TECHLOOMIX ACADEMY LAB WORKSHEET
Track: Data Center Technician
Level: Beginner → Job-Ready

OBJECTIVE
Draw a rack containing one server, a top-of-rack switch, patch panel, PDU, and upstream connection. Create a link-down scenario and document your troubleshooting path.

BEFORE YOU START
- Define the expected result.
- Record the starting configuration/state.
- Identify safety, authorization, cost, or access limits.
- Use an isolated lab or approved training environment.

LAB PLAN
1. What are you building or testing?
2. What components or tools are involved?
3. What is the expected normal behavior?
4. What failure or challenge will you introduce?
5. Which observations/tests will you use?
6. What evidence will confirm the cause?
7. What action will restore service?
8. How will you validate the result?

EVIDENCE
Commands / screenshots / logs / diagrams / notes:

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TROUBLESHOOTING NOTES
Symptom:
Scope:
Evidence:
Hypothesis:
Action:
Validation:

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY
Write 4-6 sentences explaining what you built, what went wrong, how you diagnosed it, how you fixed it, and what you learned.

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