Overview
- Understand how different versions of the UNIX operating system were developed
- Define major similarities and differences between the Solaris and other UNIX operating systems
Installing the Solaris 10 Operating System
- Identify the fundamentals of the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS) installation from a CD-ROM or DVD
- Install Solaris 10 OS from a CD-ROM or DVD
Performing Solaris 10 OS Package and Patch Administration
- Describe the fundamentals of package administration
- Administer packages using the command-line interface
- Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
- Install and remove patches
Executing Boot PROM Commands
- Identify boot programmable read-only memory (PROM) fundamentals
- Use basic boot PROM commands
- Identify the system's boot device
- Create and remove custom device aliases
- View and change nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) parameters from the shell
- Interrupt an unresponsive system
Performing Boot and Shutdown Procedures
- Describe the features of the Service Management Facility
- Identify run level fundamentals
- Compare run levels and SMF milestones
- Identify the phases of the boot process
- Use SMF administrative commands
- Control boot processes
- Perform system shutdown procedures
Managing Local Disk Devices and Device Configuration
- Describe the basic architecture of a disk
- Describe the naming conventions for devices
- List devices
- Reconfigure devices
Managing Disk Partitions and Labels
- Perform hard disk partitioning
- Manage disk labels
Introduction to Solaris Management Console (SMC)
- Describe the Solaris Management Console
- Partition a disk by using the Solaris Management Console
Creating and Mounting the ufs File System
- Create a ufs file system
- Perform mounts
- Perform unmounts
- Access a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
- Restrict access to a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
- Access a diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD without Volume Management(vold)
Performing User Administration in the Solaris OS
- Describe user administration
- Manage user accounts
- Manage initialization files
Using the Solaris Management Console
- Describe the Solaris Management Console toolbox editor actions
- Use the Solaris Management Console toolbox editor
Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Describe RBAC fundamentals
- Describe component interaction within RABC
- Manage RBAC by using the Solaris Management Console
- Manage RBAC by using the CLI
Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software
- Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
- Build a RAID-0 (concatenated) volume
- Build a RAID-1 (mirror) volume for the root (/) file system
Managing Swap Configuration
- Describe virtual memory
- Configure swap space
Configuring NFS
- Describe the benefits of NFS
- Describe the fundamentals of the NFS distributed file system
- Manage an NFS server
- Manage an NFS client
- Enable the NFS server logging
- Manage NFS with the Solaris Management Console storage folder tools
- Troubleshoot NFS errors
Configuring AutoFS
- Describe the fundamentals of the AutoFS file system
- Use automount maps
Managing Crash Dumps and Core Files
- Manage crash dump behavior
- Manage core file file behavior
Zones
- Identify the features of Solaris Zones
- Understand how and why zone partitioning is used
- Configure zones
- Install zones
- Boot zones
- Configure resource pools
- Configure the zone-wise resource controls
- Establish physical memory controls using the resource capping daemon
- Administer packages in zones
Name Services Overview
- Describe the name service concept
- Describe the name service switch file /etc/nsswitch.conf
- Describe the name service cache daemon (nscd)
- Get name service information
Configuring Name Service Clients
- Configure a DNS client
- Configure an LDAP client
Network Information Service (NIS)
- Describe NIS fundamentals
- Configure the name service switch file
- Describe NIS security
- Configure an NIS domain Build custom NIS maps
- Troubleshoot NIS
Describing the Custom JumpStart Software Configurations
- Describe the JumpStart software configurations
- Implement a basic JumpStart software server
- Set up Jumpstart software configuration alternatives
- Troubleshoot the JumpStart software configurations
- Configure a naming service to support JumpStart software
Performing a Flash Installation
- Describe the Flash installation feature
- Manipulate a Flash archive
- Use a Flash archive for installation
- Describe WANboot Flash installation