This course provides an introduction to Solaris system administration terms and commands. It describes the various system configurations and the installation of the Solaris operating system on a workstation. It also provides an overview of the hardware and the operating system functions required to bring the system to a running state, and the steps required to properly shut down the system.

Audience :

This series is for anyone preparing for the Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 8 Operating Environment, Part I exam; or anyone who is interested in learning more about Solaris 8 system administration.

Time :

3.0 hour(s)

Objectives :

• Selected system administrator terms
• Requirements and preparation for installation
• Software and configuration clusters
• System configuration to be installed
• Disk storage systems
• Device drivers
• Installing the Solaris 8 software
• Power on and booting the system
• System run states
• Init phase
• Stopping and starting services with control scripts
• System shutdown

Features :

• Exercises that allow users to practice the application
• A file containing the text of the exercises
• Activities that allow users to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment
• A glossary
• A Skill Assessment

Prerequisites :

• Basic understanding of UNIX

TradeMarks :

• Sun Microsystems is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
• UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.