System
Administration I (CX-310-014)
Course
Description
The Solaris[tm] 8 Operating Environment System
Administrator I course provides information about the essential tasks
of standalone installation, file system management, backup procedures,
process control, user administration, and device management. Students
taking this class will gain the necessary knowledge and skills to perform
these essential system administration tasks in the Solaris Operating
Environment.
Who
Will Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course include
system administrators who perform essential system administration procedures
in the Solaris Operating Environment.
Prerequisites
Skills Gained
- Discuss Sun Microsystems'
client-server environment and other important system administration
terms and concepts
- Add users to the
system using both AdminTool[tm] and command-line methods
- Configure user initialization
files to provide a consistent login environment
- Implement basic
system security
- Identify the function
of root directory components
- Properly set file
permissions using ACLs (access control lists)
- Use the Solaris
8 device naming conventions to configure and name devices
- Manage disk devices
- Use the format utility
to display information and set up disk partitions
- Monitor and mount
file systems including CD-ROM and PC diskette devices
- Perform maintenance
on corrupted file systems
- Manage processes
- Configure print
services
- Enable 64-bit capability
on a standalone system
- Understand boot
protocols and options and modify electronically erasable, programmable,
read-only memory (EEPROM) boot parameters
- Understand and perform
booting and shutdown procedures and options
- Understand and change
system states on the Solaris server
- Install the Solaris
Operating Envinorment on a standalone system including update patches
- Use the pkgadd command
to add software packages
- Perform backups
and recovery
System
Administration II (CX-310-015)
Course
Description
The Solaris[tm] 8 Operating Environment System
Administration II course provides delegates with the skills necessary
to administer Sun[tm] systems running the Solaris[tm] 8 Operating Environment
in a network environment. Delegates will be taught how to maintain Sun
systems, configure and troubleshoot the NFS, and configure the Network
Information System (NIS) environment.
Who
Will Benefit
Delegates who can benefit from this course are
technical and application support staff responsible for administering
a network server running the Solaris Operating Environment
Prerequisites
To succeed in this course, student should be able
to:
-
Install
the Solaris Operating Environment on a standalone system, including
update patches
-
Understand
and perform booting and shutdown procedures and options.
-
Log
into a UNIX system and change passwords, add users, and set up file
permissions
-
Make
directories, set up partitions, and manage files
-
Use
the Solaris Operating Environment device naming conventions to configure
and name devices
Skills
Gained
After successful completion of this course, the
student will be able to:
- Install and configure
a Solaris Operating Environment server
- Set up event logging
- Redirect all core
dumps to a single core dump directory
- Administer disks
using a volume management utility
- Identify and describe
the files and commands used to control and monitor access to various
machines in a network environment
- Configure NFS to
support the client-server environment
- Use the automounter
- Set up and configure
CacheFS[tm] file systems
- Use Solaris Management
Console[tm] to perform administrative system management duties
Configure role-based user accounts
- Describe the various
naming services: Domain Name System (DNS), NIS, and Network Information
System Plus (NIS+)
- Configure and administer
the NIS environment
- Use JumpStart[tm]
to automate Solaris installation
TCP/IP
Network Administration
Course
Description
The Solaris[tm] Operating Environment -TCP/IP
Network Administration course teaches delegates the advanced administration
skills required to administer and troubleshoot a local area network
(LAN). This course provides hands-on experience with configuration
and troubleshooting, as well as Internet Protocol (IP) routing, Domain
Name Service (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and
IP version 6 (IPv6).
Who
Can Benefit
Experienced system administrators who are or
will be responsible for Experienced system administrators who are
or will be responsible for administering Sun[tm] systems in a Solaris
networked environment which includes LANs and the Solaris Operating
Environment.
Prerequisites
To succeed in this course, student should be
able to:
-
Install,
configure, and maintain a Solaris product line server
-
Change
system run levels
-
Read
and edit system resource files
Skills
Gained
After successful completion of this course,
the student will be able to:
-
List
the International Organisation for Standardisation/Open Systems
Interconnection (ISO/OSI) and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP) layers
-
Describe
major TCP/IP protocols
-
Configure
routing and routing tables
-
Configure
subnet masks including variable length masks
-
Add
Internet and Remote Procedure Call (RPC) services
-
Configure
DHCP clients and servers
-
Configure
DNS
-
Describe
Network Time Protocol (NTP) components
-
Configure
an NTP server and client
-
Configure
a Solaris version 8 system as an IPv6 host or router
-
Use
network troubleshooting tools to maintain the network