the VMware vSphere vCenter on a load-balanced cluster of eight ESX 3.5 servers and a storage area network of 10.8 Tera bytes. This system has been in use to conduct hands- on laboratory experiments in undergraduate education for computer security and system administration. Lab Manager provides remote access through the Internet using a common Web browser, such as Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. The way in which the Lab Manager manages and controls virtual machines and networking components provides additional convenience for instructors to implement laboratory exercises and for students to finish their experiments. In this article, we present the design of the system, introduce some of the features of the virtual environment, and discuss the experiences we have gained from developing and using this system. Compared with other existing virtualization platforms, Lab Manager provides more useful features and additional flexibility for the use in the education for in- formation technology (IT), although there is still room to improve. Copyright 2010 ACM.
Publication Title
SIGITE'10 - Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Conference on Information Technology Education
Recommended Citation
Wang, X.,
Hembroff, G.,
&
Yedica, R.
(2010).
Using VMware VCenter lab manager in undergraduate education for system administration and network security.
SIGITE'10 - Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Conference on Information Technology Education, 43-51.
http://doi.org/10.1145/1867651.1867665
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