SM-258 --- Sun Fire Workgroup Server Maintenance and Administration

The Sun Fire Workgroup Server Maintenance and Administration course covers installation, configuration, and maintenance issues on workgroup and mid-range servers within the Sun Blade and Sun Fire architectural line.

The Sun Fire Workgroup Server Maintenance and Administration course covers installation, configuration, and maintenance issues on workgroup and mid-range servers within the Sun Blade and Sun Fire architectural line. The course covers the Sun Blade 1000, Sun Blade 2000, Sun Fire 280R, Sun Fire V480, and Sun Fire V880 servers.

The course is designed to provide students with the common concepts, architectures, key features, and configuration techniques for the Sun Blade and Sun Fire work group server line. It also provides students with server-specific information on hardware installation and replacement procedures, software configuration procedures, and troubleshooting techniques using software products, firmware diagnostic tools, and hardware utilities.

• Sun Desktop Systems Maintenance (SM-210)

• Maintain Sun hardware with UNIX commands Identify, install,

• Working knowledge - hardware components architecture of PC

• Use Sun diagnostics utilities to perform troubleshooting

Field Service Engineers and Enterprise System Self-Maintainers with experience servicing desktop and medium-scale networked

5 Days

Sun Fire Workgroup Server Maintenance and Administration (SM-258) Content Details

Sun Blade 1000 and 2000 Workstations and Sun Fire 280R Server Physical Overview Position the Sun Blade 1000 and 2000 workstations, and the Sun Fire 280R server within their product line Identify major features of the Sun Blade 1000 workstation Identify major features of the Sun Blade 2000 workstation Identify major features of the Sun Fire 280R server Identify applications for Workgroup servers Identify the new features that are showcased in the Sun Blade 1000 and 2000 workstations, and the Sun Fire 280R server Compare the Sun Blade 1000 and 2000 workstations to their predecessors Compare the Sun Fire 280R server to its predecessors Sun Fire V480 and V880 Server Physical Overview Locate and identify the physical components within the Sun Fire V480 server Locate and identify each port that interfaces to the Sun Fire V480 server Locate and identify the physical components within the Sun Fire V880 server Locate and identify each port that interfaces to the Sun Fire V880 server Sun Blade 1000 and 2000 Workstations and Sun Fire 280R Server Architectural Overview Describe the logical architecture of the Sun Blade 1000, and 2000 workstations and the Sun Fire 280R server Describe the application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) Sun Fire V480 and V880 Server Architectural Overview Identify the Sun Fire V480 server's system specifications and key technologies Describe the major central processing unit (CPU) features, memory module features, and mass storage features of the Sun Fire V480 server Describe the reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features of the Sun Fire V480 Identify the Sun Fire V880 server's system specifications and key technologies Describe the major central processing unit (CPU) features, memory module features, and mass storage features of the Sun Fire V880 server Describe the reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features of the Sun Fire V880 server Sun Blade 1000 and 2000 Workstations and Sun Fire 280R Server Physical Components Locate and identify the physical components of the Sun Blade 1000 and 2000 workstations Perform power operations on the Sun Blade 1000 and 2000 workstations Locate and identify the physical components of the Sun Fire 280R server Identify available internal and external storage devices Identify available I/O devices   Sun Fire V480 and V880 Server Physical Components Locate and identify the physical components of the Sun Fire V480 server Perform power operations on the Sun Fire V480 server Locate and identify the physical components of the Sun Fire V880 server Perform power operations on the Sun Fire V880 server Identify available internal and external storage devices Identify available I/O devices List the features of the RSC card on the Sun Fire V480 and V880 servers Sun Blade 1000 and 2000 Workstations and Sun Fire 280R Server FRU Replacement Procedures Define the service preparation guidelines Remove and replace FRUs that do not have component removal prerequisites Remove and replace FRUs that have component removal prerequisites Define the service preparation guidelines Remove and replace hot-pluggable FRUs Remove and replace non-hot-pluggable FRUs Sun Fire V480 and V880 Server FRU Replacement Procedures Remove and replace the following components: Power supply and the disk drive PCI cards CPU/Memory board Memory DIMMS CPU, PCI, and a motherboard fan tray Motherboard and the CPU fan status assembly I/O board Solaris OS Support Utilities Determine the minimum installation requirements for the Sun Blade 1000 and 2000 workstations, and Sun Fire 280R server List the device drivers for the Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 workstations, and the Sun Fire 280R server Manage environmental control software Gather system FRU information Manage and administer internal storage devices using Solaris OS utilities Gather system information using the Solaris OS utilities Diagnostics and Troubleshooting List and describe features, options, commands, and updates of the OpenBoot PROM (OBP) List and describe the features, options, commands, and updates of the power-on self-test (POST) Install the SunVTS software Troubleshoot the Sun Blade 1000 and 2000 workstations, and the Sun Fire 280R server using the OBP commands and tests, OBDiag tests, POST tests, and SunVTS software tests Remote Support and Monitoring Identify Remote System Control (RSC) communication configurations Understand the RSC card interfaces Install and configure the RSC hardware and software Redirect the system console Perform RSC administration Manage RSC user accounts Understand RSC history and log files Perform RSC maintenance

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