Students who can benefit from this course are Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) system and network administrators tasked with managing and optimizing utilization of computing resources in a networked Sun workstationand server environment.

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to demonstrate theirexperience as Solaris OS system administrators, network administrators, orboth.:

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• Describe the features and benefits of the N1 Grid Engine
• Install and configure the N1 Grid Engine
• Configure the N1 Grid Engine complexes and scheduler
• Submit, monitor, and control jobs
• Control queues
• Use troubleshooting techniques to diagnose problems
• Use the accounting and reporting tools associated with the N1 Grid Engine

Module 1 - The Grid Engine, An Overview

• Introduction
• Workload management
• Understanding basics
• Getting started with the Grid Engine software

Module 2 - Installation and Basic Configuration

• Introduction
• Installation
• Configuration

Module 3 - Administration

• Complexes
• Load parameters
• Scheduling jobs

Module 4 - Job Submission

• Introduction
• Submitting batch jobs
• Submitting interactive jobs
• Transparent remote execution
• Submitting an array of jobs

Module 5 - Monitoring and Control

• Introduction
• Monitoring and controlling jobs
• Controlling queues
• Basic troubleshooting

Module 6 - High Performance Computing

• Introduction
• Parallel environments
• Checkpointing

Module 7 - Usage Accounting and Reporting

• Introduction
• Gathering accounting and reporting statistics
• Installing the accounting and reporting database
• Installing the accounting and reporting console