Exam Objectives Reference

The CX-310-202 Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 (SCSA) exam is the second of two exams required for obtaining the SCSA certification. Candidates can use this book to prepare for the SCSA Part II exam. The CX-310-202 exam tests the knowledge and skills you need to successfully install and manage a Solaris 10 system. The exam includes topics on managing virtual file systems, managing storage volumes, controlling system access, configuring naming services, and advanced installation procedures.

The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Part II exam. The exam objectives could change at any time, so it is recommended that you visit the www.UnixEd.com website for any updates. Other related topics might also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. To better reflect the contents of the exam and for purposes of clarity, the following guidelines might change at any time without notice.

• Describe Network Basics

  • Control and monitor network interfaces including MAC addresses, IP addresses, network packets, and configure the IPv4 interfaces at boot time.

  • Explain the client-server model and enable/disable server processes.

• Manage Virtual File Systems and Core Dumps

  • Explain virtual memory concepts and given a scenario, configure, and manage swap space.

  • Manage crash dumps and core file behaviors.

  • Explain NFS fundamentals, and configure and manage the NFS server and client including daemons, files, and commands.

  • Troubleshoot various NFS errors.

  • Explain and manage AutoFS and use automount maps (master, direct, and indirect) to configure automounting.

  • Implement patch management using Sun Connection Services including the Update Manager client, the smpatch command line, and Sun Connection hosted Web application.

• Manage Storage Volumes

  • Analyze and explain RAID (0,1,5) and SVM concepts (logical volumes, soft partitions, state databases, hot spares, and hot spare pools).

  • Create the state database, build a mirror, and unmirror the root file system.

  • Describe the Solaris ZFS file system, create new ZFS pools and file systems, modify ZFS file system properties, mount and unmount ZFS file systems, destroy ZFS pools and file systems, work with ZFS snapshots and Clones, and use ZFS datasets with Solaris Zones.

• Control Access and Configure System Messaging

  • Configure role-based access control (RBAC) including assigning rights profiles, roles, and authorizations to users.

  • Analyze RBAC configuration file summaries and manage RBAC using the command line.

  • Explain syslog function fundamentals, and configure and manage the /etc/syslog.conf file and syslog messaging.

• Naming Services

  • Explain naming services (DNS, NIS, NIS+, and LDAP) and the naming service switch file (database sources, status codes, and actions)

  • Configure, stop, and start the Name Service Cache Daemon (nscd) and retrieve naming service information using the getent command.

  • Configure naming service clients during install, configure the DNS client, and set up the LDAP client (client authentication, client profiles, proxy accounts, and LDAP configurations) after installation.

  • Explain NIS and NIS security including NIS namespace information, domains, processes, securenets, and password.adjunct.

  • Configure the NIS domain: build and update NIS maps, manage the NIS master and slave server, configure the NIS client, and troubleshoot NIS for server and client failure messages.

• Perform Advanced Installation Procedures

  • Explain consolidation issues, features of Solaris zones, and decipher between the different zone concepts including zone types, daemons, networking, command scope, and given a scenario, create a Solaris zone.

  • Given a zone configuration scenario, identify zone components and zonecfg resource parameters, allocate file system space, use the zonecfg command, describe the interactive configuration of a zone, and view the zone configuration file.

  • Given a scenario, use the zoneadm command to view, install, boot, halt, reboot, and delete a zone.

  • Explain custom jumpstart configuration including the boot, identification, configuration, and installation services.

  • Configure a Jumpstart including implementing a Jumpstart server, editing the sysidcfg, rules and profile files, and establishing Jumpstart software alternatives (setup, establishing alternatives, troubleshooting, and resolving problems).

  • Explain Flash, create and manipulate the Flash archive and use it for installation.

  • Given a PXE installation scenario, identify requirements and install methods, configure both the install and DHCP server, and boot the x86 client.

  • Configure a WAN Boot Installation and perform a Live Upgrade Installation.