Sun Desktop and Ultra Enterprise Maintenance

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Length: 5 days

Course Goal
Our Sun DeskTop Maintenance and SUN Ultra Enterprise Server Maintenance Course will prepare students to operate, configure and maintain Sun Desktops and Ultra Enterprise Servers. In this course, students will gain the necessary knowledge and skills to configure Desktop and Enterprise Server hardware, interpret diagnostics, troubleshoot faulty Desktop and Enterprise Server systems and components to the Field Replaceable Unit (FRU), use Dynamic Reconfiguration and device replacement to restore systems to proper functioning order, and leverage Internet and Multimedia resources for continuous learning.

Audience
This course is intended for field service and support personnel.

This course uses active learning to involve the students in their classroom learning and to develop practices that will encourage continuous learning. Students will meet the course objectives through interactive classroom discussion, focused hands-on lab exercises, self-guided research, and scenario-based troubleshooting.

Course Prerequisites
Akibia's UNIX Fundamentals Course, or equivalent experience in the UNIX environment is desirable. Knowledge of computer hardware/software components and experience troubleshooting computer systems is required.

Course Scope
The course includes the following products:

  • Solaris 2.6, 2.7 (Solaris 7), 2.8 (Solaris 8)
  • UltraSPARC 1, 2, 5, 10, 30, 60, 80 , SUN Blade 100, 1000
  • Ultra Enterprise 220R, 250, 450, 3000, 3500, 4000, 4500, 5000, 6000

Course Scope
The course includes the following products:

  • Solaris 2.6, 2.7 (Solaris 7), 2.8 (Solaris 8)
  • UltraSPARC 1, 2, 5, 10, 30, 60, 80 , SUN Blade 100, 1000
  • Ultra Enterprise 220R, 250, 450, 3000, 3500, 4000, 4500, 5000, 6000

Course Content
Upon completion, students will be able to:

  • Identify Desktop and Ultra Enterprise Server models, and research new models
  • Differentiate server system busses and components
  • Configure an Ultra Enterprise Server and identify device paths and targets
  • Analyze server system boot sequence and identify boot sequence errors
  • Remove and replace components in a live system using Dynamic Reconfiguration and cfgadmin
  • Configure, retrieve and interpret Power-On Self Tests (POST), Open Boot Diagnostics (OBDiag) and Enterprise diagnostic menus and routines
  • Execute Open Boot PROM (OBP) and NonVolatile RAM (NVRAM) commands specific to Ultra Enterprise Servers
  • Use Solaris commands to obtain server system status and configuration information
  • Operate Sun Validation Test Suite (VTS) to identify faulty components and retrieve system status remotely
  • Isolate system faults to the FRU Research component part numbers and replace faulty FRUs
  • Select, use and interpret appropriate diagnostic tools: OBP/UNIX commands, Serial terminal, "tip hardwire," Sun Validation Test Suite (VTS)
  • Install Solaris Operating System

Class size is limited to six students.