SUMMARY:   The course provides delegates with advanced administration techniques for the Solaris 10 Operating System on Sun SPARC based platforms. AUDIENCE:   Experienced system administrators who are preparing to perform essential system management tasks, and/or are preparing for the Sun Certified Solaris System Administrator certification. This course covers the subject matter required for the Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 OS - Part 2 examination. PREREQUISITES:   Delegates should be familiar with interacting with the Solaris Operating Environment, and be able to understand and manage files and directories, control the user work environment, use remote commands, create and manage file systems, install system and other software, manage the boot process and perform system backups and restores. DURATION:   5 Days. APPROACH:   This course is instructor led, with strong emphasis on hands-on practical sessions to reinforce the concepts introduced in the classroom. OBJECTIVES:   The course describes how to: • Configure network interfaces • Manage virtual file systems • Manage crash dumps • Control file system access more accurately and effectively • Manage system storage • Manage appropriate naming services • Automate the installation process. COURSE CONTENT:            I.      NETWORK INTERFACE CONFIGURATION Control and monitor network interfaces Configure Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) interfaces at boot time     II.      DESCRIBING THE CLIENT-SERVER MODEL Describe client-server processes Start server processes  III.      CUSTOMIZING THE SOLARIS MANAGEMENT CONSOLE Describe Solaris Management Console toolbox editor actions Use the Solaris Management Console toolbox editor   IV.      MANAGING SWAP CONFIGURATION Describe virtual memory Configure swap space      V.      CRASH DUMPS AND CORE FILES Manage crash dump behavior Manage core file behavior   VI.      CONFIGURING NFS Describe the benefits of NFS Describe the fundamentals of NFS distributed file system Manage the NFS server Manage the NFS client Enable the NFS server logging Manage NFS with the Solaris Management Console storage folder tools Troubleshoot NFS errors VII.      CONFIGURING AUTOFS Describe the fundamentals of the AutoFS file system Use automount maps VIII.      DESCRIBING RAID AND THE SOLARIS VOLUME MANAGER SOFTWARE Describe redundant array of independent disks (RAID) Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts   IX.      CONFIGURING SOLARIS VOLUME MANAGER SOFTWARE Distribute the state database replicas Build a mirror of the root (/) file system      X.      CONFIGURING ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL (RBAC) Describe RBAC fundamentals Describe component interaction within RBAC Manage RBAC by using the Solaris Management Console Manage RBAC by using the command line   XI.      CONFIGURING SYSTEM MESSAGING Describe the fundamentals of the syslog function Configure the /etc/syslog.conf file Configure syslog messaging Use the Solaris Management Console log viewer XII.      USING NAME SERVICES Describe the name service concept Describe the name service switch file Configure the name service cache daemon (nscd) Get name service information XIII.      CONFIGURING NAME SERVICE CLIENTS Configure a Domain Name System (DNS) client Set up an Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) client XIV.      CONFIGURING THE 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 XV.      INTRODUCTION TO ZONES Identify the different zones features Understand how and why zone partitioning is used Configure zones Install zones Boot zones XVI.      CONFIGURING THE JUMPSTART PROCEDURE Describe the JumpStart procedure Implement a basic JumpStart server Set up JumpStart software configuration alternatives Troubleshoot the JumpStart procedure Configure a naming service to support JumpStart XVII.      PERFORMING A FLASH INSTALLATION Describe the Flash installation feature Manipulate a Flash archive Use a Flash archive for installation Strategies WANboot Flash installation   ENS/07