Sun Fire High-End Server Administration

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code.

ES-421

length.

4 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

Sun Microsystems

price.

$3,200 :: $2,720 GSA GOV.

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.

There are currently no scheduled dates for this course. If you are interested in this course, request a course date with the links below.

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

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

	Provide administration support for the Solaris OS
	Understand the fundamentals of data storage administration
	Understand the fundamentals of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking and administration
	Understand general enterprise server concepts Li>Configure a Sun Management Center (Sun MC) server and use Sun MC software to monitor the server
	Troubleshoot server and network system software and hardware

skills gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able 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

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.

course content details

	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 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 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