Solaris Training Overview
This course provides participants with the concepts and tools needed to
understand and configure selected network server components in the
Solaris 10 Operating System.
Solaris Training Prerequisites
It is assumed that the participant has successfully completed the
System Administration for the Solaris 10 OS Part 1 course.
Solaris Training Course duration
This course normally requires three (3) days, approximately 60%
lecture, and 40% lab time.
Solaris Training Course outline
Networking capabilities (overview)
- Networking protocols
- Transmission Control Protocol/IP (TCP/IP)
- UDP
- ARP
- ICMP
Networking configuration (hardware)Networking utilities (hardware)
- netstat
- ifconfig
- snoop
- kstat
- arp
- ping
- dladm
Networking configuration (automated)Interface configuration files (static IP)
- /etc/hosts
- /etc/nodename
- /etc/hostname.interface
- /etc/netmasks
- /etc/defaultrouter
- troubleshooting a static IP configuration
- IPv6 configuration
Interface configuration files (DHCP client)
- /etc/hosts
- /etc/nodename
- /etc/dhcp.interface
- /etc/netmasks
- /etc/defaultrouter
- /etc/default/dhcpagent
- troubleshooting a DHCP IP configuration
Creating logical interfaces
- connections to different subnets
- usage in Solaris 10 Zones
NIC channel bonding (aggregation)
- advantages and types
- creation (dladm)
- monitoring
- persistence via /etc/hostname.aggregate-name
IP Network Multipathing (IPMP)
- Features of IP multipathing
- types (probe-based / link-based)
- configuring IP multipathing
- MAC addresses (SPARC)
- /etc/hostname.interface changes
- /etc/notrouter
- multipath daemon
- using if_mpadm
- troubleshooting and testing IPMP
Routing Configurations
- static
- /etc/networks
- /etc/defaultrouter
- /etc/norouter
- /etc/inet/routing.conf
- route command
- routeadm utility
- dynamic
- /etc/gateways
- in.routed daemon
- routeadm utility
- routing tables
- multi-homed host setup
- troubleshooting and testing routing
Configuring a DHCP server
- components (dhcpmgr / dhcpconfig / pntadm)
- control files and logging (dhtadm)
- troubleshooting a DHCP server
DNS (Domain Name System)
- concepts and functions
- Configure DNS servers
- Primary (files and utilities)
- Secondary (files and utilities)
- troubleshooting and testing DNS services
Configuring NTP (Network Time Protocol)
- time management in Solaris 10
- Configure an NTP server (/etc/inet/ntp.server)
- Configure an NTP client (/etc/inet/ntp.client)
- troubleshooting NTP
Networking Security
- secure by default (netservices)
- inetadm default (SMF) properties
- service-specific (SMF) properties
- local / remote restrictions
- FTP (inbound) security controls
- TCP Wrappers configuration and usage
- Solaris10 IP Filter Firewall
- configuration (/etc/ipf/ipf.conf)
- packet filtering control (/etc/ifp/pfil.ap)
- control (ipf / ipfstat / ipmon)
- troubleshooting and testing IP Filter Firewall
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