Sun Virtualization: Solaris 10 Logical Domains Administration

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Sun Virtualization: Solaris 10 Logical Domains Administration :: [SA-345-S10]

course schedule			who can benefit
prerequisites			skills gained
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code.

SA-345-S10

length.

2 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

Sun Microsystems

price.

$1,400 :: $1,190 GSA GOV.

Sun Microsystems Logical Domains (LDoms) technology is part of a suite of methodologies for consolidation and resource management that includes Sun Fire Dynamic System Domains and Solaris OS Containers. This technology allows you to allocate a system's various resources, such as memory, CPUs, and devices, into logical groupings and create multiple, discrete systems. Each of these systems will have its own operating system, resources, and identity. The emphasis of this course is on providing practical LDom planning, configuration, and administration experience, while also covering the underlying technologies and best practices. This course features the Sun Fire servers, the Solaris 10 OS, and LDom management software. The students perform the course lab exercises using Sun Fire T2000 servers.

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who can benefit

Students who can benefit from this course are system administrators, IT architects, and other individuals tasked with the following responsibilities:

	Planning server consolidation
	Configuring logical domains
	Administering virtualized OS environments

prerequisites

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

	Administer the Solaris 10 OS
	Administer Ethernet networks
	Perform basic Sun Fire server initial setup tasks

skills gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

	Identify IT datacenter virtualization tends
	Describe the benefits of logical domains
	Explore logical domain architecture
	Prepare a system to support logical domains
	Create logical domains
	Reconfigure logical domains
	Create Split PCI configurations

related courses, exams and materials

	before related training and products

	SA-200-S10 System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System Part 1
	SA-202-S10 System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System Part 2

course content details

	Module 1 - Virtualization Trends in the Datacenter

	Describe the virtualization need
	Describe the benefits of an dynamic datacenter
	Describe Sun Microsystems' virtualization technologies

	Module 2 - Solaris Logical Domains Fundamentals

	Describe LDoms architecture
	Identify appropriate hardware platform
	Describe core/thread affinity model on CMT systems
	Describe Hypervisor software concepts
	Describe the LDoms Manager
	Define LDoms domain types:
	Control domain
	I/O domain
	Service domain
	Guest domain
	Define LDom virtualization
	Determine what to partition
	Identify physical resources
	Define virtual devices and services
	Identify Ldom configuration guidelines and requirements
	Identify resource requirements for control domains
	Identify resource requirements for I/O and service domains
	Determine how many domains are needed
	Define cryptographic devices and virtual CPUs
	Identify logical domains configuration requirements and guidelines

	Module 3 - Preparing a System for Logical Domains

	Install the required firmware to support LDoms
	Identify which hardware to use
	Configure a system to support LDoms
	Perform Solaris configuration:
	Obtain the correct build of the Solaris OS
	Check the Solaris OS version
	Patch Solaris to include the latest Ldoms support
	Perform Firmware configuration:
	Check firmware versions
	Update firmware version
	Run the install-ldm script:
	Logical domains manager and security packages
	User access to run ldm commands
	Administer security:
	Security toolkit
	RBAC
	Audit controls
	Perform a quick test of the logical domains manager

	Module 4 - Creating a Control and Service Logical Domain

	Describe the Logical Domains Manager (LDoms) ldm command
	Identify control and service domain resources
	Create default virtual services
	Setup the control domain

	Module 5 - Creating Guest Logical Domains

	Create a guest logical domain
	JumpStart a guest logical domain
	Verify a guest logical domain configuration

	Module 6 - Advanced Logical Domain Administration

	Add and remove virtual CPUs to logical domains
	Add memory to logical domains
	Configure a group console
	Create a split PCI configuration
	Configure file-based virtual disks
	Configure ZFS-based virtual disks
	Configure virtual switch and service domain for NAT and routing
	Configure IPMP in the logical domain environment
	Configure virtual I/O failover
	Backup, remove, and restore logical domains