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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Power

We’ve covered power issues extensively back in Chapter 7, “Power

Supplies.” Don’t ever fail to appreciate the importance of surge suppressors

and uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) to protect your electronics from

surges, brownouts, and blackouts. Also remember that network devices need

power protection as well. Figure 27-1 shows a typical UPS protecting a

network rack.

Figure 27-1 UPS on rack

How’s the Air in There?

Proper environmental controls help secure servers and workstations from the

environmental impact of excessive heat, dust, and humidity. Such

environmental controls include air conditioning, proper ventilation, air

filtration, and monitors for temperature and humidity. A CompTIA A+

technician maintains an awareness of temperature, humidity level, and

ventilation, so that he or she can tell very quickly when levels or settings are

out of whack.

A computer works best in an environment where the air is clean, dry, and

room temperature. CompTIA doesn’t expect you to become an environmental

engineer, but it does expect you to explain and deal with how dirty or humid

or hot air can affect a computer. We’ve covered all of these topics to some

extent throughout the book, so let’s just do a quick overview with security in

mind.

Dirty Air Dust and debris aren’t good for any electronic components. Your

typical office air conditioning does a pretty good job of eliminating the worst

offenders, but not all computers are in nice offices. No matter where the

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