Students who can benefit from this course are system administrators and data center managers.

• Administer and troubleshoot the Solaris operating system on Sun-based servers
• Perform advanced system administration on Sun SPARC Enterprise Txxx servers
• Access a server through the system controller or service processor interface
• Configure or be aware of event logging

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

1. Configure and install a logical domain (LDom) environment for the UltraSPARC T1-based servers
2. Describe the main features of LDom, and provide an overview of its functions and its underlying architecture components
3. List the components that make up an LDom environment
4. Complete pre-configuration tasks for creating an LDom environment
5. Configure an LDom environment
6. Troubleshoot basic LDom issues
7. Gather LDom configuration from system files and LDom commands

Module 1 - Logical Domains Features and Architecture

• Describe the main features of LDom and provide an overview of its functions andunderlying architecture
• List the components that make up an LDom environment
• List the features of LDom specific to the UltraSPARC T1-based environment
• Define the architecture for an LDom environment

Module 2 - Configuring the LDom Environment

• Complete pre-configuration tasks for creating an LDom environment
• Install the LDom software
• Configure the Control Domain user environment for LDoms
• Set up an LDom
• Manage an existing domain
• Define how to migrate an existing domain

Module 3 - Supported Configurations in the LDom Environment

• Required and recommended software and patches
• Supported network adapters and graphics cards
• Memory size requirements
• Software that can be used with the Logical Domains Manager
• Features that are not yet available and unsupported operations
• Cleanly shutting down and power cycling a Logical Domains system
• Issues related to virtual switches, interrupts, and Dynamic Reconfiguration