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Training Course Summary:

The Sun Fire Midrange Server Administration course provides students with the information needed to configure, monitor, and manage the Sun Fire V1280/E2900, 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 midrange servers. Additionally, students implement concurrent maintenance and high-availability strategies, and use firmware tools and applications to assess a system.

NOTE: Hardware is stored in a controlled lab environment. Students might not have physical access to this equipment.

Lab Information:
The hands-on labs offered in this course may involve accessing equipment that resides at a location other than where the training is delivered.

Pre-Requisites:

To succeed fully in this course, students should have:
Detailed knowledge of the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and UNIX
Knowledge of backup and storage
Detailed knowledge of network administration
Knowledge of Sun Management Center 3.0 software
Experience administrating workgroup and enterprise servers

Who Should Attend:

Students who can benefit from this course are enterprise system administrators, platform and domain administrators, system administrators, and anyone responsible for supporting midrange networked database servers.

Training Course Overview/Content:

Module 1 - Introducing the Sun Fire Midrange Servers


List the functional goals of the Sun Fire midrange server product line
Locate Sun Microsystems web sites containing important Sun Fire midrange server information
List the server models that comprise the Sun Fire server product line
Identify the disks, disk arrays, and backup devices that the Sun Fire midrange servers support
Describe the key features of each Sun Fire midrange server model
Power on and off each Sun Fire midrange server

Module 2 - Sun Fire Midrange Server Components


Identify the Sun Fire midrange physical resources by location and function
Locate and describe the function of the Sun Fire midrange server system controller boards
Access the system controller platform shell li>

Module 3 - Platform Configuration


Describe how to use Lights-Out Management (LOM) to perform Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server platform administrative functions
Describe how to display and manage Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server controller hardware attributes by using LOM shell commands
Describe how to access and manage the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server system controller
Describe how to use the LOM shell to manage Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server Time-of-Day (TOD)
Monitor the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server platform by using LOM shell commands
Power-cycle the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server by using LOM shell commands and by using the front panel power rocker switch
Identify the platform shell commands you can use to display Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 server system information, set up system parameters, and test system hardware
Describe three methods you can use to connect to the system controller shells
Describe how to initiate a remote connection with Secure Shell (SSH)
Describe how to navigate between shells on the Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 servers
Configure the platform and system controller by using the platform shell
Configure the platform TOD
Display and change system controller parameters by using the platform shell Li>Describe how to view the system controller message logs
Describe how to manage the system controller for configuration and reboot
Describe how to manage the system controller for failover operation
Describe how to use system controller commands to monitor the platform
Describe how to power on and off the system components
Describe how to update the platform firmware
Describe how to back up and restore a system controller
Describe how to use SSH to secure the Sun Fire midrange server system controller

Module 4 - Domain Configuration


Describe the benefits of dividing the Sun Fire midrange servers into multiple segments and domains
Describe the effects of system segmenting and multiple domains
Create a system configuration consisting of multiple segments and domains
Configure an access control list (ACL) for a domain
Define passwords for a domain
Correlate OpenBoot programmable read-only memory (PROM) device tree entries to the physical system components of the Sun Fire midrange servers
Determine how the Solaris OS references system components
Identify the steps required to configure devices in the Solaris OS
Identify Solaris OS support utilities
Navigate between shell environments

Module 5 - Multipathing I/O Management


Describe how Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software uses multipath access to I/O devices to provide a high level of disk availability and performance
Describe the purpose of Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software
Identify other products that use multipathing I/O to solve path failover and provide higher path bandwidth
Identify I/O software and hardware devices that Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software supports
List terms and acronyms that are associated with Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software
Describe how Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software works
Describe how Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager uses a device tree to map supported devices
Describe how to display path states and Small Computer System Interface (SC