Solaris Network Certification

310-044 Sun Certified Network Administrator for Solaris 9

• Delivered at: Authorized Prometric testing centers. Cost is $150.
  
• Prerequisites: Previous Solaris OS System Administrator Certification for any version of the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 7, 8, 9
  
• Exam type: Multiple choice, free response, drag and drop
  
• Number of questions: 64
  
• Pass score: 70% (only 19 answers on less can be incorrect). Please note that this is actually a very high pass score as at least half of those will be for questions that either are formulated incomprehensively or that are related to features or options about which you have no clue. So in reality you can answer incorrectly only 9 questions or 14%.
  
• Time limit: 105 minutes (1 hour and 45 min total; 1 min 30 sec per question on average)
  
• ePractice Exam
  • A set of 10 practice questions is available for free download.
  • A complete set of 180 practice questions is also available for $75.00.
    
• The Certification Prep Workshop: Sun Certified Solaris Network Administrator course provides students with a full tutorial, including access to practice exams, to prepare them for the Solaris Certified Network Administrator exam. The course outlines and details the testing objectives of the certification exam, along with the corresponding material from the SA 399 - Network Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System course using a series of overhead slides, which are authored and stored in StarOffice presentation format. The outline of the course includes 12 modules:
• Tips
  • Approximately half of the questions are generic networking related questions in no way linked to Solaris.
  • Be sure you know the bundled Solaris DHCP_server_ in and out. Most of the books (including Sun's SA-399 Study Guide), and even the on-line Sun Docs, are wrong in some areas. Learn it from a working system (which we should all be doing anyway, right? ;-).
  • Exam is heavy on DNS questions and they are going beyond basics. Some even presuppose basic DNS troubleshooting skills. Working knowledge of nslookup and dig is required.
  • Be sure to understand routing, especially routing table and route command. There is no in depth questions on routing protocols so this area can be skipped (only basic facts about RIP, OSPF, etc are needed to pass the exam).

SA-399 course topics

Module 1 - Introducing the TCP/IP Model

• Describe network model fundamentals
• Describe the layers of the TCP/IP model
• Describe basic peer-to-peer communication and related protocols

Module 2 - Introducing LANs and Their Components

• Describe network topologies
• Describe LAN media
• Describe network devices

Module 3 - Describing Ethernet Interfaces

• Describe Ethernet concepts
• Describe Ethernet frames
• Use network utilities

Module 4 - Describing ARP and RARP

• Describe ARP
• Describe RARP

Module 5 - Configuring IP

• Describe the Internet layer protocols
• Describe the IP datagram
• Describe IP address types
• Describe subnetting and VLSMs
• Describe the interface configuration files
• Administer logical interfaces

Module 6 - Configuring Multipathing

• Increase network throughput and availability
• Implement multipathing

Module 7 - Configuring Routing

• Identify the fundamentals of routing
• Describe route table population
• Describe routing protocol types
• Describe the route table
• Configure static routing
• Configure dynamic routing
• Describe classless inter-domain routing (CIDR)
• Configure boot time routing
• Troubleshoot routing

Module 8 - Configuring IPv6

• Describe IPv6
• Describe IPv6 addressing
• Describe IPv6 autoconfiguration
• Describe IPv6 unicast address types
• Describe IPv6 multicast address types
• Enable IPv6
• Manage IPv6
• Configure IPv6-over-IPv4 tunnels
• Configure IPv6 multipathing

Module 9 - Describing the Transport Layer

• Describe Transport layer fundamentals
• Describe UDP
• Describe TCP
• Describe TCP flow control

Module 10 - Configuring DNS

• Describe the DNS basics
• Configure the DNS server
• Troubleshoot the DNS server using basic utilities

Module 11 - Configuring DHCP

• Describe the fundamentals of DHCP
• Configure a DHCP server
• Configure and manage DHCP clients
• Configure for dynamic DNS
• Configure a DHCP server to support JumpStart clients

Module 12 - Configuring NTP

• Identify NTP basics
• Configure an NTP server
• Configure an NTP client
• Troubleshoot NTP

Network Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System (SA-300-S10)

For Solaris 10 the modules are almost the same (it adds IP filter material (as module 13) and pays more attention to multihoming). Multiparthing was omitted. The course is called Network Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System (SA-300-S10)

Module 1 - Introducing the TCP/IP Model

• Describe network model fundamentals
• Describe the layers of the Transmission Control Protocol/IP (TCP/IP) model
• Describe basic peer-to-peer communication and related protocols

Module 2 - Introducing LANs and Their Components

• Describe network topologies
• Describe LAN media
• Describe network devices

Module 3 - Describing Ethernet Interfaces

• Describe Ethernet concepts
• Describe Ethernet frames
• Use network utilities

Module 4 - Describing ARP and RARP

• Describe Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
• Describe Reverse ARP (RARP)

Module 5 - Configuring IP

• Describe the Internet layer protocols
• Describe the IP datagram
• Describe IP address types
• Describe subnetting and variable length subnet masks (VLSMs)
• Describe the interface configuration files
• Administer logical interfaces

Module 6 - Configuring IP Network Multipathing

• Describe IP multipathing
• Implement IP multipathing

Module 7 - Configuring Routing

• Identify the fundamentals of routing
• Describe routing table population
• Describe routing protocol types
• Describe the routing table
• Configure static routing
• Configure dynamic routing
• Describe classless inter-domain routing (CIDR)
• Configure routing at system boot
• Troubleshoot routing

Module 8 - Configuring IPv6

• Describe IPv6
• Describe IPv6 addressing
• Describe IPv6 autoconfiguration
• Describe IPv6 unicast address types
• Describe IPv6 multicast address types
• Enable IPv6
• Manage IPv6
• Configure 6to4 routing
• Configure IPv6 multipathing

Module 9 - Describing the Transport Layer

• Describe Transport layer fundamentals
• Describe User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Describe TCP
• Describe TCP flow control

Module 10 - Configuring DNS

• Describe the DNS basics
• Configure the DNS server
• Troubleshoot the DNS server using basic utilities

Module 11 - Configuring DHCP

• Describe the fundamentals of DHCP
• Configure a DHCP server
• Configure and manage DHCP clients

Module 12 - Configuring NTP

• Identify NTP basics
• Configure an NTP server
• Configure an NTP client
• Troubleshoot NTP

Module 13 - Configuring the Solaris IP Filter Firewall

• Identify Solaris IP Filter firewall basics
• Configure Solaris IP Filter firewall

Students are encouraged to take the Sun Educational Services ePractice exams before taking the actual Sun Certified Network Administrator exam.

NEWS CONTENTS

• 20060126 : The differences between Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 network administration courses are minimal. That actually means that even Solaris 8 students guides are OK for preparation. ( Jan 26, 2006 )

Old News ;-)

[Jan 26, 2006] The differences between Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 network administration courses are minimal. That actually means that even Solaris 8 students guides are OK for preparation.

• Trunking was deleted from "Module 6 - Configure multipathing and trunking".
• "Configure DHCP server to support jumpstart clients" topic was deleted from "Module 11 - Configure DHCP"
• Module 13 ("Configuring the Solaris IP Filter Firewall") was added.

Solaris 9 Network Certification Exam Objectives

Configure the Network Interface Layer

• Describe the advantages of using a layered network model and describe the functions of the network interface, internet, transport, and application layers of the TCP/IP model.
• Describe basic peer-to-peer communication and related TCP/IP protocols.
• Describe the features and functions of LAN components, including network topologies, media, and network devices.
• Describe Ethernet concepts and statistics, including the major Ethernet elements and the CSMA/CD access method.
• Describe the components of an Ethernet frame.
• Explain how to use snoop, netstat, and ndd on an Ethernet interface.
• Describe the function and management of the ARP and RARP.

Configure the Network (Internet and Transport Layers)

• Describe the purpose, features, and functionality of internet layer protocols, IP datagram, IP address types, subnetting and VLSM, and interface configuration files, as used in an IP configuration.
• Explain how to configure and unconfigure logical interfaces in IP.
• Explain the purpose, benefits, and limitations of multipathing, and explain how to configure multipathing using configuration files and the command-line.
• Describe the purpose and limitations of trunking, and explain how the four supported trunking policies impact how trunking is implemented.

Routing

• Explain the purpose and usage of routing types (direct and indirect), routing schemes (static and dynamic), and routing protocol types (autonomous systems, interior routing protocols, and exterior routing protocols).
• Given a routing table example, describe table entries, identify the routing table search order, and associate a network name to a network number.
• Explain how to configure static and dynamic routing, and the configuration of routing at boot time.
• Describe the operation of CIDR.
• Given a routing scenario problem, troubleshoot the router configuration or network names or both, and select a resolution.
• Identify purpose, features, and functionalities for different types of unicast, multicast, and anycast addressing, and autoconfiguration as they relate to IPv6 addressing.
• Explain how to configure Ipv6 on a router and non router, and troubleshoot configuration and interface problems.
• Explain how to configure IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels and IPv6 multipathing.
• Distinguish among protocol characteristics of the transport layer, and explain the fundamentals of TCP and UDP.

Configure and Manage Network Applications (Application Layer)

• Explain the purpose of DNS in a network environment.
• Explain how to configure a primary and secondary DNS server and a DNS client.
• Given DNS server output for a problem scenario, identify strategies to resolve the problem.
• Describe the purpose and features of DHCP client and server functions.
• Describe how to configure a DHCP server and use associated utilities.

DHCP

• Given DHCP debug output, deduce resolution strategies.
• Explain how to configure and manage a DHCP client to request either a dynamic host name or use its own host name.
• Explain how to configure a DHCP server to support the JumpStart clients.

NTP

• Describe the purpose, features, and functions of NTP, and define NTP terms.
• Explain how to configure an NTP server and an NTP client.
• Explain how to view logs and use snoop to troubleshoot an NTP problem.

Solaris 10 Exam Objectives

• Describe the advantages of using a layered network model and describe the functions of the network interface, internet, transport, and application layers of the TCP/IP model.
• Describe basic peer-to-peer communication and related TCP/IP protocols.
• Describe the features and functions of LAN components, including network topologies, media, and network devices.
• Describe Ethernet concepts and statistics, including the major Ethernet elements and the CSMA/CD access method.
• Describe the components of an Ethernet frame.
• Explain how to use snoop, netstat, and ndd on an Ethernet interface.
• Describe the function and management of the ARP and RARP.

Configure the Network (Internet and Transport Layers)

• Describe the purpose, features, and functionality of internet layer protocols, IP datagram, IP address types, subnetting and VLSM, and interface configuration files, as used in an IP configuration.
• Explain how to configure and unconfigure logical interfaces in IP.
• Explain the purpose, benefits, and limitations of multipathing, and explain how to configure multipathing using configuration files and the command-line.
• Describe the purpose and limitations of trunking, and explain how the four supported trunking policies impact how trunking is implemented.
• Explain the purpose and usage of routing types (direct and indirect), routing schemes (static and dynamic), and routing protocol types (autonomous systems, interior routing protocols, and exterior routing protocols).
• Given a routing table example, describe table entries, identify the routing table search order, and associate a network name to a network number.
• Explain how to configure static and dynamic routing, and the configuration of routing at boot time.
• Describe the operation of CIDR.
• Given a routing scenario problem, troubleshoot the router configuration or network names or both, and select a resolution.
• Identify purpose, features, and functionalities for different types of unicast, multicast, and anycast addressing, and autoconfiguration as they relate to IPv6 addressing.
• Explain how to configure Ipv6 on a router and non router, and troubleshoot configuration and interface problems.
• Explain how to configure IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels and IPv6 multipathing.
• Distinguish among protocol characteristics of the transport layer, and explain the fundamentals of TCP and UDP.

Configure and Manage Network Applications (Application Layer)

• Explain the purpose of DNS in a network environment.
• Explain how to configure a primary and secondary DNS server and a DNS client.
• Given DNS server output for a problem scenario, identify strategies to resolve the problem.
• Describe the purpose and features of DHCP client and server functions.
• Describe how to configure a DHCP server and use associated utilities.
• Given DHCP debug output, deduce resolution strategies.
• Explain how to configure and manage a DHCP client to request either a dynamic host name or use its own host name.
• Explain how to configure a DHCP server to support the JumpStart clients.
• Describe the purpose, features, and functions of NTP, and define NTP terms.
• Explain how to configure an NTP server and an NTP client.
• Explain how to view logs and use snoop to troubleshoot an NTP problem.

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