Solaris Training Overview
This class provides students with hands on experience in a Solaris network. Some of the topics covered are TCP/IP, DNS and DHCP.
Solaris Training Audience
New Solaris System Administrators with at least 6 months working experience on a Solaris system, or anyone needing to administer a Solaris machine in a networked environment.
Solaris Training Prerequisites
Solaris Fundamentals, Solaris System Admin 1 and Solaris System Admin 2.
Solaris Training Course duration
5 days
Solaris Training Course outline
|
1 - Network Models |
| |
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Describe the seven layers of the ISO/OSI model
- Describe the five layers of the TCP/IP model
- Identify the similarities and differences between the ISO/OSI and TCP/IP models
- Describe how applications use TCP/IP to exchange data through Ethernet networks
- Describe the following protocols: TCP, UDP, IP, ICMP
- Explain peer-to-peer communications
- Identify common TCP/IP protocols by name and function
|
|
2 - Introduction to Local Area Networks |
| |
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Review the benefits of a LAN
- Review the components of a LAN
- Define these networking terms: topology, backbone, segment, repeater, bridge, router, switch, and gateway
- Identify various LAN topologies
- List available Sun communications controllers
- Describe LAN access methods such as IEEE 802.3, ATM, Token Ring, and FDDI
- Discriminate between network media types such as 10BASE-T, 1000BASE-CX, and 1000BASE-T
|
|
3 - Ethernet Interface |
| |
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Define the terms: Ethernet, packet, frame, and MTU
- List the different Ethernet Standards
- Describe Ethernet addresses
- Describe the components of an Ethernet frame
- Explain encapsulation
- Describe the purpose of CSMA/CD
- Define an Ethernet broadcast address
- Describe the features of Fast Ethernet
- Use the netstat and snoop commands
- Introduction to using the ndd utility
|
|
4 - ARP and RARP |
| |
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Define address resolution
- Obtain a destination Ethernet address
- Describe the network configuration process used in system startup
- Describe the network configuration files and scripts that are used to configure the network interface
- Describe the process used to map a destination IP address to a destination Ethernet address
- Describe the internal process used to map a host's Ethernet address to its IP address
- Manage Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache
|
|
5 - Internet Layer |
| |
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Define the terms: IP, datagrams, ICMP, and fragmentation
- List the four IPv4 address classes
- Define the three standard netmasks
- Define the network number
- Complete the IP configuration exercise
- Decipher an Ethernet address from an IP address from a broadcast address
- Define subnets and list how and when to implement them
- Use a subnet mask
- Use variable length subnet masks (VLSM)
- Describe Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)
- Discuss trunking (interface aggregation)
- Configure logical (virtual) interfaces
- Use the ifconfig command to configure network interface(s)
- Verify and troubleshoot a network interface
|
|
6 - Routing
|
| |
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Describe the routing algorithm
- Define: direct routing, indirect routing, table-driven routing, static routing, dynamic routing, and default routing
- Use the in.routed and in.rdisc processes
- Use the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and Router Discovery (RDISC) Protocol
- Describe the /etc/init.d/inetinit routing startup script
- Use the /etc/defaultrouter, /etc/inet/networks, and /etc/gateways files
- Use the route and netstat commands
- Configure a Sun system as an IPv4 router
- Describe ICMP redirects
- Describe IP multicasting
|
|
7 - Transport Layer
|
| |
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Describe the function of the Transport layer
- List the features of the UDP and TCP
- Define the terms: connection-oriented, connectionless, stateful, and stateless
- Define a port and a port number
- Explain network services and UDP and TCP ports
- Define TCP flow control
|
