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