101.1 – Determine and configure hardware settings

Weight

2

Description

Candidates should be able to determine and configure fundamental system hardware.

Key Knowledge Areas

• Enable and disable integrated peripherals.

• Differentiate between the various types of mass storage devices.

• Determine hardware resources for devices.

• Tools and utilities to list various hardware information (e.g. lsusb, lspci, etc.).

• Tools and utilities to manipulate USB devices.

• Conceptual understanding of sysfs, udev and dbus.

Files, Terms, and Utilities

• /sys/

• /proc/

• /dev/

• modprobe

• lsmod

• lspci

• lsusb