NOTE: Course discontinued till further notice.
SUN - SOLARIS
System Administration I
Course
Description
The SolarisT
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
- Successfully interact with a Solaris
Operating Environment as an end-user
- Use the vi text editor
- Interact with a windowing system
Skills Gained
- Discuss Sun Microsystems' client-server
environment and other important system administration terms and concepts
- Add users to the system using both
AdminToolTand
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
Course
Description
The SolarisT
8 Operating Environment System Administration II course provides delegates
with the skills necessary to administer SunT
systems running the SolarisT
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 CacheFST
file systems
- Use Solaris Management ConsoleT
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 JumpStartT
to automate Solaris installation
TCP/IP
Network Administration
Course
Description
The SolarisT
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 SunT
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:
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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:
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List the International
Organisation for Standardisation/Open Systems Interconnection (ISO/OSI)
and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) layers
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Describe major TCP/IP
protocols
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Configure routing
and routing tables
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Configure subnet masks
including variable length masks
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Add Internet and Remote
Procedure Call (RPC) services
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Configure DHCP clients
and servers
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Configure DNS
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Describe Network Time
Protocol (NTP) components
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Configure an NTP server
and client
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Configure a Solaris
version 8 system as an IPv6 host or router
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Use network troubleshooting
tools to maintain the network