sun fire high-end server administration

qa ltd.
aberdeen, birmingham, bristol, edinburgh, exeter, glasgow, leeds, london, manchester, slough, united kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' the sun fire high-end server (hes) administration course provides students with the skill set necessary to identify the features and architecture specifics of the sun fire 15k/12k and sun fire e25k/e20k servers. these skills include performing configuration and platform administration methodologies supported by sun on the sun fire hes; be familiar with and use troubleshooting tools and techniques available within the solaris operating system (solaris os) relevant to the sun fire high-end servers. lab information



the hands-on labs offered in this course may involve accessing equipment that resides at a location other than where the training is delivered.



who can benefit

students who can benefit from this course are all major audiences who must perform the roles of platform administrators, platform operators, platform service engineers, domain administrators, and domain configurators, including:

senior sun enterprise system administrators

senior service providers

operations managers

information technology planners

individuals responsible for supporting mainframe-style networked database servers

individuals responsible for configuring, upgrading, and supporting the sun fire hess



prerequisites


students who can benefit from this course are all major audiences who must perform the roles of platform administrators, platform operators, platform service engineers, domain administrators, and domain configurators, including:
senior sun enterprise system administrators
senior service providers
operations managers
information technology planners
individuals responsible for supporting mainframe-style networked database servers
individuals responsible for configuring, upgrading, and supporting the sun fire hess


delegates will learn how to


describe the architecture, functional goals, and advanced reliability, availability, and serviceability (ras) features of the sun fire 15k/12k server
identify system components by location, layout, and function
perform configuration and platform administration methodologies supported by sun on the sun fire high-end servers
be familiar with and use troubleshooting tools and techniques available within the solaris os
configure and manage the platform using system management services (sms) utilities
initialize and configure the solaris os on a domain
define and edit nonvolatile random access memory (nvram) parameters
perform flash programmable read-only memory (prom) image updates
create, manage, and delete multiple domains using hardware, system configuration, and available component lists (acls)
use openboot(tm) programmable read-only memory (prom) commands to gather system information and interpret the results


course outline


module 1 �introducing the sun fire high-end servers





list the functional goals of the sun fire high-end servers (sun fire hess)

identify the different high-end servers

describe domains, board sets, and domain configuration units

describe the key features of the sun fire hes

describe the roles of the system controller and the system management services (sms) software

describe some of the advanced reliability, availability, and serviceability (ras) features of the sun fire hes

describe capacity-on-demand (cod)



module 2 �exploring sun fire hes architecture





describe the sun fire hes architecture

identify field-replaceable units (frus) by location and function

power on and power off the sun fire hes



module 3 �using the sun fire hes system controller networks and software





understand the management networks

identify the sc sms platform management features

identify the sc’s unique sms startup scripts and their functions

identify the sc’s unique sms daemons and their functions

identify the sun fire hes sc’s management software and applications

configure sms on the system controller



module 4 �configuring the sun fire hes platform





verify platform hardware resources

verify system environments

configure an available component list (acl) for a domain

set the time-of-day (tod) clock

view system controller message logs

perform flash prom image updates on various system components

save and restore the system controller configuration data

configure system controller failover

force system controller failover



module 5 �configuring sun fire hes domains





describe the characteristics of a sun fire hes domain

list the information required toa new domain

create a new sun fire hes domain from the system controller

explain the structure of a sun fire hes openboot prom device tree

describe how to locate cpus, memory banks, and i/o interface cards given their device tree address

configure the solaris os after installing it on the sun fire hes domain

perform the default configuration for network time protocol (ntp) in a domain

assess domain configuration using standard solaris os utilities



module 6 �exploring dynamic reconfiguration





describe the benefits of dynamic reconfiguration (dr)

discuss the restrictions and concerns that can occur with dr

analyze domain configuration status using dr

identify the steps required for removing system boards and i/o boards using dr



module 7 �exploring sun fire hes capacity-on-demand (cod) version 2.0





configure the platform for capacity-on-demand (cod) version 2.0 software

identify cod systems

identify cod part number and license requirements

manage cod right-to-use (rtu) licenses

identify cod sms commands

install and remove a cod rtu license key

enable cod resources

monitor cod resources

service cod v2.0 frus



module 8 �sun fire hes system management through sun mc 3.x software





explore the sun management center (sun mc) software on a sun fire hes

install sun mc software on sun fire hes

identify sun fire hes administrative groups and security

identify sun fire hes topology objects

describe the use of platform/domain state management (pdsm)



module 9 �troubleshooting the sun fire hes





understand how a sun fire hes fails and recovers

understand the role of the system controller in failure logging

describe the different types of failures

find where failure information is recorded

interpret failure information

interpret system configuration using the sun explorer utility

understand support information requirements

...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

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