Students who can benefit from this course are individuals who are already familiar with core system administration tools and processes and who have a fundamental understanding of the UNIX operating system, commands, and utilities.

• Manage files and directories
• Control the user work environment
• Archive files
• Use remote commands
• Manage file systems
• Install software
• Perform system boot procedures
• Perform user and security administration
• Manage network printers and system processes
• Perform system backups and restores

• Describe network basics
• Describe remote administration with the Solaris Management Console software
• Manage virtual file systems and core dumps
• Manage storage volumes
• Control access and configure system messaging
• Configure role-based access control (RBAC)
• Set up name services
• Perform advanced installation procedures
• Configure the custom JumpStart procedure
• Perform a Flash installation

Module 1 - Describing Interface Configuration

• Control and monitor network interfaces
• Configure Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) interfaces at boot time

Module 2 - Describing the Client-Server Model

• Describe client-server processes
• Start server processes

Module 3 - Customizing the Solaris Management Console

• Describe Solaris Management Console toolbox editor actions
• Use the Solaris Management Console toolbox editor

Module 4 - Managing Swap Configuration

• Describe virtual memory
• Configure swap space

Module 5 - Managing Crash Dumps and Core Files

• Manage crash dump behavior
• Manage core file behavior

Module 6 - Configuring NFS

• Describe the benefits of NFS
• Describe the fundamentals of 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

Module 7 - Configuring AutoFS

• Describe the fundamentals of the AutoFS file system
• Use automount maps

Module 8 - Describing RAID and the Solaris Volume Manager Software

• Describe redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
• Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts

Module 9 - Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software

• Distribute the state database replicas
• Build a mirror of the root (/) file system

Module 10 - Configuring Access Control Lists (ACLs)

• Describe ACLs
• Manipulate ACLs using the command line
• Manipulate ACLs using the File Manager graphic user interface (GUI)
• Create default ACLs

Module 11 - 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

Module 12 - Performing Smartcard Authentication

• Describe Smartcard concepts
• Perform Smartcard administration
• Troubleshoot Smartcard operations

Module 13 - 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

Module 14 - 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

Module 15 - Configuring Name Service Clients

• Configure a Domain Name System (DNS) client
• Set up a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) client

Module 16 - 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

Module 17 - Configuring the Custom JumpStart Procedure

• Describe the JumpStart procedure
• Implement a basic JumpStart server
• Set up JumpStart software configuration alternatives
• Troubleshoot the JumpStart procedure

Module 18 - Performing a Flash Installation

• Describe the Flash installation feature
• Manipulate a Flash archive
• Use a Flash archive for installation