Introducing the Solaris 10 OS Directory Hierarchy
- Define file systems
- Identify file components
- Identify file types
- Describe hard links
Solaris 10 Operating System Installation Requirements
- Identify hardware requirements for Solaris 10 OS installation
- Identify the fundamentals of Solaris 10 OS installations
- Identify the Solaris OS software components
- Define guidelines for installing Solaris OS from a DVD
- Describe the Secure by Default installation enhancement
Performing Solaris 10 OS Package Administration
- Describe the fundamentals of package administration
- Administer packages using the command-line interface
Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 10 OS
- Describe patch administration fundamentals
- Describe patch administration best practices
- Obtain patches using SunSolve
- Install and remove patches
- Install recommended patch clusters
- Implement patch management using the smpatch command line
- Using Boot PROM Commands
- Identify boot programmable read-only memory (PROM) fundamentals
Use basic boot PROM commands
- Identify the system boot device
- Create and remove custom device aliases
- View and change non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) parameters from the shell
- Interrupt an unresponsive system
Using the Grand Unified Bootloader
- Discuss the purpose of the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB)
- Describe GRUB terminology and basic functions
- Modify x86 system boot behavior in the Solaris OS
- Use the eeprom command
- Use the kernel command
- Use the findroot command
- Describe and manage GRUB boot archives
- Boot a system in the GRUB-based boot environment
Service Management Facility
- Describe the Service Management Facility (SMF) features
- Compare run levels and SMF milestones
- Use SMF administrative commands
- Managing Local Disk Devices
- Describe the basic architecture of a disk
- Manage disk labels
- Describe the naming conventions for devices
- Describe support for iSCSI target devices
- List system devices
- Reconfigure devices
- Perform hard disk partitioning
- Describe EFI disk labels
Managing Solaris OS USF File Systems
- Identify disk-based, distributed, and pseudo file systems in the Solaris OS
- Describe Solaris OS UFS file systems
- Create a new UFS file system
- Check a file system using the fsck command
- Resolve file system inconsistencies
- Monitor file system use
Performing Mounts and Unmounts
- Identify mounting basics
- Perform mounts
- Mount ZFS file systems
- Perform unmounts
- Repair important files if boot fails
- Access a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
- Restrict access to a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
- Access a diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD without volume management (vold)
Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Describe RBAC fundamentals
- Describe component interaction within RBAC
- Manage RBAC
Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software
- Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
- Build a RAID-0 (concatenated) volume
- Build a RAID-1 (mirror) volume for the root (/) file system
Introduction to the ZFS File System
- Describe the Solaris ZFS file system
- Understand ZFS terminology
- Create new ZFS pools and file systems
- Modify ZFS file system properties
- Destroy ZFS pools and file systems
- Work with ZFS snapshots and clones
Managing Swap Configuration, Core Files, and Crash Dumps
- Configure swap space
- Manage core file file behavior
- Manage crash dump behavior
Describing Interface Configurations
- Control and monitor network interfaces
- Configure Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) interfaces at boot time
Identify the different zones features
- Identify the different zones features
- Understand how and why zone partitioning is used
- Install, Configure, Boot, Move, Migrate, and Delete zones
- Administer packages with zones
- Upgrade the Solaris 10 OS with installed zones
- Use 1x Branded Zones
Configuring JumpStart
- Installation Using the Solaris 10 Operating System
- Describe the JumpStart configurations
- Implement a basic JumpStart server for SPARCA(R) and x86/x64 clients
- Describe booting x86/x64 systems using the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
- Set up a DHCP server to support x86/x64 JumpStart clients
- Set up JumpStart software configuration alternatives
- Set up JumpStart to create a ZFS mirrored root pool
- Troubleshoot JumpStart configurations
Performing Live Upgrade Using the Solaris 10 Operating System
- Describe the Solaris Live Upgrade process
- Identify the Solaris Live Upgrade commands
- Create an alternate boot environment cloned from a running system
- Create a differential flash archive in a Live Upgrade boot environment
- Modify the state of the new boot environment
- Extend a base boot environment with a differential flash archive
- Use Live Upgrade to patch a system
- Use JumpStart to implement a Live Upgrade environment