STS-5211: Solaris™ I/O Architecture

Course Description:
I/O Architecture and Administration for Solaris™ provides the student with the necessary background and product knowledge to plan, configure, administer and perform I/O configuration actions and troubleshooting for a CLARiiON storage array attached to a Solaris™ system. The course material is written for Solaris™ 8. Both background and practical application are stressed throughout the course, and a series of practical lab exercises are included.

Who Can Benefit:
Field and headquarters support personnel, developers, and technical staff responsible for installing, configuring, tuning, troubleshooting, and supporting advanced storage subsystems in a Solaris™ environment.

Major Topics Include:

The OpenBoot PROM The SPARC Device Tree Solaris™ Device Driver Management File System Structure (UFS and VxFS) Veritas Volume Manager™ Alternate Pathing Using Solaris™ Patches Using TNF for I/O Problems

Sun Hardware Configuration and Performance Limits The Solaris Boot Process Solaris™ Disk Driver Operation Cluster Structure, Operations and Configuration Solstice Disk Suite Dynamic Reconfiguration Using truss Basic Management and Interpretation of Solaris™ dumps

Prerequisites:
This course is taught specifically for Solaris™, and attendees should have a good grounding in basic Solaris™ administration. Students without this background will not receive full benefit from the course, as the instructor will not have time to supply it.

Attendees should be able to:

• Use vi or emacs
• Perform Basic Solaris™ System Administration Tasks
• Understand Basic Unix I/O Concepts
• Install Standard System V Packages Using the pkgadd Command
• Create and Mount File Systems Using the newfs or mkfs and mount Commands
• Understand the Structure and Operation of the CLARiiON

Duration: 5 days Tuition: $3495

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