Students who can benefit from this course are enterprise system administrators, platform and domain administrators, system administrators, and anyone responsible for supporting midrange networked database servers.

• Detailed knowledge of the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and UNIX
• Knowledge of backup and storage
• Detailed knowledge of network administration
• Knowledge of Sun Management Center 3.0 software
• Experience administrating workgroup and enterprise servers

• Understand system controller administration, set up and configure the system controller, and navigate platform and domain shells
• Perform common configuration and administrative tasks
• Create and manage segments and domains
• Configure a system for multipathed I/O and dynamically manage system resources

Module 1 - Introducing the Sun Fire Midrange Servers

• List the functional goals of the Sun Fire midrange server product line
• Locate Sun Microsystems web sites containing important Sun Fire midrange server information
• List the server models that comprise the Sun Fire server product line
• Identify the disks, disk arrays, and backup devices that the Sun Fire midrange servers support
• Describe the key features of each Sun Fire midrange server model
• Power on and off each Sun Fire midrange server

Module 2 - Sun Fire Midrange Server Components

• Identify the Sun Fire midrange physical resources by location and function
• Locate and describe the function of the Sun Fire midrange server system controller boards
• Access the system controller platform shellli>

Module 3 - Platform Configuration

• Describe how to use Lights-Out Management (LOM) to perform Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server platform administrative functions
• Describe how to display and manage Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server controller hardware attributes by using LOM shell commands
• Describe how to access and manage the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server system controller
• Describe how to use the LOM shell to manage Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server Time-of-Day (TOD)
• Monitor the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server platform by using LOM shell commands
• Power-cycle the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server by using LOM shell commands and by using the front panel power rocker switch
• Identify the platform shell commands you can use to display Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 server system information, set up system parameters, and test system hardware
• Describe three methods you can use to connect to the system controller shells
• Describe how to initiate a remote connection with Secure Shell (SSH)
• Describe how to navigate between shells on the Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 servers
• Configure the platform and system controller by using the platform shell
• Configure the platform TOD
• Display and change system controller parameters by using the platform shellLi>Describe how to view the system controller message logs
• Describe how to manage the system controller for configuration and reboot
• Describe how to manage the system controller for failover operation
• Describe how to use system controller commands to monitor the platform
• Describe how to power on and off the system components
• Describe how to update the platform firmware
• Describe how to back up and restore a system controller
• Describe how to use SSH to secure the Sun Fire midrange server system controller

Module 4 - Domain Configuration

• Describe the benefits of dividing the Sun Fire midrange servers into multiple segments and domains
• Describe the effects of system segmenting and multiple domains
• Create a system configuration consisting of multiple segments and domains
• Configure an access control list (ACL) for a domain
• Define passwords for a domain
• Correlate OpenBoot programmable read-only memory (PROM) device tree entries to the physical system components of the Sun Fire midrange servers
• Determine how the Solaris OS references system components
• Identify the steps required to configure devices in the Solaris OS
• Identify Solaris OS support utilities
• Navigate between shell environments

Module 5 - Multipathing I/O Management

• Describe how Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software uses multipath access to I/O devices to provide a high level of disk availability and performance
• Describe the purpose of Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software
• Identify other products that use multipathing I/O to solve path failover and provide higher path bandwidth
• Identify I/O software and hardware devices that Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software supports
• List terms and acronyms that are associated with Sun StorEdge Traffic Managersoftware
• Describe how Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software works
• Describe how Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager uses a device tree to map supporteddevices
• Describe how to display path states and Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) device attributes
• Configure Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software for installation, post-installation setup and verification, and domain configuration verification
• Edit the Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software configuration file to enable or disable Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software and for load balancing
• Describe how to back up the Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software before performing an upgrade to the operating system
• Describe how Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software does automatic path discovery
• Describe how to use Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software to manage and get information about multiplexed devices
• Describe how Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software manages automatic failover
• Describe the purpose of Internet Protocol Multipathing (IPMP)
• List three different methods of combining Ethernet links to increase throughput or availability
• List the hardware and software requirements for configuring IPMP
• List the rules you must follow when you configure an IPMP group
• Describe how IPMP works
• Describe the parameters contained in the multipathing configuration file
• Describe the new commands available for configuring IPMP
• Describe the multiple components of an IPMP configuration
• Describe an IPMP implementation
• Describe how to verify IPMP load spreading
• Automate IPMP configuration when using Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software with Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
• Configure IPMP using IPv6
• Describe how automatic IPMP failover and recovery is supported by dynamic reconfiguration

Module 6 - Dynamic Reconfiguration

• Describe the benefits of dynamic reconfiguration (DR)
• Analyze domain configuration status using DR
• Identify the steps required for removing and installing system boards using DR
• Move a system board between domains using DR
• Describe the benefits of Reconfiguration Coordination Manager (RCM)

Module 7 - Sun Fire Midrange Systems Management Through Sun MC 3.x Software

• Describe the architecture behind Sun Management Center software (Sun MC software) on the Sun Fire midrange servers
• Describe the installation and configuration procedures on the Sun Fire midrange servers for Sun MC software
• List and describe the base modules that are installed for the Sun Fire midrange agent
• Explore the Sun Fire midrange servers using Sun MC software