Sun Fire Midrange Server Administration

The Sun Fire Midrange Server Administration course provides students with the information needed to configure, monitor, and manage the Sun Fire V1280/E2900, 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 midrange servers. Additionally, students implement concurrent maintenance and high-availability strategies and use firmware tools and applications to assess a system.

This course is presented using Sun's web-based Live Virtual Class (LVC). The LVC is a dynamic and fully interactive online learning environment that features live teaching collaboration, and instructor-assisted activities.

The hands-on online labs offered in this course involve accessing equipment through a network terminal session. Students will not have physical access to this equipment.

Students who can benefit from this course:

• Enterprise System Administrators, System Maintainers, and anyone responsible for supporting midrange servers

A Live Virtual Class (LVC) is exclusively for registered students; unregistered individuals may not view an LVC at any time. Registered students must view the class from the country listed in the registration form. Unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of LVC content may not be made.

Audience
Course Topics 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

Power on and off each Sun Fire midrange server

• 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 shell

Platform Configuration

• Describe how to use Lights-Out Management (LOM) to perform Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server platform administrative functions
• Describe how to access and manage the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server system controller
• Describe three methods you can use to connect to the system controller shells
• Describe how to initiate a remote connection with Secure Shell (SSH)
• Configure the platform and system controller by using the platform shell
• Describe how to manage the system controller for configuration and reboot
• Describe how to manage the system controller for failover operation
• Describe how to back up and restore a system controller

Domain Configuration

• 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
• 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
• Navigate between shell environments

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 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
• 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
• Automate IPMP configuration when using Sun StorEdge Traffic
• Configure IPMP using IPv6

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)

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

Course Objectives

• Understand system controller administration, 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