Hardware inventory and asset lifecycle

Skills you'll practise

• Carry out a receiving check and record discrepancies before signing
• Reconcile a rack audit against the asset register and resolve each discrepancy type
• Keep location, owner and warranty data current through moves and changes
• Choose the right sanitization outcome (clear, purge or destroy) and keep custody records at disposal

Course outline

1. 1.Hardware inventory and the asset lifecycleVideo · 2 min
2. 2.From the loading dock to the rackLesson · 12 min
3. 3.Audits, warranty and end of lifeLesson · 12 min
4. 4.Receiving, staging and RMA logisticsLesson · 13 min
5. 5.Hardware inventory and asset lifecycle: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 21 questions
6. 6.Hardware inventory and asset lifecycle: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
7. 7.An audit can't find a registered serverScenario
8. 8.Final exam8 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2: Guidelines for Media Sanitization (September 2025; supersedes Rev. 1) (clear, purge, destroy)
• ANSI/TIA-942: Telecommunications infrastructure standard for data centers
• General data-center operations practice